Responsibilities

• This position is devoted to work involving citizen engagement, public education, public information, and marketing. Serves as a designated subject matter expert, performing providing high-level technical assistance to City departments and executive stakeholders in a variety of public relations areas including media consultation, marketing communications, developing communication strategies, internal communications and website content development.
• Decision-making includes providing input into management objectives and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.
• Responsible for providing advisory consultation regarding City-wide and departmental special events; writing speeches; developing and implementing City-wide and departmental communication plans; using a variety of media; facilitating and fostering positive media relations; responding to media inquiries; monitoring City coverage; and advising staff.
• Responsible for identifying and working with sponsors, participants, and stakeholders; serving as project manager; writing specifications for consultants and ensuring work performed complies with deliverables and specifications; facilitating intergovernmental relations; defining project scope and managing stakeholder processes.
• - Coordinates city-wide or department public relations, communications, and/or marketing programs, activities, special events; prioritizes projects; provides advisory consultation to senior management and other staff; develops and implements communication plans, policies, and procedures; coordinates logistics; researches trends; manages assigned budgets; and ensures compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• - Designs, edits and develops print, digital, social media, website, and other informational, communication, and promotional materials; designs graphics and layouts; writes speeches and letters; creates and posts website and social media content; prepares press releases and newsletters; takes photographs and directs and produces videos; and develops publications.
• - Prepares, maintains, and/or reviews reports, records, and other documents; researches, compiles, analyzes and presents information; develops and makes recommendations; and reviews work and the work of others for accuracy and completeness.
• - Collaborates with the media, business leaders, community officials, City departments, and/or external agencies; attends meetings and serves on committees; facilitates and fosters positive media relations including responding to inquiries, monitoring City coverage, and serving as a primary media contact for a department or city-wide communications; establishes strategic partnerships; and develops and conducts training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or public administration, communications, or directly related field.
• Five years of professional communications experience, including media, social media and communications advisory experience.