Responsibilities

• Support the Museum’s mission, values, vision, and core commitment to the visitor experience, community engagement, and institutional relevancy for the future
• Contribute to and support the OMCA strategic plan, annual priorities, and institutional initiatives such as diversity advancement
• Contribute to a positive organizational culture based on mutual respect, a spirit of collegiality, cooperation, and openness to many perspectives
• Participate in a culture of ongoing learning, collaboration, innovation, creativity, and community engagement
• All positions will have core functional responsibilities, cross functional team activation and learning and development as a core function of each role.
• Works in collaboration with the Director of Marketing, Communications, and Visitor Experience to create and implement a Communications Strategy that aligns with OMCA’s goals and priorities
• Develop press strategies and messaging for major Museum initiatives, such as capital campaigns, facility projects, or advocacy efforts.
• Manage publicity in partnership with Communications Specialist for exhibition projects, events, and programs.
• Leads crisis communications for the institution in partnership with Director of Marketing, Communications, and Visitor Experience and Director & CEO, serving as point of contact for press inquiries and drafting talking points for internal stakeholders.
• Manages work and relationships with communications agency partners to support timely projects related to crisis communications, national press outreach efforts, institutional storytelling, etc.

Requirements

• 7+ years of related experience.
• 3 years supervisory/lead experience.
• English language proficiency in both spoken and written form; a second language (particularly Spanish or Chinese) desirable.
• Knowledge of media relations tactics and strategy.
• Ability to deliver results, facilitate and influence others and problem solve beyond temporary solutions.
• Proficiency in computer systems, specifically MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FileMaker), knowledge of Drupal preferred.
• Proficiency in Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge).
• Experience with project management software, eg. Asana.