Responsibilities

• - Strategic Planning: Lead, oversee, and evaluate specific Division’s high-level strategic communications programs, public relations initiatives, and marketing activities.
• - Manage Media & PR Relations: Handle incoming media inquiries, recommend spokespersons, develop interview talking points, and execute strategic responses for press coverage and high-visibility events.
• - Oversee Content Creation: Write, edit, and produce press materials, news releases, fact sheets, presentations, and content for state publications like the Annual Report.
• - Develop Digital & Website Strategy: Collaborate with the webmaster on specific Division website development and manage the strategy and scheduling for Division social media channels.
• - Create Internal Communications: Develop and implement employee communication efforts to keep all Divisions informed with timely, accurate, and aligned messaging.
• - Execute Legislative & Policy Messaging: Create communications plans for new legislation, policy initiatives, and key project launches.
• - Support Partner & County Engagement: Craft weekly updates for stakeholders and partners and evaluate/review external engagement requests.
• - Guide Customer Interaction Tactics: Serve as a strategic resource for resolving complex or negative public inquiries and standardizing responses to angry consumers.
• - Advise Division & Department Leadership: Provide regular reports and strategic recommendations to Leadership and the DOR Communications Director to ensure cross-departmental alignment.

Requirements

• - This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
• - Six (6) years of relevant professional experience in journalism, public relations or press release writing.
• - Or
• - A combination of related education in Journalism, Print Journalism, English, Public Relations or Digital Media and professional experience in journalism, public relations or press release writing totaling six (6) years.
• - Document this experience in your application IN DETAIL, as your experience will not be inferred or assumed.
• - NOTE: If submitting a transcript, certification or other relevant materials, candidates may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

Preferred

• - Experience in media relations, press outreach, public affairs or government communications.
• - Strong background in writing including news writing, feature writing or corporate communications.
• - Additional years of professional experience in journalism or public relations.
• - Experience utilizing Canva, Drupal, Constant Contact and Google Suite.

Benefits

• - As part of the State of Colorado, DOR offers a competitive benefits package to permanent employees:
• - PERA retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan, PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans
• - Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
• - Automatic Short-Term and Optional Long-Term Disability Coverage
• - Life and AD&D Insurance
• - Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• - Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) job protection and State of Colorado Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML)
• - 11 Paid Holidays Annually and Accrued Annual and Sick Leave
• - Variety of discounts on services and products available through the State of Colorado's Work-Life Employment Discount Program