Responsibilities

• Create and execute press and communications strategies to achieve Oceana objectives. This includes developing communications plans on the issues of saving the ocean and feeding the world, plastic reduction, increasing transparency at sea, and other organizational initiatives.
• Secure press coverage in strategic outlets and serve as the lead media contact for Oceana’s corporate plastic campaigns and the Transparent Oceans Initiative.
• Create and maintain successful relationships with members of the media.
• Manage the Communications Intern, including overseeing the production of a daily media report summarizing Oceana’s global media hits, media research and list building, and other communications projects as assigned.
• Produce written communications (press releases, talking points, op-eds, memos) for press initiatives, interviews, and events.
• Translate scientific information into public-friendly materials and strategize and develop communications for targeted audiences and stakeholders (e.g., news media, government officials, donors, and public). Other content production includes brochures, fact sheets, social media toolkits, presentations, website content, press materials, and more.
• Generate press coverage for Oceana’s major fundraising events.
• Support Oceana’s experts’ and celebrity supporters’ participation in events including preparing talking points, arranging interviews, and more.
• Produce and place Oceana’s print, radio, and TV public service announcements in key target areas such as New York and Southern California.
• Lead tracking of Oceana’s international media coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field.
• Three to five years of professional experience as a communications manager, journalist, press secretary, public relations consultant, or other position involving media/press relations.
• Proven track record of securing top tier interviews and press coverage.

Preferred

• Management experience a plus but not required.
• Experience with international media a plus.
• Professional working proficiency in Spanish is a plus, but not required.