Communications Specialist

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion employee engagement throughout the Lottery.
• Identify opportunities to engage employees across the Commonwealth in the Lottery’s culture.
• Explore ways to drive awareness of the Lottery’s mission.
• Build and maintain relationships with key Community Event partners, nonprofit organization contacts, and agency vendors.
• Collaborate on an annual plan of employee volunteer opportunities for the Lottery Outreach program.
• Proactively research employee volunteer opportunities and coordinate their participation.
• Ensure Lottery Outreach program requirements are met (manager pre-approval, logging volunteer hours, reporting, etc.).
• Collaborate on an annual Community Events plan in support of the Lottery’s mission.
• Negotiate and manage event sponsorship contracts.
• Coordinate all on-site elements for approved Community Events including budgeting, securing staff, overnight accommodations, timesheets, expense reports, and post-event evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility or Marketing.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in experiential/event marketing, event management, employee engagement or consumer engagement, including brand management, communications, campaigns, and brand ambassador programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team.
• Demonstrated experience as a brand/company representative in a public forum.
• Demonstrated experience in creative thinking.
• Strong verbal and written skills required.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Knowledge of basic accounting and reconciliation practices.
• A comparable amount of training and experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications