Responsibilities

• Strategic Communications Planning
• Develops and implements strategic communication plans and integrated communications campaigns for major City initiatives, projects, programs and events.
• Collaborates with City departments to identify communication objectives, target audiences, key messages and effective outreach strategies.
• Serves as a trusted communications advisor, helping departments determine how, when and where to communicate with stakeholders.
• Ensures communications efforts support the City’s strategic priorities, brand and organizational goals.
• Identifies opportunities to proactively communicate emerging issues, projects and initiatives.
• Content Strategy & Editorial Leadership
• Develops and maintains the City's enterprise editorial calendar, content roadmap and strategic content planning process.
• Develops content strategies that align organizational priorities with audience interests and communication objectives.
• Identifies emerging topics, community interests, trends and cultural moments that create opportunities for timely and relevant communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, digital media or a related field; and four years of progressively responsible experience in communications, public relations, marketing, digital communications or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic communications plans and integrated campaigns.
• Experience using analytics and audience research to guide communication decisions.
• Experience developing content strategies and editorial planning processes.
• Experience managing social media, digital engagement or public information initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing major social media platforms and digital engagement tools, including content strategy, audience development, analytics and paid social advertising.
• Knowledge of strategic communications and marketing principles, including audience segmentation, message development, content strategy and campaign planning.
• Experience evaluating communication effectiveness and reporting outcomes to leadership.
• Experience planning, implementing and evaluating digital advertising or paid media campaigns.
• Experience working in local government, public-sector, nonprofit or similarly complex organizations.

Preferred

• Familiarity with artificial intelligence tools and their application in communications, audience engagement and content development.

Benefits

• HEALTH BENEFITS The City of Dublin offers a high deductible health care plan through United Healthcare that provides 100% coverage for preventative care. Employee or family coverage is available. Additionally our integrated wellness program, Healthy by Choice (HBC), allows employees to earn a waiver of all or a portion of the medical plan premiums.
• HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT/HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT Annually, the City will deposit 75% of your health insurance deductible amount into an HSA account in your name.
• VISION AND DENTAL The City pays 100% of the premium for dental and vision. Coverage levels will be explained in further detail at time of hire.
• LIFE INSURANCE The City pays 100% of the premium for 1.5 times your salary up to $150,000 term life insurance coverage for the employee. Supplemental insurance is available.
• RETIREMENT PENSION The City contributes 14% monthly toward retirement benefits offered through the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System. The employee pension payment share is 10% of gross salary.
• VACATION New employees accrue two weeks of paid vacation their first year. Vacation time increases with length of service time. Prior public service may be honored as service credit for vacation accrual.
• PERSONAL LEAVE Employees receive five prorated days of personal leave annually.
• SICK LEAVE Employees are advanced three sick days at the time of hire and accrue nine sick days in total annually.
• OTHER Eleven (11) paid holidays per year, employer paid short term disability, tuition/certification reimbursement of up to $7,000 annually, recreation membership and longevity pay after four years of full time completed service with the City of Dublin.