Responsibilities

• - Implement content and storytelling strategies across multiple projects and initiatives that demonstrate the interconnectivity of the issues and elevate a diversity of voices in policy design. - Identify storytelling and content ideas that resonate with a variety of audiences to support public dialogue about regional policies and investments. - Create, manage, and optimize content for various platforms and channels (website, social media, newsletters, and informational materials), including managing day-to-day content creation, publishing, and analytics tracking and reporting. - Distill technical and complex information into relatable, engaging and plain language content. - Concurrently project manage communications for multiple projects and meet deadlines. - Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams that include communications, public involvement, planning, program, and technical staff. - Engage directly with community based organizations, industry representatives, public agencies, and members of the public, especially those historically marginalized, to source, coordinate and collaborate on communications efforts. - Deliver timely support for communications materials and channels, including proofreading, and website updates, to ensure accuracy and consistency across platforms.

Requirements

• - Bachelor’s degree in political science, business or public administration, public relations, marketing, the behavioral or social sciences or related degree; and - Five years professional level experience in public relations or affairs; or - Any combination of education, professional, volunteer and lived experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the classification duties and responsibilities.

Preferred

• - Previous experience working in political environments, with elected officials and/or with other high level decision-makers. - Demonstrated experience managing complex projects with multiple interested parties. - Multilingual communication skills, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian or other languages commonly spoken in the region.