Responsibilities

• Collaborates to develop and execute yearly media engagement strategy that supports policy and state advocacy priorities.
• Build NAMIC reputation among policy-oriented media and across all communications platforms.
• Creates opportunities with the press for NAMIC to achieve increased media coverage of its activities, and its positions on public policy matters affecting the property/casualty insurance industry.
• Creates and maintains media engagement plans for numerous states, acts as media liaison to Regional Vice Presidents, helps coordinate media awareness of testimony or bill engagement.
• Creates video or copy content for placement in various communication channels.
• Writes and/or edits advocacy communications including press releases, white papers, special reports, weekly advocacy updates, and other materials as appropriate.
• Generates original advocacy-related articles for IN Magazine.
• Supports and helps shape and deploy NAMIC social media plan by identifying and developing appropriate advocacy content.
• Counsels government affairs issue experts on key messaging and response to reporter inquiries on insurance-related topics.
• Develops and manages relationships with key media to secure and encourage coverage of NAMIC positions in mainstream media, trade press, and online on advocacy issues and activity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Minimum five years of experience in public relations, with emphasis on media relations, particularly with regard to policy issues and issue advocacy.
• Issue or political campaign experience preferred.
• Prior experience in understanding and articulating complex issues both verbally and in writing.
• Prior experience and proven ability to work on tight deadline with fast turnaround of clean documents and assignments as needed.
• Knowledge of the insurance industry.
• Experience working in legislative and regulatory processes at the state and federal level.
• Experience working for a trade association, advocacy group, or government official highly preferred.
• Ability to successfully pass a criminal background check and must possess an acceptable MVR.

Benefits

• Benefits include access to group medical, dental and vision; a matched 401(k) plan; one paid day each year to volunteer with the charity of your choice; generous paid vacation; and more!