Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent knowledge and awareness of issues, opportunities and challenges, and develop proactive, sound, timely, and accurate communications, including responses to a steady stream of media inquiries.
• Proactively generate and develop content on relevant topics on a consistent basis to inform state, national and trade media.
• Author a variety of written content pieces, including official statements, news releases, reports, briefings, op-eds, and media pitches and manage communications vetting processes.
• Ensure strong oversight of communications and coordination with social media manager on multi-channel delivery of information.
• Work with communications professionals across the UT institutions to keep them informed on issues of importance on a timely basis.
• Create media briefings, including logistics, talking points and reference materials – as appropriate – to prepare principals for media engagement.
• Propose, write and pitch columns and op eds on key issues for UT System principals.
• Provide media relations coverage for board meetings of the UT System Board of Regents and the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO).
• Serve as a media relations liaison to the UT System departments and UT institutions.
• Support UT System events with media opportunities.
• Consistently evaluate and update media lists based on proactive outreach and evolving press opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.