Responsibilities

• Liaison between the library and all media outlets.
• Maintains and updates media contact list and meets all publication deadlines.
• Coordinates interview scheduling between library staff and media outlets, participates in interviews with media if marketing and communications manager or library director are not available.
• Collaborate with library staff to highlight programs and services.
• Collect, organize, proof, and edit all library branch programs and events each month to create a media calendar for promotions, including press releases, website news/blogs, newsletters, social media, and flyers.
• Central clearing point for all library communications to ensure a consistent and inclusive library identity, voice, and branding without errors, including brochures, newsletters, website content, social media, and library policies and procedures.
• Effectively writes to ensure the public can easily understand library services, policies, and other documents.
• Reviews, edits, and approves Canva Teams graphic and wording submissions for branding consistency, spelling, punctuation, and grammatical accuracy.
• Responds to public questions and complaints by phone and email and assists the Social Media Specialist with responses to public inquiries.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, public relations or English
• 3 years job related experience

Preferred

• experience in media relations preferred

Benefits

• Membership in the Texas County District Retirement System (TCDRS) for full-time and part-time employees.
• Full-time employees also enjoy a wide-range of great benefits.