Media and Communications Coordinator #48697

Virginia Beach, VA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableEntry LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead volunteer communications for a city department, shaping storytelling, media relations, and public outreach to boost volunteer engagement.

  • Develop stories, features, and video scripts highlighting volunteers across City departments.
  • Must-have: Experience coordinating media relations and producing newsletters/content calendars.
  • Standout: Public-sector communications with event planning and branding adherence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement storytelling opportunities that highlight the impact of volunteers across City departments through written features, video scripts, interviews, spotlights, and other creative formats.
  • Manage agency social media accounts, including content creation, scheduling, graphic development, engagement monitoring, and analytics tracking.
  • Create and manage content for two dedicated newsletters, ensuring timely publication, clean copy, consistent branding, and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Coordinate the compilation, writing, editing, and layout production of the department’s Annual Report; manage deadlines, gather data from partners, and ensure accuracy and accessibility.
  • Use Asana to organize tasks, track progress, manage timelines, and collaborate with staff across the department and partner agencies.
  • Work with assigned City departments to develop and implement public relations, marketing, and media relations strategies to address issues, promote programs, and communicate with the public.
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with news media, community leaders, volunteers, and citizen organizations.
  • Write news releases, message points, articles, advertising copy, talking points, and video scripts; draft and edit original stories and feature content for external distribution.
  • Coordinate and manage special events, including volunteer recognition programs, press opportunities, and community engagement events.
  • Support production of major volunteer-related publications as assigned, ensuring quality, timeliness, and adherence to City branding and communications standards.

Benefits

  • The City offers a generous benefits package, which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, holidays and annual and sick leave.
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Home to more than 456,000 people, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 39th largest city in the United States. A dynamic community strengthened by a diverse mix of industry, attractions and people, Virginia Beach is recognized globally as one of the best places to live, work and do business. With 38 miles of beaches and 79 miles of scenic waterways, this vibrant East Coast city is situated along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay, in the southeastern corner of the state, about a four-hour drive by car to Washington D.C., and within a day's drive or less from two-thirds of the U.S. population.The City of Virginia Beach LinkedIn page has a wealth of multimedia content available for review. The posted media is copyrighted and owned by the City and may not be downloaded, copied, or linked to without the express written permission of the City. Any media displayed by or linked from the City of Virginia Beach LinkedIn page or VirginiaBeach.gov that was not created by the City has been used with permission from the copyright holder.

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