Responsibilities

• Develop and distribute external communications products across multiple channels to raise awareness of humanitarian needs, advocate for patients and communities, engage with audiences, and achieve strategic objectives.
• Identify significant medical humanitarian issues and execute integrated communications plans to increase public awareness, audience engagement, and support for advocacy priorities.
• Develop and contribute to brand strategy, positioning, and tactics to increase brand visibility.
• Produce and support external communications content across audiences and channels, including for the website, social media, and live events.
• Promote DEI principles across all communications products and channels.
• Develop tactical media relations plans, build media lists, identify and develop story ideas to pitch to journalists working with US-based media to increase visibility of MSF’s programs, advocacy initiatives, and expertise.
• Execute media plans for specific issues, contexts, or events to keep a US audience informed about MSF’s work. This could include events run by MSF or participation in larger events run by other brands and organizations.
• Write, edit, and distribute press releases, campaign briefs, talking points, and other communications materials to support media relations and digital campaign plans within established systems and procedures.
• Identify and engage with social creators to build new relationships in support of MSF’s work; encourage engagement on social channels to reach new audiences and broaden awareness.
• Build and maintain relationships with artist agencies and representation for high profile MSF supporters

Requirements

• Min. 3-5 years media or public relations experience, preferably with a nonprofit organization or creative agency, plus a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Professional knowledge and understanding of media and social media landscape, combined with solid news judgment
• Familiarity with relationship management with journalists, artists and their representation, and content creators
• Experience working with multiple teams across different organizational departments
• Demonstrated track record of generating earned media coverage
• Demonstrated knowledge of media database and media monitoring programs
• Excellent research, writing, and editing skills, and ability to effectively present information to the media and external audiences
• Travel Requirements: Domestic or international travel as requested to provide emergency or other communications support. This may include local, national, or international media work; content creation, reporting, or advocacy support.