Responsibilities

• Serve as a working manager to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendation.
• Collaborate with a team of graphic and web designers, video producers, and other public relations professionals to ensure understanding of communications needs and requirements
• Research, write, and prepare content for social media pages, presentations, marketing materials, speeches, websites, newsletters, video scripts, and correspondence
• Assist with media relations, including developing news releases, facilitating information requests, and conducting on-camera interviews
• Coordinate special projects and special events
• Keep a pulse on new communication tools/tactics and seek new opportunities to reach target audiences
• Create content for ongoing email newsletters and maintain distribution lists
• Manage and maintain branding and voice across platforms
• Public Speaking Duties: Rotate as designated reader during the Board of Commissioners public meetings
• Public Speaking Duties: Explain job duties to youth and adults during outreach programming

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public relations, marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field AND 5 years of experience
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
• 2 years of management/supervisory experience
• Writing samples
• You must attach to this application your three best original writing samples that demonstrate public relations or marketing writing. Samples can include but are not limited to feature stories, articles published in print or online, news releases, events or video scripts, social media posts, or ad copy.

Preferred

• Bi-lingual and able to read, write and speak Spanish proficiently
• Strong writer with experience in proofreading, editing, and following AP style
• Public relations agency experience
• Experience in on-camera reporting and developing scripts for video
• Experience developing content for digital media and measuring digital media tools for their effectiveness

Benefits

• Exceptional benefits, including health coverage, a robust wellness program (Spouses can participate, too!), onsite employee wellness center, longevity pay, tuition reimbursement, and more. The value of Gwinnett County benefits can be up to 49 percent of an individual’s total compensation.
• Gwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below:
• Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce.
• World-class community
• Careers with impact