Public Relations & Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Support Visit Denver’s vision, mission , and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, personalization, commitment to community, accountability , and ownership.
• Support Visit Denver’s efforts related to Diversity, Equity , and Inclusion (DEI).
• Responsible for vendor management including tracking and press release distribution systems.
• Develop relationships with and pitch stories to consumer and trade media in the travel, lifestyle, entertainment, meetings, and travel trade sectors with the purpose of elevating Denver’s tourism brand. Write and distribute press releases and fulfill media inquiries to these audiences as required.
• Responsible for monitoring department media goals and assisting in selection of media monitoring vendor(s). Provide input to the process to evaluate and report results, distribute to staff and partners as needed, and review/assist coordinator with monthly media Board reports.
• Assist Director in pitching, coordinating, and staffing of desk side meetings in key tourism media markets.
• Act as a Bureau representative for domestic and international travel writers, pitch story ideas and fulfill requests from these writers. Attending domestic and international travel writer conferences as assigned (e.g., IPW).
• Act as main contact for coordinating domestic and international press tours (FAMs), including arranging itineraries, managing contractors, managing staffing, escorting writers and follow up.
• Manage maintenance of domestic (local, regional, and national) and international media lists.
• Serve as a key communications department contact with individual stakeholders and groups including Denver Mayor’s Office, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Denver Partnership, Colorado Tourism Office, Colorado Ski Country, and others.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or a relevant field of study is required.
• Minimum five (5) years of Public Relations and Media Relations experience; travel and/or tourism industry experience is a plus.
• Ability to confidently promote the city. Solid knowledge of Denver is not required, but a plus.
• Professional public/media relations capacity; solid understanding and experience in the development and management of relationships across all levels of press.
• Strong writing, proof reading and editing skills. Proficiency with AP Style.
• Highly motivated self-starter: ability to take initiative with projects; ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills, maturity, good judgment and capable of communicating in a professional manner with a diverse range of individuals; maintain professional presence.
• Efficient and proven organizational skills; detail oriented; proven problem analysis and resolution skills; exceptional analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities/projects/responsibilities simultaneously while meeting stringent deadlines.
• Proficient technology application skills; Advanced Microsoft Office or Google Suite (word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation), email and general digital skills and Client Management software.

Preferred

• travel and/or tourism industry experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance – 100% employer paid
• Vision Insurance – 100% employer paid
• Basic Life Insurance – 100% employer paid
• Short-Term Disability (STD) – 100% employer paid
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Floating Holidays
• Nine (9) Paid Holidays