Senior Director, Corporate Communications

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategic corporate communications function, ensuring alignment of messaging, voice, and storytelling across all organizational stakeholder communications.
• Partner closely with the SVP of Global Communications to align corporate communications priorities with the organization's broader global communications strategy, ensuring a cohesive narrative across internal and external audiences.
• Works closely with executive leadership to develop and execute corporate communications initiatives that bring the Company's vision, mission, and strategic priorities to life. This includes spearheading a refreshed stakeholder newsletter strategy, in collaboration with the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, to strengthen engagement with key audiences and advance organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with the CEO and Chief Stakeholder Officer to underscore the tourism industry’s indispensable contribution to Los Angeles by developing a comprehensive communications strategy to educate elected officials, community leaders, the business community and LA residents about the significant role tourism has to the LA economy.
• Identify and support key speaking engagement opportunities for LA Tourism CEO, senior leadership team and board members to generate support and advocacy for the tourism industry across the community.
• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with local and national media across print, digital, broadcast, and emerging platforms that cover tourism, travel, hospitality, and business sectors.
• Leverages an established network of industry contacts to position Los Angeles and LA Tourism as leading voices in the tourism industry, ensuring the destination is consistently included in relevant news coverage, trend stories, and thought leadership opportunities.
• Maintains and strengthens relationships with local broadcast media, ensuring ongoing engagement and visibility for the organization and its key initiatives.
• Supervises the Sr. Manager of Corporate Communications, including all training, development, mentoring, and associated performance management.
• Working alongside the SVP, Global Communications on issues and crisis management.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• Previous experience with the development and execution of tourism initiatives directly related to the UN SDGs, including tourism master plans, strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with a DMO, Tourism Board, or similar organization, as well as collaborating with civic stakeholders/elected officials, strongly preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a current, valid driver’s license and be able to drive a vehicle for work-related travel as needed and as applicable to the position.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must be willing to partake in a comprehensive background check, including a drug test in accordance with applicable laws.
• Must be proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player.
• Possess strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Agency experience.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment
• Remote Monday and Friday
• DTLA Office Tuesday through Thursday
• Company paid parking in DTLA
• Early Friday’s – our office closes every Friday at 2:30 pm
• Work remotely week of Thanksgiving
• Holiday Office Closure (December 24th – January 1st)
• 15 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time