Responsibilities

• Media Relations & Public Relations - Support proactive media strategies tied to organizational priorities, campaigns, partnerships, advocacy initiatives, and major announcements. - Actively pitch, secure, coordinate, and staff national, regional, local, and trade media opportunities. - Build and maintain relationships with reporters, producers, editors, and freelance writers. - Draft and edit communications materials including press releases, media advisories, talking points, briefing materials, statements, FAQs, and messaging documents. - Support media interview preparation for executives, spokespeople, self-advocates, families, researchers, partners, and ambassadors. - Monitor news cycles, identify timely opportunities for media engagement, and support rapid-response communications and sensitive media inquiries as needed. - Collaborate with internal teams to identify stories, spokespeople, and community perspectives that support communications priorities and help identify gaps in available stories, voices, or subject matter relevant to proactive communications efforts. - Help maintain consistency across external communications materials and public-facing messaging. - Help manage media lists, coverage tracking, reporting, and communications resources. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Collaborate across departments to support integrated communications efforts and ensure alignment in public-facing messaging. - Coordinate with external PR agencies, consultants, partners, vendors, and other stakeholders as needed. - Support internal communications processes and help manage communications approvals and workflows as needed. - Serve as a communications resource for regional teams, helping support local visibility opportunities and messaging alignment. Partnerships & Campaign Support - Assist with communications tied to corporate partnerships, fundraising campaigns, organizational initiatives, and community events. - Assist with communications support surrounding celebrities and other high-profile supporters, and select organizational events as needed .

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field preferred. 6-8 years of experience in public relations, communications, media relations, journalism, or a related communications role.

Preferred

• Experience working in nonprofit, advocacy, healthcare, disability, and mission-driven communications environments (preferred).
• Availability for occasional travel, generally a few times per year and time-sensitive evening or weekend assignments (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field preferred.