Responsibilities

• Prioritize and manage a diverse workload across multiple departments.
• Represent assigned departments as a member of the Communications Division Leadership team. Work closely and collaboratively with Department and Communications staff on cross-cutting and citywide initiatives and priority focus areas.
• Lead creation, development and management of Departments’ marketing/communications strategies and plans. In collaboration with the Communications Director and the departments’ leadership teams, create goals and objectives that meet business needs and initiatives. Leadership requests and guidelines are generally stated objectives only, with issues and factors largely undefined; thus, the employee must exercise creativity and ingenuity in devising criteria, techniques, strategies, and methodologies for approaching functions or projects.
• Facilitate meetings with residents and work with the organizational community engagement team to ensure best possible outcomes.
• Develop and manage marketing/communications budget for specific communications campaigns.
• Create and manage brand strategy, foundations, aesthetic, and marketing direction for department programs, projects, and initiatives.
• Manage the wide range of communication needs across multiple City Departments
• Collaboratively lead development of politically sensitive messages and activities with the Communications Director and departments' leadership teams.
• Collaboratively create strategies and communication procedures for the broader City organization.
• Coordinate with City of Longmont communication, marketing, and web teams across departments on work products.

Requirements

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in journalism, mass communications, public relations, marketing, or related field and at least five years of increasingly responsible experience in municipal government or a large public or private agency, including a minimum of three years of direct supervisory experience leading and managing a team.
• Possession of a valid Colorado Driver’s License.

Preferred

• Special Qualifications: Bilingual in English/ Spanish preferred.

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, 401(a) Money Purchase Plan, Life & Survivor, Term Life & AD&D, Long Term Disability, Bereavement, Jury & Witness Duty, FMLA, Military Leave, Parental and Caregiver Leave, Sick, Vacation at start of employment, Holiday pay, EAP, Tuition Assistance.
• Other benefits: Optional, employee elected, voluntary benefits are available.