Strategic Communications Specialist

Responsibilities

• Acts as communications liaison to a designated number of districts by maintaining regular contact with senior managers in the Area and District Offices in the geographic area served in order to discover communications issues and plan appropriate programs.
• Provides advice and Counsel to District Managers, Plant Manager and their leadership teams on Public Relations and internal and external communications.
• Represents the Postal Service to the news media in assigned districts. Responds to inquiries; generates positive news coverage through story placement; arranges news conferences and briefings.
• Creates and executes a full range of communications programs designed to promote products and services.
• Promotes Postal Service products and services and generates publicity about them through trade and general interest media. Produces brochures, audiovisual vehicles and conducts special events in support of product publicity efforts at the area, district and local level.
• Develops and executes community relations activities to inform and educate the general public about services provided by the Postal Service.
• Conducts special events to promote Postal Service activities.
• Writes, edits, and designs articles, news releases, speeches, and audio and video scripts, general correspondence, employee publications, and other materials as needed to communicate various Postal Service activities, goals and performance. Supports Government Relations activities as appropriate.
• Reviews investigative news reports for items requiring a response.
• Reviews special coverage transcripts and selects those portions suitable for executive review.

Requirements

• Ability to serve as a representative of, and spokesperson for, the organization to the news media and the public.
• Ability to promote positive publicity about the organization and its products and services, including placement of material in various media.
• Ability to write various communications, such as articles, news releases, speeches, scripts, and general correspondence concerning company activities, goals, and performance.
• Ability to develop and implement community relations activities.
• Ability to conduct or advise on special events that promote company activities, including promotion, publicity, and customer information programs.
• Ability to advise senior managers on communications issues and media relations techniques.
• Ability to coordinate with field video units for the production of audiovisual materials.
• Ability to review and edit news stories and special coverage transcripts to identify issues needing response or further attention from management.
• Ability to arrange interviews, news, print, broadcasts and social media, conferences, and briefings.

Benefits

• The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.