Responsibilities

• Proactive Media Strategy: Formulate and execute an annual statewide media plan that highlights conservation milestones, habitat restoration projects, research breakthroughs, and public recreation opportunities.
• Hub-and-Spoke Regional Coordination: Partner closely with Regional Information and Education (I&E) Supervisor and I&E Specialists across the state’s eight regions to harvest raw field content, polish assets, and amplify them to statewide and national audiences.
• Crisis & Incident Management: Serve as the primary statewide media spokesperson during high-profile wildlife or public safety incidents, executing the department’s emergency communications protocol and providing strategic "crisis toolkits" to support regional offices.
• Science Translation & Content Creation: Translate highly dense biological data, complex harvest quotas, and changing hunting/fishing regulations into clear, engaging, and accessible press releases, digital content, and public-facing documents.
• Enterprise Digital Outreach: Oversee content strategy for the department’s primary digital channels, managing the distribution of mass public messaging to a statewide e-mail network of over 500,000 constituents.
• Public Sentiment & Analytical Feedback: Establish digital listening and media monitoring loops to track public trends and concerns, providing regular intelligence briefings to the Division Chief to help shape proactive agency policy.
• Supervise the Statewide Communications Specialist and oversee the development of the weekly media packet, communicating the Department’s top priority news.
• Work closely with the Director and Governor’s Office on controversial and sensitive wildlife management issues in addition to providing support regarding high-risk matters.
• Respond to statewide communications topics, and conducts interviews in person as well as on TV, radio, and other digital meeting.
• Work with communications team and Department leadership to develop communication campaigns with measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (typically in Public Relations)
• 1-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Public Relations) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Senior Public Relations Specialist
• OR
• 4-6 years of progressive work experience (typically in Public Relations) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Senior Public Relations Specialist
• PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS: statewide travel is required.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to strategic communications, journalism, science communications, public relations, public policy, marketing, or wildlife management (with a communications focus).

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities