Associate Media and Digital Communications Officer
ACLED
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🌎 Anywhere in the World
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💰 $40,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Draft press releases, media advisories, quotes, and background materials under the direction of the Media Relations Manager.
- Support responses to media inquiries and coordinate interviews or information requests.
- Maintain up-to-date media lists, journalist databases, and monitoring systems.
- Track media coverage and produce initial data for analysis and KPI reporting.
- Assist with preparing talking points, briefings, and messaging documents.
- Assist with media training and interview practice.
- Work closely with social media colleagues to ensure messaging alignment across all platforms.
- Assist in designing and producing digital content, including posts, graphics, short-form videos, and multimedia assets for use on social channels.
- Help ensure digital content reflects consistent branding, accuracy, and tone.
- Assist with planning, recording, and editing podcasts and webinars.
- Support guest coordination, scheduling, research, and preparation of scripts or content outlines.
- Provide basic support for video production, short news clips, and other multimedia materials.
- Help produce timely content aligned with the current news cycle and ACLED’s key data releases.
- Support media training logistics and preparation of training materials.
- Participate in occasional out-of-hours work as part of a duty rota; time off in lieu will be provided.
- Travel occasionally to conferences, ACLED meetings, or to support recording or filming projects if necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with two to four years’ experience in media relations, digital communications, journalism, or a related field.
- Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with an ability to translate complex information into clear and engaging content.
- Understanding of the media landscape and basic principles of digital communications.
- Experience creating digital content such as social media posts, graphics, or short-form videos.
- Familiarity with audio or video editing tools (e.g., Audacity, Adobe Premiere, Descript, or similar).
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines, respond quickly to emerging priorities, and exercise sound judgment.
- Excellent written English and strong attention to detail.
- Experience using media monitoring tools, databases, or digital analytics platforms.
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with global colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Arabic language skills.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
writingeditingdigital content creationmedia relationsjournalismdigital communicationsaudio editingvideo editingdata analysisKPI reporting
Soft skills
verbal communicationattention to detailinterpersonal skillstime managementsound judgmentadaptabilitycollaborationcreativityproblem-solvingorganizational skills