Communications Specialist
L3Harris Technologies
Associate Director, Strategic Communications and Media
The Nature Conservancy
full-time
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Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $105,400 - $170,850 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Develops, creates and implements communications strategies that align with overall goals for the Pacific Division.
- Provides direction and leadership over earned media, social media, crisis communications and strategic communications.
- Implements an integrated and effective communications and earned media plan to help drive brand awareness and donor engagement and action in the Pacific Division.
- Manages public and media relations, external speaking engagement opportunities, and develops thought leader strategies for subject matter experts (SMEs) and senior leaders.
- Leads and implements strategic communication plans for reputational risk and crisis mitigation.
- Manages one or more staff and facilitates on-going communication between parts of the globally dispersed Marketing division.
- Develops and fosters relations with journalists and key persons in selected media and proactively pitches and places earned media stories.
- Manages communication strategies and program implementation for high profile audiences like Board of Directors, state and country board of trustees, and policymakers.
- Provides consultation, media training, coaching and talking points to spokesperson(s).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field and a minimum of 9 years of related work experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Experience developing communications, media and engagement strategies and measuring results
- Experience managing staff and teams.
- Experience developing and leading complex projects or programs including financial responsibility and measuring results of strategic plans and programs.
- Experience cultivating and managing reporter relationships.
- Multi-lingual skills (desired).
- Multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience (desired).
- Master’s degree or extensive professional experience (desired).
- Management experience including ability to motivate, lead, set objectives , manage performance and help with conflict resolution on a multi- disciplinary team (desired).
- Experience overseeing and leading on reputational risk mitigation, and crisis communications (desired).
- Experience placing earned media and social media and measuring results (desired).
- Experience placing speakers and developing thought leadership (desired).
- Experience measuring results of earned media plans and programs (desired).
- Excellent communications, and presentation skills; ability to persuasively convey the mission of The Nature Conservancy to diverse groups including donors, board members and the public.
- Familiarity with communication technologies and best practices.
- Experience and/or understanding of communication best practices at a decentralized organization.
- Excellent communications, mediation and negotiation skills.
- Experience fostering an environment of creativity and professional growth.
