Copy Editor
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Communications Officer
Union of Concerned Scientists
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Washington
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💰 $84,194 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Serve as the media point person for one or more UCS campaigns and jump on media opportunities across issue areas.
- Develop and implement strategies and tactics to maximize earned media visibility for UCS, its experts, and products.
- Develop proactive and reactive media strategies and create a calendar of activities to obtain ongoing visibility in online, print, radio, TV, video, and podcasts.
- Develop cross-channel ideas (social media, digital ads, blog posts) to leverage for earned media.
- Represent UCS campaigns in coalition media efforts and assist with coalition messages/media strategy.
- Write, edit, and distribute media material including press releases, op-eds, factsheets, pitch memos, letters to the editor, backgrounders, and social media posts.
- Stay on top of messaging research and polling; develop messaging documents and talking points with program staff.
- Establish and maintain relationships with journalists; pitch reporters and respond to interview requests.
- Track outlets and journalists and cultivate top experts for media engagement.
- Arrange and staff UCS press briefings and reporter meetings.
- Conduct media trainings and develop talking points and soundbites for UCS experts.
- Track UCS press hits and contribute to quarterly media reporting.
- Manage media consultants and interns as needed.
- Maintain understanding of UCS issues and ensure activities enhance the organization’s reputation and advance organizational objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (comparable training and/or experience can be substituted).
- Position requires three to seven years of experience in media relations or journalism.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to conceive of and execute successful earned media strategies.
- Robust technical skills including ability to write press releases, op-eds, factsheets, pitch memos, letters to the editor, backgrounders, and social media posts.
- Ability to identify and maximize media opportunities; develop messages and sound bites.
- Social media and visual communications skills are a plus.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.
- Continuously operate a computer and must have the ability to control a mouse and keyboard.
- Communicate in verbal and written formats with internal staff and external constituents.
- Regular office hours that accommodate the East Coast media market; may include occasional nights, weekends, and on-call rotations.
- Some travel may be required, totaling 0-5 times a year.
