Crisis Communications and Reputation Management Associate Director

Crisis Communications and Reputation Management Associate Director

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience in corporate communications, public relations, cyber and corporate security, or crisis communications.
• Experience working and communicating with C-suite and senior executive clients.
• Flexibility in working non-traditional hours.
• Willingness to travel on a regular basis (25-50% of time).

Responsibilities

• Managing responses to crisis activations, including facilitating meetings.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key media members, including broadcast and print reporters, editors, and other thought leaders/influencers; existing and extensive media relations.
• Developing crisis and executive messaging.
• Developing social media guidance.
• Partnering with Legal and HR teams, including the Labor Relations team on contract negotiations for union workers.
• Building and designing campaigns: identify and bring together agencies and individual experts in a variety of backgrounds for short or long term brand protection initiatives.
• Monitoring and evaluating competitive media intelligence, suggest counter strategies and opposition narratives.
• Preparing corporate business leaders as spokespeople with comprehensive background materials and staff media interviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or advertising.
• Experience in working, creating and/or managing a political campaign on a State or Federal level.
• Experience as a TV, radio or print journalist in a top 50 market.
• Experience or having worked for a Federal or State regulatory or legislative body, including Congress, the FCC, a state legislature or a Governor’s office.
• Experience in the Communications industry, technology or software.
• Experience pitching and maintaining relationships with reporters.
• Curated digital Rolodex of media contacts.
• Outstanding writing, editing, and verbal communications skills with attention to detail.
• Mastery of news writing standards.
• Experience utilizing digital and social media channels to reach a specific audience.
• Significant experience managing multiple projects at once and seeing each to fruition with strong results.
• Experience supporting a team of diverse executives and client teams.
• Experience presenting in front of high-level executives.
• A desire and willingness to run to a crisis.