National Media Relations Director
Summary: Responsible for planning and executing media relations initiatives including national media outreach, and message creation and distribution in a variety of formats.
Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Include But Not Limited To)
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Develop strategic communications plan for USA market
- Cultivate relationships with national media outlets to drive visibility of the brand.
- Ideate, develop and implement creative methods to seize targeted opportunities.
- Research, develop and execute media placement.
- Develop and pitch news and stories to the media.
- Draft press releases, briefings, talking points, and other written content.
- Utilize tools for research to help inform media placement decisions.
- Plan and coordinate media events and manage media relations activities.
- Track and analyze media metrics.
- Create and maintain media contact lists.
- Collaborate with national offices around the world.
- Work with agency partners and manage a public relations coordinator.
- Coordinate planning and messaging with social media teams to ensure consistency.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Requirements)
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Honesty, integrity and a passion to serve others
- Subscribe to Mercy Ships’ Statement of Faith; adhere to Mercy Ships Code of Conduct and support Mercy Ships mission
- Creative critical thinking when identifying opportunities for coverage
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative working style
- Solid written, verbal and presentation skills
- Occasional travel required, mostly within the US; international travel to gain experience on the ship as part of training will be required.
- Supportive of Mercy Ships mission and vision, and committed to its core values.
- Understand and apply servant leadership, work collaboratively with integrity and demonstrate accountability
Education and Experience
The requirements listed below are representative of the education and / or experience required.