Media Relations Assistant

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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Chicago, IL, USA
Full-time

Our fast-paced communications team is seeking a Chicago-based assistant to support our media team members across the country. The Media Relations Assistant will provide administrative support in a variety of capacities, including invoice and expense processing, budget accounting, and travel arrangements. The Media Relations Assistant will also work on research, list building, writing, copy editing, media strategy, and pitching reporters on stories. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, with strong written and verbal communications skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with overlapping tasks and deadlines. Experience with media/PR a plus.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Administrative

  • Completing expense reports for our communications staff; arranging travel as needed; scheduling meetings and conference calls
  • Processing invoices
  • Managing budgets and updating budget trackers
  • Developing contracts and license agreements

Media 

  • Building and maintaining press lists
  • Distributing press releases through Cision; posting press releases on NRDC website
  • Fielding reporter calls
  • Pitching stories; following up with reporters
  • Coordinating TV and radio interviews
  • Tracking and analyzing media coverage
Educational Background: 
Bachelor Degree required
Skills/Experience: 
  • 1-3 years previous administrative or professional experience
  • Strong interest in, media relations, communications and/or journalism
  • Outstanding organizational skills, the ability to multi-task, set priorities, follow institutional procedures and perform undirected work
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Close attention to detail and follow through on tasks
  • Ability to work accurately and with composure under deadline pressure
  • Willingness to be available for occasional overtime work
  • Must possess a high-degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • Interest in environmental issues or social justice advocacy a plus 
How to Apply: 

https://careers-nrdc.icims.com/jobs/3888/media-relations-assistant/job

Job Function: 
Communications & Public Education

Organization Info

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Website: 
nrdc.org
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1970
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Environment
Legal Services / Justice System
Mission: 

The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places.

We seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment.

We strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations.

We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
May 9 2018
Active Until: 
Jun 9 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry: 
Nonprofit