This position will also manage internal communications for the AHA Southeast;establish an internal communications strategy in conjunction with VP of Communications and senior management team; ensure organizational initiatives and priorities are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Manages AHA Puerto Rico local social media channels
- Writes/distributes news releases and other media materials as appropriate to local media.
- Pitches/places health and science news to local media.
- Identifies human interest and health and science stories to be used for generating media coverage.
- Works with staff to ensure that branding guidelines are followed locally.
- Works with VP-Communications and Marketing to manage local crises or sensitive issues
- Establish an internal communications strategy for AHA Southeast and monitor metrics
- Plan, edit and write content for a variety of internal communications mediums, such as a staff intranet, monthly and weekly newsletters
- Ensure organizational initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders
- May also be required to work on the layout of content
- Manages and implements other projects as identified by the VP.
- Ability to travel to meetings and events as required and travel occasionally throughout the region and to the AHA’s National Center headquarters in Dallas, Texas as needed.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism or related field.
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of three-five years’ work experience in communications, public relations and journalism or any equivalent combination of training and work experience.
- Experience working as a team member with multiple internal and external constituencies: staff, media, and volunteers.
- Experience with crisis communications
- Experience implementing public relations campaigns, pitching to media, planning media events and development of press releases.
- Working knowledge of news media operation and news gathering
- Excellent written communication skills and AP writing style; ability to develop content for various internal and external communication vehicles
- Creative ability to devise communication strategies; digital skills; familiarity with information technology, especially digital and video means of communication, is essential.
- Ability to articulate complex information in understandable and relatable terms to all levels of staff.
- Must have strong organizational skills, strong attention to detail and ability and willingness to multi-task and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong time management and project management skills with ability to finish projects on deadline.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Oct 7 2019
Active Until:
Nov 7 2019
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit