Bilingual Media Relations Senior Advisor — Hybrid

Southern California Edison (SCE); Tulare (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Media Relations Communications Senior Advisor to lead strategic communications, pitch media opportunities, and respond on behalf of Edison International and SCE. The role includes serving as a bilingual Spanish spokesperson and acting as a PIO during incidents, with a hybrid work mode in California.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in corporate communications, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and strong writing skills across media and social platforms.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in corporate communications within a corporate or/or agency environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.
• Bilingual Spanish.
• Experience with utilities media landscape and all social media platforms.
• Media relations experience in newsroom, agency, or corporate setting.
• Excellent writing skills for media and social platforms.
• Experience with Cision and BusinessWire or similar platforms.
• Experience with project management or media campaign management.

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic execution of communications strategy and measures effectiveness.
• Drives communications that inform, educate, and manage risk and crises.
• Leads editorial development for a continuous optimized presence across platforms.
• Translates business goals into communications strategies, tactics and messaging.
• Identifies opportunities to share success stories about big initiatives and priorities.
• Provides strategic advice and develops standard work processes.
• Recommends and creates blogs, op-eds, fact sheets, site copy and talking points.
• Serves as a Public Information Officer (PIO) during Incident Management Team activations.
• Safeguards sensitive information and ensures data privacy and cybersecurity norms.

Skills

Media relations

Social media

Cision

BusinessWire

Spanish bilingual

Crisis comms

Writing for media

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations/Journalism/Communications

Tools

Cision

BusinessWire

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Media Relations Communications Senior Advisor to lead strategic communications, pitch media opportunities, and respond on behalf of Edison International and SCE. The role includes serving as a bilingual Spanish spokesperson and acting as a PIO during incidents, with a hybrid work mode in California.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in corporate communications, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and strong writing skills across media and social platforms.