Communications Associate

AAAS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Disability insurance

Flexible spending account

Job summary

AAAS in Washington, DC is seeking a Communications Associate to join our SciPak team within the Editorial department, helping promote accurate coverage of Science family journals worldwide. You will liaise between authors and press officers, recruit and edit multimedia for journalists, and construct the weekly press package for Science Advances.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 1–2 years of communications experience, plus basic HTML and MS Office/Adobe skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1–2 years communications experience.
• Basic understanding of HTML and web design.
• Comprehensive understanding of press communications/media messaging.
• Interpersonal, organizational and group-oriented skills.

Responsibilities

• Create a weekly embargoed Tip Sheet for press officers.
• Coordinate publication schedules, embargo guidelines, press package details, and provide press support for authors, press officers, and journalists.
• Respond to time-sensitive stakeholder queries (author, PIO, reporter).
• Collect/format PDFs for press use by officers and journalists.
• Recruit and format multimedia content from researchers and institutional press officers for press packages.
• Create organizational documents for the press package team.
• Track multiple articles across issues.
• Build/update weekly press package on EurekAlert! and distribute via email.
• Support other team members in related efforts.
• Coordinate with Editorial & Production staff to track workflow changes.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HTML

Web design

Microsoft Office

Dreamweaver

Photoshop

Job description

Washington D.C.
Washington, DC 20005, USA

Description

AAAS has an exciting opportunity for a Communications Associate to join our SciPak team within our Editorial department.

This position exists to help promote and facilitate accurate coverage of the findings from the Science family of journals – specifically Science Advances, our highest volume journal – in the media worldwide. This includes serving as a liaison between authors of forthcoming papers and their affiliated press officers, across a range of time-sensitive questions, and some 7,000 journalists. Part of serving the latter group, journalists, involves recruiting, curating, and/or editing multimedia content that they can use in their stories. Another critical part of this role is the weekly “construction” of the press package – for Science Advances. They will also report back on media coverage metrics and article tracking.

Help us ignite the next era of Science.

What You’ll Do

• Create a weekly embargoed Tip Sheet for press officers on EurekAlert!.
• Communicate publication schedules, embargo guidelines, press package details, and provide press communications support for authors, press officers, and journalists.
• Respond to a range of time-sensitive stakeholder (author, PIO, reporter) queries.
• Collect and format PDFs for use by press officers and journalists.
• Recruit, collect, and properly format multimedia content from researchers and their affiliated institutional press officers for use in the press package.
• Create organizational documents for reference by the press package team.
• Track multiple articles and their content across several issues.
• Build and update the weekly press package on EurekAlert! and for distribution via email.
• Support other press package team members in various efforts.
• Coordinate with Editorial & Production staff to track changes in workflow, including related to volume.
• Requires bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years communications experience.
• Basic understanding of HTML, web design.
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office and Adobe programs – specifically Dreamweaver and Photoshop.
• Ability to track and manage several articles across several issues.
• Comprehensive understanding of press communications/media messaging.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Group-oriented.
• Organizational skills.

The anticipated initial rate of compensation for this position is between $55,000 – $58,000 per year. AAAS currently provides the following benefits for this position: paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, each subject to the terms of the applicable program. Additional benefits may apply.

AAAS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category. AAAS uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

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