Senior Media Relations & Communications Lead (Hybrid)

Southern California Edison; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Edison International is seeking a Media Communications Senior Advisor to lead strategic media engagement, shape messaging, and serve as a spokesperson for Edison International and Southern California Edison. The role includes after-hours on-call duty, incident response support, and collaboration across local, regional, and national media.

The position requires a seasoned communications professional with deep media relations expertise, strong writing, and crisis communications skills, working in

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in corporate communications within a corporate and/or agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic execution of communications strategy and measures the effectiveness for the relevant team’s focus area.
• Drives communications that inform and educate, and when needed, manage risk and mitigate crises.
• Leads editorial development to establish a continuous and optimized presence across platforms.
• Translates business goals into communications strategies, tactics and messaging.
• Identifies opportunities to share success stories about big initiatives and company/departmental/team priorities.
• Provides strategic advice and counsel and develops standard work processes.
• Recommends and creates specific communications materials such as blogs, op-eds, fact sheets, site copy and key messages/talking points.
• Serves as a Public Information Officer (PIO) during Incident Management Team activations, supporting customers and communities during emergencies.

Skills

Media relations

Crisis comms

Strategic planning

Spokesperson

Social media

Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in PR/Journalism

Tools

Cision

BusinessWire

Job description

Edison International is seeking a Media Communications Senior Advisor to lead strategic media engagement, shape messaging, and serve as a spokesperson for Edison International and Southern California Edison. The role includes after-hours on-call duty, incident response support, and collaboration across local, regional, and national media.

The position requires a seasoned communications professional with deep media relations expertise, strong writing, and crisis communications skills, working in