Strategic Communications Architect

City of Dublin; Kentucky; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Dublin is seeking a Communications Strategist to lead strategic content planning, audience engagement and digital communications across City departments. You will develop integrated campaigns, set messaging standards and advise on outreach strategies to inform and engage residents, businesses and visitors.

You will manage editorial calendars, monitor performance metrics, and guide content development that aligns with the City’s priorities and brand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; four years of progressively responsible experience in communications, public relations, marketing, digital communications or a related field
• Experience developing and implementing strategic communications plans and integrated campaigns
• Experience using analytics and audience research to guide communication decisions
• Experience developing content strategies and editorial planning processes
• Experience managing social media, digital engagement or public information initiatives
• Familiarity with AI tools and their application in communications, audience engagement and content development

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements strategic communication plans and integrated campaigns for major City initiatives.
• Collaborates with City departments to identify objectives, audiences, messages and outreach strategies.
• Provides advisory support on how/when/where to communicate with stakeholders.
• Ensures communications align with the City’s priorities, brand and goals.
• Leads enterprise editorial planning, content roadmap and topic development.
• Coordinates content across channels and ensures consistent messaging and brand voice.
• Measures performance and uses insights to refine approaches.
• Supports media relations, community outreach and public information activities.
• Participates in on-call social media monitoring rotation and after-hours incident response.

Skills

Project management

Fast-paced environment

Collaboration

Community engagement

Social media monitoring

Content strategy

Audience engagement

Editorial leadership

Digital communications

Strategic planning

Media relations

Public information

Storytelling with multimedia

AI tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, digital media or related field

Job description

The City of Dublin is seeking a Communications Strategist to lead strategic content planning, audience engagement and digital communications across City departments. You will develop integrated campaigns, set messaging standards and advise on outreach strategies to inform and engage residents, businesses and visitors.

You will manage editorial calendars, monitor performance metrics, and guide content development that aligns with the City’s priorities and brand.