Strategic Communications Specialist

FirstDay Foundation; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstDay Foundation is seeking a Strategic Comms Associate to advance the mission of our clients and internal accounts. You will develop, plan and execute strategic communication efforts across Portfolio teams, providing ongoing recommendations using industry knowledge and competitive intelligence.

With direction from the Sr. Account Executive, you will execute comprehensive Communications Plans including media, creative, research, public relations, and digital components, ensuring consistent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in an Internal/External Communications position, account management, communications, marketing, and PR.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and familiarity with brand messaging, content strategy, or media relations.
• Strong editing and proofreading abilities with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Professional client-facing presence and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Strat Comms team members to contribute to strategic planning efforts for clients, fostering client engagement and feedback across accounts within the assigned Portfolio team.
• Develop and implement comprehensive communications plan(s) aligned with each affiliate’s organizational goals and objectives, ensuring all communications collateral are clear, concise, on-brand, and aligned with client objectives with overall consistent brand voice and messaging across all platforms.
• Support storytelling and messaging strategy across campaigns and initiatives.
• Work with clients to provide market research, and develop campaign strategies for them to successfully meet their objectives.
• Support affiliates with messaging, talking points, and presentation materials.
• Draft press releases and media advisories that are consistent with each affiliate.
• Possess strong project management skills and working knowledge of costs and timeframes associated with completing jobs.
• Possess strong basic financial management and supervisory skills, and basic understanding of cost management in an advertising agency context.
• Develop and disseminate supporting materials to clients as instructed, including weekly status reports, billing summaries, timelines, meeting agendas, meeting reports, project recaps, project estimates, and other relevant documents.
• Translate client goals, feedback, and revisions into actionable direction for internal teams and coordinate with the creative team to produce marketing collateral or other assets as necessary.
• Cultivate community relations awareness by staying informed of current trends and news within our region, engage with chambers of commerce, city officials, and area business councils, and attend relevant community events.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Client communication

Project management

Storytelling/writing

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications/Marketing/PR/Journalism

Job description

FirstDay Foundation is seeking a Strategic Comms Associate to advance the mission of our clients and internal accounts. You will develop, plan and execute strategic communication efforts across Portfolio teams, providing ongoing recommendations using industry knowledge and competitive intelligence.

With direction from the Sr. Account Executive, you will execute comprehensive Communications Plans including media, creative, research, public relations, and digital components, ensuring consistent