Strategic Public Relations & Engagement Lead

Stanfordlivetickets; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO days

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

403(b) plan

Job summary

Stanford University seeks a Strategy and Engagement Specialist (Public Relations Officer 2) to plan, coordinate and implement communications programs for a department/unit. Responsibilities include developing internal/external content, coordinating media relations, and crafting strategies for brand and reputation management.

Working under senior management, you will lead PR activities, prepare newsletters, and build relationships with press, policymakers and community leaders, while supporting

Qualifications

• 5 years or more of experience in consulting, strategy, communications, marketing
• Bachelor degree
• Strong judgment, professionalism, and comfort working with senior stakeholders
• Excellent writing and editing skills; ability to communicate complex topics accurately and accessibly
• Prior work with journalists, producers, and institutional communications team
• Experience handling sensitive

Responsibilities

• Provide public relations support for audiences that are both internal and external to the university.
• Plan and execute activities to support public relations objectives.
• Develop, execute and oversee written communications of moderate complexity, including presentations, speeches, news stories, web content, talking points, and correspondence and social media posts.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners
• Participate in regular meetings of key researchers with media relations needs to develop strategies and tactics for facilitating effective communications.
• Identify and maintain professional relationships with key press, policy influencers and community leaders.
• Prepare content for internal or external newsletters. Understand email and digital content distribution.
• Assist in developing strategies for brand managements, reputation management and issues management of moderate complexity.
• Assist with the design and implementation of effective constituent communications programs and social media strategies.
• Serve as a project leader for public relations activities of small to moderate complexity.

Skills

Writing skills

Editing skills

Stakeholder relations

Media relations

Strategic communications

Judgment

Professionalism

Education

Bachelor's degree

Five years experience

Job description

Stanford University seeks a Strategy and Engagement Specialist (Public Relations Officer 2) to plan, coordinate and implement communications programs for a department/unit. Responsibilities include developing internal/external content, coordinating media relations, and crafting strategies for brand and reputation management.

Working under senior management, you will lead PR activities, prepare newsletters, and build relationships with press, policymakers and community leaders, while supporting