II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

· With general guidance and supervision, engages and assists assigned internal partners (business and department heads) with targeted communications to both internal and external audiences.

· Cultivates the specified internal partner and external vendor relationships. Escalates unusual request to the VP or director level for approval.

· Responsible for assigned organization’s media responses and is proactive in media relations and tactics.

· With oversight, develops external company message positioning on assigned issues and branding and recommends delivery and timing of company messages to target audiences.

· May serve as a corporate media contact for certain news releases and incoming inquiries.

· Provides assistance to company personnel in preparing speeches, letters and articles which are to be made public.

· Works with management to execute internal communications tactics designed to contribute to the company’s employee engagement campaign and the related behaviors to support a motivated workforce.

· Responds to field communicators to assist with the strategy implementation, delivery of tools and messaging.

· May coordinate and assist in the administration and planning of large company events.

· May be responsible for creating and supporting internal communications regarding weather related disaster or crisis preparedness and aftermath.

· Monitoring and compiling and distributing company and industry daily news throughout the company via intranet.

· Organizing and monitoring media from all outlets.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory duties.

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) in Communication, Journalism, or Public Relations, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.

• Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience in a communications department or agency. Master’s Degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

· None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

· Some knowledge of finance and accounting helpful.

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Normal setting for this job is an office setting, but could require travel to field locations
• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc) most of the work day;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds part of the work day;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc) rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements sometimes