82 applicants

Company

CARE · 15 hours ago

SENIOR PRESS OFFICER

Washington, DC

Contract

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$89K/yr - $104K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Build and cultivate CARE's relationship with key editors/journalists/outlets that keep the public informed on issues related to fighting poverty, responding to emergencies, and empowering girls and women. A special interest is placed on journalists at the most popular outlets reaching CARE's target audience.

Help develop and implement strategies for communicating CARE's signature issues and/or advocacy priorities to the public. This includes positioning CARE in a way that drive's home the organization's distinctiveness, targets desired audiences, and results in a well-defined sub-brand. Development and growing CARE's Thought Leadership work is a key component of this role.

Increase public awareness of CARE by promoting its poverty-fighting work and women's empowerment brand across US and global media. This includes strategically and proactively pitching to media to secure CARE coverage and managing and responding to media inquiries.

Disseminating relevant and timely pitches, press releases and statements to targeted journalists.

Vetting media inquiries and obtaining information for journalists/producers who contact CARE from US outlets.

Connecting journalists with appropriate CARE colleagues, and staffing interviews as needed.

Seeking out opportunities for journalists to visit CARE programs.

Organizing press briefings.

In collaboration with CARE colleagues across the organization -- including senior leadership -- develops/drafts, edits, obtains approvals for, and disseminates press releases and statements as needed, often on short notice.

Identify and support spokespeople -- often members of CARE's senior leadership -- and ensure they are prepared for interviews. This includes developing/drafting, obtaining approvals for, and disseminating talking points and briefing packets; as well as managing media trainings/workshops for spokespeople, both on a consistent and ad hoc basis. Occasionally, serve as spokesperson, as needed.

Help manage and support CARE's media relations work during a humanitarian crisis or major event, i.e outbreak of armed conflict, earthquakes, typhoons, etc. This includes lining up talking points, spokespeople, identifying unique opportunities for CARE coverage, identifying key journalists covering the crisis and ensuring they receive CARE updates/pitches, staffing interviews as needed, and tracking coverage.

Qualification

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Media RelationsCommunications StrategiesJournalismInternational RelationsPublic RelationsU.S. Media KnowledgeFrenchSpanish

Required

Bachelor’s degree in communications, international relations, journalism or other related field

7 to 9 years of (combined) media relations/communications/public relations/journalism experience

At least 4 years of media relations experience either at an agency or in-house

Knowledge of key U.S. and international media outlets

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Preferred

Experience working with a humanitarian or a development NGO

Spanish-speakers are preferred

Company

CARE

CARE is a leading international humanitarian organization.

Founded in 1945

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.care.org/

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