We are looking for a Public Relations Specialist at our Middletown, CT headquarters. This person will write press releases, develop media contacts, and coordinate Christians Alliance (CA) public relations initiatives.

 

This position has a time requirement of approximately 8 hours per week.

 

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing a national public relations strategy, including developing a reporting system to analyze success of various public relations activities.

• Coordinating public relations events and interacting with vendors to ensure efficient and effective impact of promotion/event.

• Complete oversight of assigned projects, including working with volunteers and troubleshooting.

• Developing and maintaining media contacts and pitching media for story placement, as well as responding to media inquiries or media crisis situations.

• Utilizing public relations activities to support CA’s donation and volunteer recruitment efforts.

• Building CA identity and company awareness, as well as provide positive public relations for helping CA Workshops to build company credibility.

• Work with media to attend CA Workshops. This will include providing on-site workshop participation to media regarding interviews and press passes.

• Work with Volunteer Coordinator to plan project and event volunteer needs.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, or related field.

• Two to three years experience in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or similar field.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to write press releases and other forms of communication documents such as articles for newsletters.

• Ability to conduct presentations with exceptional business skills.

• Strong creative writing and proofreading skills.

• Demonstrated ability to successfully pitch news stories and/or press releases to media.

• Ability to plan, organize and implement special events.

• Ability to work as a team player, including motivating other volunteer team members.

• Ability to maintain multiple database files.

• Strong planning, organizing, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Ability to meet deadlines and to be detail-oriented.