Public Relations and Communications Coordinator

Main Responsibilities

• As a Public Relations Coordinator in Minneapolis, you will:.
• Proof written communications including press releases social media posts, video, promotional materials and any other collateral necessary.
• Maintain and update content across digital platforms (website, intranet, social medial and email campaigns).
• Track engagement and manage year-long social media account.
• Drafting press releases and announcements about major projects, events, or happenings. This includes interviewing design leaders, as needed.
• Participating in standing meetings to stay apprised of key happenings and PR opportunities, and offering strategic PR guidance to colleagues, as needed.
• Helping to liaise with members of the news media, including responding promptly to requests from journalists, fielding inquiries, following up with journalists on key pitches, and coordinating and facilitating media interviews for design leaders.
• Ghostwriting thought leadership articles, and/or copyediting/revising them, on behalf of design and technical staff.
• Assisting with content capture and content repurposing during internal and external events.
• Contributing thoughtful, creative ideas to help inform the firm’s editorial content calendar.
• Developing and maintaining a system by which to identify and track major PR opportunities, including key project milestones.
• Implementing a system for tracking, organizing, and archiving important media coverage.
• Identifying, tracking, and monitoring significant speaking engagement opportunities and developing competitive speaker proposals.
• Enthusiastic team player with a collaborative approach.
• Licensure/Certifications/Education.
• LEED GA (preferred not required).
• Requirements.
• How to Apply:.
• Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples.
• Include your resume and a compact, representative sample of your work (no larger than 4MB).
• Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.
• At Perkins&Will we believe that inclusion spurs creativity and that innovation is born from an engaged culture of diverse people + ideas. By moving beyond barriers and stereotypes of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status; we are committed to building an organization that reflects the diversity of the communities and clients we serve.
• "Design has the power to inspire joy, uplift lives, and strengthen the spirit of community.".

Skills & Experience

• High-level Summary of Critical, Baseline Technical Skills, and Certifications.
• Bachelors degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing communications, or related field required.
• To join us, you should have:1-4+ years of experience developing content for diverse communication channels and formats.
• Strong understanding of the discipline of journalism and a demonstrated ability to write to journalistic standards.
• Ability to take complex technical language and/or industry jargon and make it compelling and understandable to wider audiences.
• Software.
• Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).
• Open Asset.
• Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Why Join Us?

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting.
• Salary and Benefit Information:.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, wellness, LTD, Life Insurance, 401k, PTO.
• Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.

Salary

Negotiable.