Senior Communications Specialist Job at NOACA, Cleveland, OH

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  • NOACA
  • Cleveland, OH

Job Description

Organization

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) is a regional planning agency that serves greater Cleveland. As the region's Metropolitan Planning Organization and Areawide Water Quality Management Agency, NOACA conducts transportation and environmental planning for a five-county region that is home to 2.1 million people and includes the counties of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina.

Position Description

The Senior Communications Specialist position resides in the NOACA's Division of Public Affairs. The position works with management and staff to generate materials and execute strategic communication plans and strategies to reinforce key NOACA initiatives to internal and external audiences. This position supports public affairs communications and marketing by developing and delivering strong written narratives for digital content and collateral materials.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor media relations from scheduling interviews, media briefs, media alerts and daily news digest;

• Maintain central subscriber lists and conduct follow-up on public information requests and comments;

• Serve as communications liaison for the development of board, committee and stakeholder members profile-

• Manage annual meeting award recognition and evaluation committee process

• Oversee internal event planning set-up for Executive and high-profile public meetings including concept development, logistics, hospitality, vendor coordination, communications and relationship building

• Develop and execute content to market information throughout all digital platforms and online outlets

• Deploy communications through a variety of channels including html-formatted email, print, internet, and social media to deliver messaging to various stakeholders and public-at-large, using multiple digital, electronic and copy formats as needed

• Support placement of postings on external websites, communications and news portals

• Develop strategic communication and content materials for public awareness campaigns

• Support e-mail broadcast system and create formatted content

• Create social media material for digital platforms

• Coordinate the approval process for documentation and promotional materials routed for completion

• Utilize organizational skills to keep multiple projects on track and business leaders up to date on project status

• Write, edit, and proofread communications materials, adhering to Associated Press (AP) guidelines

• Execute web-based projects and content updates

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, English, business technology or relevant field

• Seven years of communications and marketing experience. Master's degree may be substituted for one year of experience

• Advanced understanding of and experience with Microsoft Office applications

• Knowledge of and experience with the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) aspects of digital design

• Knowledge of and experience with Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CorelDraw Graphics, SVGs; advance knowledge of html is advantageous

• Research skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Planning and organizational skills

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary minimum $72,363 to commensurate with experience, education and certification

• Paid time off includes 12 holidays, plus vacation, sick and personal time

• Employer sponsored health, vision, dental, and prescription coverage

• Employer sponsored life insurance

• Enrollment in Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) pension program

• Other voluntary benefit programs

Other

NOACA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a hybrid work environment that includes telecommuting one day a week on Mondays, plus 18 discretionary telecommute days per year.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Remote job, 1 day per week,

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