Communications Specialist

Job Title:
Communications Specialist (Account Specialist)

Duration: 12-Month Assignment

Type:
Full-time, Contract

Description:

This role will help developers tell our story in communities across the country, with the goal of permitting and building our growing portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects.
The role will need to draw on the full range of communications services, including messaging, media relations, research, advertising, events and digital communications. The position will involve travel. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and strong writer with a commitment to good client service. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to help grow our energy business and bring a strategic mindset to meeting the challenges of each project.

• With minimal guidance from a lead or a leader, employees in this role are responsible for providing excellent communication support to assigned business unit as measured by completion of required planning and execution, and client feedback. Employees in this role are responsible for using business and customer insights to support the development and implementation of communication strategies and tactics to improve customer and stakeholder perception as measured by campaign results, which may include media coverage, and brand and message awareness results.
  
  Employees in this role will be expected to provide excellent media relations support as measured by media results. This role requires a high performing individual with strong planning capabilities, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Supports development and execution of strategic communications plans, key messages, programs and campaigns to support business objectives using research/analytics.
• Creates visual and written content for internal and external channels (newsletters, digital and social media, video, etc.).
• Supports internal business partners on communications strategy and provides executive and communications support. Serves as liaison for assigned business units and serves as project manager for campaigns and cross-functional initiatives.
• Drafts media statements/press releases, answers media inquiries, serves as media spokesperson, which could include after hours media duty. Proactively builds relationships with the media and seeks out opportunities to tell our company story.
• Supports planning and cross-functional execution of events.
• Measures results and evaluates the effectiveness of communications and tactics to drive improvements. Supports emergency events, as assigned.

Note:
We'd like the person in this position to be able to travel, this will require airline travel and driving to events.

EEO:
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.