Deputy Communications Director

This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to the APD office in the area it serves.

Salary: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 Annually $2,307.69 - $2,500.00 Bi-weekly

Posting Closing Date: 09/14/2026

Pay Plan: SES

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click  ).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit  .
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

The position reports to the communications director, who is over the entire communications office. This is a highly responsible position that serves as the Agency for Persons with Disabilities alternate spokesperson and point of contact in response to media inquiries.

• Assists the Communications Director in generating earned media through the writing and development of press releases, proclamations, social media campaigns, articles, newsletters, and other external deliverables.
• Monitors daily media coverage and other published content related to the Agency, its programs, and its personnel. Facilitates appropriate internal communication to advise on matters of interest featured in these publications.
• Drafts, edits, and approves press releases, press advisories, agency statements, opinion pieces, and articles for internal and external publication as well as speeches, messages, talking points, and responses for the Director and the Agency's other members of the executive leadership team.
• Assists in managing messaging and strategy for the Agency's social media sites.
• Assists with fulfilling public records requests from members of the media, including coordinating with appropriate program areas and offices.
• Creates multimedia scripts for internal and external communications initiatives.
• Assists with the planning, production, editing, and dissemination of videos, photographs, reports, and other publications on behalf of the Agency, the Director, or executive leadership.
• Assists the Communications Director the external affairs process by creating and preparing external events and briefs for the Agency including but not limited to strategizing and coordinating between event hosts, stakeholders, partners, sister agencies and others, managing timelines and drafting corresponding materials.
• Supports planning, coordinating, and staffing special events for the Director or executive leadership. Manages Agency’s internal and external web pages.
• Aligns communications goals and plans with the Office of the Governor and the Director.

• Must have experience managing social media accounts for an organization.
• Must have experience as a spokesperson.
• Must have experience with writing, editing and oral communication.
• Must have 2 or more years’ experience in Communications…