City of New Orleans | New Orleans
$53,750 – $57,909 depending on qualifications plus great benefits (click here for benefits information)
Kind of Work
Complex administrative and technical work serving as a liaison for a city department to city management, news media, and the general public. Responsibilities include responding to requests for information from citizens and the media. Work also includes designing, writing, and editing a variety of printed material including brochures, flyers, newsletters, press releases, reports, program policies, proposals, and other marketing and promotional materials. Duties include preparing written correspondence for management staff regarding major or unusual situations as well as preparing and delivering effective oral presentations, proactively developing and facilitating releases to the media on developing/breaking stories regarding, investigations, and/or other areas of public concern; creating and monitoring the content for standard social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogging); and implementing public information strategies to project a positive image of the department. Incumbents provide strategic policy advice to department management regarding external and internal communications, media relations, community relations and public information; and related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
1) A Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or closely related field from an accredited college or university.*
2) Two years of responsible professional administrative experience in public relations, communications, or journalism. At least one year of this experience must have included website design, social media content creation, digital photography or videography within the last three years. Professional experience must have been gained in a position that required a Bachelor’s degree upon entrance.
