Public Relations Manager

Public Relations Manager - ( 2200025F )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that accomplishes operational excellence. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our 25,000 team members in over 400 locations worldwide are vital to making our company stronger.

Your Opportunity

We need a storyteller. A passionate, senior communicator. A person who thrives on creativity. A trustworthy counselor. Why? We're Stantec - a global company of architects, engineers, and scientists (25,000 and growing) that designs with community in mind. How? We

help commuters move more safely and efficiently across the West

expanded the largest international border crossing in the northern hemisphere

help modernize key naval shipyards

design sustainable buildings capable of withstanding the next big

Yes, we have stories to tell. To join our distributed PR team, we're seeking an experienced professional who knows social media and media relations inside and out. Can you write with the best of them? Thrive in a fast-paced environment? Build and carry out campaign plans? Great! You're the experienced team member we're looking for.

Stantec offers a flexible work environment, and we are looking for this role to be based in any of the posted locations. However, remote opportunities are available for the right candidate.

Your Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a Public Relations Manager on our team, and it's got your name written all over it. This role requires someone who has serious skills when it comes to PR-a team player who always thinks strategically, can see creative stories and bring them to life, provide counsel to leadership, and respond quickly to shifting priorities.

In this role, you'll provide direction on media relations, social media strategy, content marketing, issues/crisis management, and reputation management in partnership with local Marketing & PR/Communications colleagues and leadership. Combining your business savvy and PR genius, you'll look for creative ways to tell the Stantec story in one of our Western US Region hubs, while highlighting our growing US Federal business.

Your ability to successfully develop proactive public relations strategies to bring Stantec's brand to life will help you shine. You'll need to develop a solid understanding of Stantec's business, brand promise, client needs, key differentiators, and market trends.

Reporting to the Director or Public Relations, some of the activities you'll focus your energy on include, but are not limited to:

• Partnering with Marketing colleagues to develop and implement integrated marketing and PR plans that tell the Company's news and brand story across multiple channels
• Communicating with industry publications to contribute expert articles and blogs, and to seek editorial coverage
• Developing and managing communications initiatives involving news releases, social media outreach, content marketing, research, interviews, media training and spokesperson support, media monitoring and tracking, and other support on special projects and events
• Overseeing media outreach and preparing local leadership by developing briefing documents; identifying opportunities and issues; and developing relevant remarks, speeches, and talking points for them
• Issues/crisis communications management, in partnership with leadership
• Providing social media and media/crisis communications training for internal groups

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Detail-oriented and organized, with exceptional prioritization skills
• Ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Fundamental understanding of the media landscape (traditional, social)
• Excellent interviewing, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment, as well as to work autonomously
• Familiarity with photography and video preferred
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with multiple audiences and articulate clearly within tight deadlines
• Strategic mindset and strong business acumen

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, English, journalism, or marketing.
• Minimum 6 to 8 years of public relations experience in corporate or agency preferred.
• Crisis Communication experience
• Professional writing (samples required) experience
• Campaign planning and facilitation experience
• Social media strategy and administration experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Primary Location : United States-California-Los Angeles

Other Locations : United States-California-Sacramento, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-California-San Francisco, United States-Arizona-Chandler, United States-California-San Diego

Organization : BC-1886 Public Relations-Corporate-US

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Manager

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Sep 7, 2022, 6:07:42 AM

Req ID: 2200025F

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans