Public Relations Coordinator
Title: Public Relations Coordinator
Reports to: Public Relations Director
Position Type: Volunteer position
Contact: Send questions to aj.kohli@georgiafirstgen.org
Time Commitment: 10-15 hours per month.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Preferred Skills:
Reports to: Public Relations Director
Position Type: Volunteer position
Contact: Send questions to aj.kohli@georgiafirstgen.org
Time Commitment: 10-15 hours per month.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leverage existing media relationships and cultivate new contacts within business and industry media
- Act as media contacts to inform the community about Georgia FirstGen
- Manage media inquiries and interview requests
- Create timely content for press releases and keynote presentations
- Manage media inquiries and interview requests
- Proactively searches out opportunities for interviews and speaking engagements to promote the organization.
- Expand, maintain, and manage Georgia FirstGen's database of media contacts.
- Develop annual public relations plan including strategy, goals, and tactics
- Coordinate all public relations activities.
- Partake in monthly meetings with the Marketing Department.
- Implement any ad-hoc project request with the approval of the Public Relations Director.
Qualifications:
- High School graduate of ethical and moral character
- Preferably a college student or young professional
- Strong commitment to Georgia FirstGen's mission and values
Preferred Skills:
- Demonstrated interest/experience in public relations
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English
- Energetic, personable, and creative with an ability to relate well to diverse populations
- Deadline oriented and able to take initiative with tasks and projects
- Able to plan and manage multiple projects and deadlines with high attention to detail
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Strong leadership skills and able to delegate tasks to fellow team members
- Preferably proficient in Slack, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, and Social Media platforms
- Google Docs, Sheets, Forms/Excel, Word Doc, PowerPoint, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
We are open to working with academic institutions for this position to count as internship credit. Please indicate in application if you are interested in pursuing this.
