Strategic Communications Manager

Position: Strategic Communications Manager

Department: Strategic Communications

Reports to: Senior Director of Strategic Communications

Schedule: Primarily in-person, Nashville office

Calvert Street Group is seeking applicants for a Strategic Communications Manager. The ideal candidate will be a team player with strong interpersonal skills. Additionally, the right candidate will have at least five years of experience in public relations, mass communications, or a related field. This role offers the exciting opportunity to work directly with the firm’s Senior Director of Strategic Communications and engage with land-use public affairs campaigns.

Responsibilities:

Assist the Senior Director of Strategic Communications with all strategic communications matters
Generate website and social media content for both Calvert Street and its clients, including copy, photos, and videos
Work with Calvert Street’s digital team to maintain an internal content calendar
Edit copy for advertising, marketing materials, proposals, client-facing communications, as well as scripts for phone communications and copy for direct mail advertising
Use monitoring platforms such as Cision, Meltwater, Muck Rack, and/or browsing tools such as Google Alerts
Compile periodic media monitoring reports
Edit visual materials, leveraging photography and videography skills
Represent Calvert Street at client meetings, assist with client expectation management, and present information to clients in a clear, factual way

Benefits:

Unlimited PTO (approval required)
Health, dental, and vision insurance—CSG pays 75% of the premium and up to $2000 towards your deductible
5% 401k match on first day of employment (5% employee deduction required)
Opportunity to earn a year-end bonus
Employer-sponsored professional development opportunities (approval required)

Salary: This is a salaried position, commensurate with experience.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in a relevant field, e.g. journalism, mass communications, public relations, English, or political science
At least five years of experience working in communications, public relations, or a related field
Demonstrated capability in strategic thinking, research, and the ability to crystalize complex issues into clear, persuasive messages which achieve our client’s objectives
The ability to demonstrate excellent writing skills and provide examples of personally authored press releases, published articles, memos, briefing documents or other written works that show proficiency in written communications
A working knowledge of media relations and social media (both organic and paid), with demonstrated examples of successful earned media placement and/or pitches to journalists
A familiarity the Associated Press style book is a plus
The ability to edit visual materials utilizing Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign) and/or video and photo editing platforms such as iMovie, Canva or Premiere -Pro is not required but will be valued in a candidate
Strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative nature and the ability to work closely with campaign teams is required. We are sometimes approached by clients with time-sensitive issues and the willingness to pitch in and help accomplish a goal under deadline is part of our process
Comfort in representing Calvert Street Group in client meetings, update calls and pitch meetings.
An ability to manage client expectations and to present factual information in a clear, understandable way is important.

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