Senior Manager, Communications & Public Relations

🕒 July 20

🌽 Illinois, New York, +1 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $75k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Autism Speaks

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2005

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Insurance • Non-profit

Autism Speaks is an organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals on the autism spectrum by providing resources, support, and advocacy. It seeks to improve the understanding of autism and facilitate access to autism services, while also conducting research and offering information on symptoms, screening, and interventions. Additionally, Autism Speaks is involved in policy advocacy to influence autism-related legislation and funding, and organizes fundraising and awareness events to support their initiatives. Through their outreach efforts, they aim to create a world where people with autism can thrive and reach their full potential.

📋 Description

• Supports proactive media strategies tied to organizational priorities, campaigns, partnerships, advocacy initiatives, and major announcements • Actively pitches, secures, coordinates, and staffs national, regional, local, and trade media opportunities • Builds and maintains relationships with reporters, producers, editors, and freelance writers • Drafts and edits communications materials including press releases, media advisories, talking points, briefing materials, statements, FAQs, and messaging documents • Supports media interview preparation for executives, spokespeople, self-advocates, families, researchers, partners, and ambassadors • Monitors news cycles, identifies timely opportunities for media engagement, and supports rapid-response communications and sensitive media inquiries as needed • Collaborates with internal teams to identify stories, spokespeople, and community perspectives that support communications priorities and help identify gaps in available stories, voices, or subject matter relevant to proactive communications efforts • Helps maintain consistency across external communications materials and public-facing messaging • Helps manage media lists, coverage tracking, reporting, and communications resources • Collaborates across departments to support integrated communications efforts and ensure alignment in public-facing messaging • Coordinates with external PR agencies, consultants, partners, vendors, and other stakeholders as needed • Supports internal communications processes and helps manage communications approvals and workflows as needed • Serves as a communications resource for regional teams, helping support local visibility opportunities and messaging alignment • Assists with communications tied to corporate partnerships, fundraising campaigns, organizational initiatives, and community events • Assists with communications support surrounding celebrities and other high-profile supporters, and select organizational events as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field preferred • 6-8 years of experience in public relations, communications, media relations, journalism, or a related communications role • Track record of pitching and securing media coverage • Experience drafting and editing media materials such as press releases, media advisories, talking points, briefing materials, statements, FAQs, and messaging documents • Experience working with media monitoring, distribution, or reporting platforms • Experience working in nonprofit, advocacy, healthcare, disability, and mission-driven communications environments (preferred) • Availability for occasional travel, generally a few times per year and time-sensitive evening or weekend assignments • Commitment to respectful, community-centered communications and Autism Speaks’ mission • Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex or technical topics into clear, compelling messaging • Strong news judgment, media instincts, and the ability to identify timely story opportunities • Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and communications needs in a fast-paced, collaborative environment • Sound judgment, professionalism, and commitment to respectful, community-centered communications and Autism Speaks mission • Experience using new tools and technologies, including AI, to improve workflow, efficiency, and productivity while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, benefit and vacation package • Flex work hours • Weekly training sessions • Tuition reimbursement • Summer bonus Fridays • Creative, innovative, collaborative, inclusive, kind and fun work environment