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Director, Public Affairs

Lucas Public Affairs · Sacramento, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagement$50k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About Us? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to parse the posting. Content: - About Us: description of firm. - Position Overview: description of role. - As a Director, You Will: list of duties. - To Be Successful, You Will Need: list of requirements. - We Prefer That You Have: list of preferences. - Schedule: typical office hours, hybrid. - What We Offer: benefits list. - Core Values | Philosophy: maybe not needed? It's more boilerplate? Might be considered not needed? It's not a standard heading but could be considered "About the company"? Already have About Us. Could include as part of About Us? Might be considered redundant. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Core Values is specific content but not a standard heading; we could treat as "About the company" but we already have About Us. Could combine? Might be okay to include as a separate section with heading "Core Values". However the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It gives examples but not exclusive. Could we add "Core Values"? Might be okay but better to stick to given examples. The core values could be considered part of "About Us" or omitted. Since we already have About Us describing firm, we could incorporate core values into About Us paragraph. - Diversity Commitment & Vision: EEO boilerplate, should be removed. - Additional Information: physical requirements, reasonable accommodations: likely boilerplate/legal, remove. Thus we need sections: About Us (maybe as "About the company"? but instruction says About the role etc. Could use "About the company" but not in list. Might be safer to use "About Us" as heading? The instruction says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those examples. Probably they expect those headings. However we have content about the firm, which could be placed under "About the role"? Not exactly. Could treat as "About the company" but not in list. Might be okay to use "About Us" as heading; they didn't forbid. But they said "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)". The e.g. implies those are examples, not exhaustive. So we can use other headings like "About Us". I'll include sections: About Us, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (maybe combine with Requirements?), Skills, Benefits, Schedule. However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's map content. About Us: description of firm. Responsibilities: the bullet list under "As a Director, You Will". That's a list of duties. Requirements: "To Be Successful, You Will Need": list of requirements. Qualifications: maybe "We Prefer That You Have": preferences. Skills: maybe combine with Requirements? Could separate but risk thin. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section "Requirements". But we have both required and preferred. Could make two sections: Requirements (mandatory) and Preferred Qualifications. That seems okay. Skills: maybe not needed separately; could be part of Requirements. Benefits: "What We Offer": list. Schedule: "Schedule": typical office hours and hybrid. Pay: not mentioned, so omit. Thus final HTML:

    About Us

    ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    • ...

    Requirements

    • ...
    • ...

    Preferred Qualifications

    • ...
    • ...

    Benefits

    • ...
    • ...

    Schedule

    ...

    We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. About Us paragraph: "As a women-led, Sacramento-based public affairs firm, Lucas Public Affairs is known for its high-level reputation, issue management, and strategic communication campaigns. On every project, we lead with smart strategy, diversity of thought, and deep-rooted connections to get the right people to care about issues that define California's future. LPA is also a member company of Public Policy Holding Company, Inc., providing us with the unique ability to collaborate with both domestic and international leading government relations and public affairs firms to best serve client needs, and to provide employees with the benefits that come from working in a dual-listed, publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ in the US and on the London Stock Exchange." That's it. Responsibilities: list each bullet after "As a Director, You Will". Let's extract: - Spearhead public affairs/strategic communications key client account activities, work deliverables and strategic planning; be independently accountable for implementation of public affairs strategies. - Support new business initiatives, departmental growth, and company marketing and branding; be forward-thinking on expanding past existing scope of client work and requests. - Lead client meetings; develop and present proposals, manage strategic plans, disseminate client memos/correspondence, and deliver client performance reports. - Develop and monitor account team activity against client budgets and project team hours for accounts. - Deliver integrated programs (owned, earned, and paid); consistently meet billability and capacity targets. - Approve and disseminate press releases, fact sheets, news advisories, and social content. - Simultaneously manage multiple client reports and deliverables; manage client expectations of deliverable due dates. - Provide continual feedback, mentor, and assist with the professional development of account teams; consistently check in with team to ensure deliverables are on time, in-budget, and high quality. - Support the supervision and delegation of tasks to junior staff including but not limited to tracking news clips, maintaining and updating key client files, documenting client updates, and other essential client support activities; oversee quality of work deliverables and professional development targets. - Contribute to the firm's culture, through agency initiatives & events to support a collaborative and collegial work environment. - Perform other duties as needed to achieve departmental and company goals. That's all. Requirements (To Be Successful, You Will Need): - A minimum of 6 years of experience in public affairs, government affairs/lobbying, journalism, or related experience - Proven success in developing, implementing, and executing successful strategic communications programs - Demonstrated ability to lead teams, drive performance, and foster a positive work environment - Industry knowledge and experience, including a broad knowledge of concepts related to multiple industries, such as: energy, higher education, public health, tourism, technology, health care, insurance and transportation - Strong knowledge and understanding of California's political and public affairs environment, regulatory issues, and the news media - Demonstrate social and digital media enthusiasm and have proven success delivering innovative ways to leverage the latest trends and platforms - Proven track record of implementing/executing strategic communications programs - Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and collaborate with senior level staff - Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (e.g., verbal, written, and over the phone) - Superior organizational skills and attention to detail - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment Note some duplicates: "Proven success in developing, implementing, and executing successful strategic communications programs" and "Proven track record of implementing/executing strategic communications programs" are similar but both present; we keep both. Preferred Qualifications (We Prefer That You Have): - Agency experience, specifically in public affairs/public policy, is highly preferred - Bachelor's degree with a major in public affairs, government relations, journalism, or related degree field - Legislative and/or media experience Benefits (What We Offer): - Unlimited vacation policy and 6 sick days - Competitive Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employees and families - 401K plan with traditional and Roth options - $100 monthly phone stipend and company paid parking - Company paid basic life insurance of $50,000, long-term disability, and short-term disability coverage - Professional development, mentoring, and community engagement opportunities - Access to a wide range of health and well-being resources and services including telephonic counseling, legal advice, and other services Schedule: - Typical office hours - Monday through Friday, 8:30-5:30 - Hybrid - Minimum of three days per week in the Sacramento office We need to output as HTML fragment. Use

    for each heading. Use

    for prose (like About Us, maybe Schedule could be

    but it's a list; we could use

    • for schedule items. The instruction: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

        for prose. Schedule is a list but could be

        with sentences. Safer to use

        • for schedule as it's a list. However they said "any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Schedule not explicitly mentioned but it's a list; we could still use
          • . I'll use
            • for schedule. Make sure not to include any boilerplate like EEO, diversity commitment, additional information, core values (we omitted). Also remove duplicated lines: we have no duplicates. Now craft HTML. Be careful to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes ampersands, etc. Should we escape? Usually we output as plain text; ampersand is okay in HTML but better to escape as &. However the instruction didn't mention escaping; but to be safe we can keep as is; but "&" inside text may be interpreted as start of entity. Safer to escape. Let's replace & with &. Also "<" and ">" not present. We'll escape ampersands. Check each paragraph for ampersands: About Us: "women-led, Sacramento-based public affairs firm" no &. "high-level reputation" no. "issue management" no. "strategic communication campaigns." no. "smart strategy, diversity of thought, and deep-rooted connections" no. "California's future." no. "Public Policy Holding Company, Inc." no. "domestic and international" no. "NASDAQ in the US and on the London Stock Exchange." contains "and". No ampersand. Responsibilities bullets: many have "&" like "owned, earned, and paid" no ampersand. "press releases, fact sheets, news advisories, and social content." no. "agency initiatives & events" contains "&". Need to escape. Also "etc." no. Requirements: "excellent interpersonal and communications skills (e.g., verbal, written, and over the phone)" no ampersand. "strong knowledge and understanding" no. "social and digital media enthusiasm" no. "ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and collaborate" no. Preferred: "

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