Public Relations Communications- Assistant Director

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic Communications Manager at the Assistant Director level to join our EY Americas Go-To-Market Public Relations team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing public relations strategies for our Government & Infrastructure Industry Group.

Responsibilities

• Create, develop and manage scope and schedule for moderate to complex communications projects.
• Plan and assign resources to associated tasks and deliverables as appropriate and manage tasks based on project plans.
• Collaborate with teams to communicate strategic initiatives, providing strategic counsel on channels and messages as appropriate.

Requirements

• Eight-plus years of experience in PR roles.
• Experience working with PR agencies, either as an agency professional or as an in-house client.
• Excellent written and oral communication abilities: demonstrated by strong executive presence, attentive listening and critical thinking, and interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate complex subject matter in a straightforward, concise and easily digestible manner for broad audiences.
• Teamwork capabilities, with a track record of collaborating across high-performing teams and sharing and leveraging best practices.
• Detail-oriented management of communications metrics reporting, documentation and tracking.
• Ability to see projects through end to end, effectively managing and prioritizing deadlines.

Qualifications

• An interest in the government and public sector and/or experience working in government agencies.
• Experience providing crisis and issues PR counsel.
• Experience navigating a matrixed global organization.
• Skills to leverage available tools and technology to measure impact of communication initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze measurement data to effectively advise leadership and ensure communications strategy evolves as needed.
• The ability to be recognized for your communications knowledge, insight and experience within and outside of business unit.
• Able to act as a strategic communications consultant with stakeholders when key business issues are discussed.

Benefits

At EY, we offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $96,300 to $180,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $115,600 to $204,600. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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