Senior Publicist

Job summary

Develop and execute comprehensive public relations and media campaigns to increase public awareness and visitor attendance for museum exhibitions and initiatives. Manage media relationships, coordinate onsite visits, and handle internal communications and crisis management strategies.

Job details

Develop and execute comprehensive public relations and media campaigns to increase public awareness and visitor attendance for museum exhibitions and initiatives. Manage media relationships, coordinate onsite visits, and handle internal communications and crisis management strategies. Requires at least eight years of progressive experience in public relations or strategic communications, preferably within the arts and culture sector. A minimum of a college diploma in communications, journalism, or a related field is required.

What you’ll do

Develop and execute comprehensive public relations and media campaigns to increase public awareness and visitor attendance for museum exhibitions and initiatives. Manage media relationships, coordinate onsite visits, and handle internal communications and crisis management strategies.

Requirements

Requires at least eight years of progressive experience in public relations or strategic communications, preferably within the arts and culture sector. A minimum of a college diploma in communications, journalism, or a related field is required.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan
• Parental Leave Top-up
• Free ROM Membership
• Attractions Ontario Discounts

Listed skills

• crisis management · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Microsoft Office · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Strategic Communications
• Storytelling
• Crisis Management
• Internal Communications
• Writing and Editing
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Media Pitching
• Issues Management
• Media Monitoring
• French Language
• Microsoft Office
• Meltwater
• Prowly

Job areas

• Marketing
• Creative & Media
• Art & Design
• Government & Public Sector
• Management & Leadership

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