Director, Media and Public Relations

The Director of Media and Public Relations is responsible for promoting Heritage Foundation policy solutions and ideas in print, broadcast, and digital outlets. The Director manages a team that fields all media inquiries and interview requests and also proactively pitches Heritage priorities, experts and opinion editorials to news organizations across the country.

Requirements

• Lead the department's overall planning activities
• Develop specific and measurable department goals
• Manage a team that fields all media inquiries and interview requests
• Proactively pitch Heritage priorities, experts and opinion editorials to news organizations
• Serve as a Heritage spokesperson
• Develop effective messaging, training and deploying Heritage spokespeople and executing best-in-class media relations operations
• Contribute to building a high-performance culture focused on measurable results
• Lead enterprise- and coalition-wide messaging development operation
• Direct and approve all Heritage statements to the media
• Provide leadership for each research institute's Communications Managers
• Work with Daily Signal staff to ensure their stories are reaching print, broadcast, and digital outlets

Benefits

• Best-in-class health care
• Vision and dental insurance
• Employer-sponsored retirement funding
• ‘Take what you need’ PTO and sick leave
• 14 weeks of paid leave for new moms
• 6 weeks of paid leave for new dads