Senior Manager, Media & Public Relations

$112,000 - $169,000/Yr

Nuclear Fuel Services - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Washington, DC

5,001-10,000 employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Manager, Media & Public Relations at BWX Technologies, Inc. is responsible for managing and executing strategies to promote and protect the company's reputation on a global scale. This role involves developing relationships with media outlets, coordinating public relations activities, and ensuring consistent messaging across all communication channels. The position has an enterprise-wide scope and leads a small team, focusing on media relations, strategic communications, crisis communications, and social media management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and/or coordinate news releases enterprise wide.
• Coordinate reactive media responses across the company.
• Pitch targeted media on relevant stories that would include BWXT's work as a primary or sole focus.
• Complete corporate reviews and approvals for all news releases and responses to query.
• Coordinate media interviews of BWXT staff and prepare interviewees as necessary.
• Post releases to Business Wire and administer contract.
• Maintain and grow media relationships, including maintaining updated media outreach list.
• Manage media events such as tours and press conferences.
• Draft and/or submit by-lined articles to publications.
• Draft and/or submit OpEds / thought leadership pieces for company leadership.
• Maintain and administer media training materials to selected staff.
• Maintain annual, high-level tracking of media relations activity.
• Provide executives or designated spokespeople with media training.
• Initiate and maintain proactive engagement with Corporate Affairs leadership team in support of strategic positioning of business efforts.
• Maintain overarching strategic messaging documents.
• Draft and/or review speeches, presentations, and white papers to ensure conformance with company messaging, coordinate review with the Senior Manager, Brand Communications and Marketing.
• Maintain list of approved Naval Reactors work statements.
• Review and approve other organizations' mentions of BWXT in their public materials.
• Develop, review, and approve public messages for various other needs.
• Receive and route or respond to miscellaneous public information requests.
• Serve as the lead communications manager for developing, maintaining, and implementing BWXT's Crisis Communications Program enterprise wide.
• Update the Corporate Crisis Communications plan as needed.
• Train staff to crisis communications plan requirements.
• Coordinate with other locations' emergency response plans.
• Serve on NOG Emergency Response Team.
• Coordinate with Business Continuity Plan and Cyber Incident Management Plan.
• Review and send clips daily (distribution list and RSS to E-boards).
• Maintain and update employee distribution list.
• Renew and monitor corporate subscriptions as needed.
• Oversee and lead BWXT's social media strategy, including day-to-day postings and monitoring of platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, marketing, or related field; Master's is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in developing and implementing successful public relations strategies with a minimum of 5 years of leadership experience.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with national and trade media, business partners, and senior leaders.
• Proven ability to lead a team and implement strategies.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of highly sensitive material.
• Strong writing skills, computer proficiency, and knowledge of social media.
• Must be a U.S. citizen with no dual citizenship.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.

Benefits

• Annual cash incentive
• Full range of medical benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Other benefits as per company policy