We're Definitely Keeping Our Resolutions This Year!

Granted, our main resolution is to eat more oysters in 2017... but we have some other aspirations & ideas in mind for the coming year.  If your resolution is to find a new job or internship, you're in the right place.  And, don't forget previously noted opportunities closing this week.

Let's start this year off with this very fresh Senior Manager, Corporate Public Relations opportunity with Hilton Hotels – strong writing skills & 6+ years’ experience required; agency or hospitality sector background a plus.

Our friends at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, proponents of plant-based nutrition & animal/cruelty-free medical research, have let us know they are still looking for the right candidate to fill their Director of Government Affairs opportunity.

DC's Southwest Business Improvement District seeks Interactive Communications & Design Manager of the entrepreneurial, creative & whip-smart variety; strong writing/editing skills & data/design fluency also desired.

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is actively recruiting for a Media Relations Associate who can successfully pitch their research/stories & assistant in media training – see also main career page.

Hamilton Place Strategies has put out the call for full-time Summer 2017 Interns – experience with research and financial or economic analysis as well as strong writing skills among their requirements – we’re told $12/hr compensation & a Jan. 30 application deadline are also part of the bargain.

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association – Manager/Director of Communications – 4-8 years’ relevant experience desired – Metro-convenient Old Town location

Also in Old Town, but a bit further removed from the Metro station, we find the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute and this Marketing & Communications Manager post – 5+ years’ association experience including work in direct marketing, web & social media disciplines desired.

Congressional Budget Office

• Editor
• Interns, Summer 2017 – $16-$30/hr – apply by Feb. 27

U.S. Postal Service – Public Relations Representative (search communications category) – $71k-$119k – apply today, Jan. 3

Fresh opportunities at Strayer University’s Herndon, Va. HQ:

• Manager, Public Relations & Communications
• Director, Alumni Affairs

FleishmanHillard – Account Supervisor, New Business supporting the Vox Global affiliate – seeking candidates with 4-6 years of public relations/public affairs agency experience & a solid track record of client service and/or new business development.

American Institutes for Research – Research Assistant – experience conducting interviews and/or focus groups is highly desired.

New from Booz Allen Hamilton:

• Communications Specialist – healthcare/health information technology focus
• Public Affairs Specialist supporting USCYBERCOM – Annapolis Junction, MD

Louis Berger & Associates – Communications Specialist – seeking candidates with 6+ years’ relevant experience & fluency in Spanish.

Johns Hopkins University – Senior Development Coordinator – $18-$25/hr – at least three years of relevant experience required – Baltimore, MD

U.S. Global Leadership Coalition – Regional Outreach Manager – three to four years of experience in a political campaign and/or issue-advocacy setting required, as well as knowledge of international relations.

George Washington University

• Development Assistant, Engineering School
• Assistant Vice President, Corporate & Foundation Relations

Management Leadership for Tomorrow – Vice President, Strategic Communications – at least 10 years of experience building and leading a comprehensive communications function; experience in a start-up environment a plus – search managed by Chaloner

Inter-American Development Bank – Senior Communications Consultant (search DC location or job # 1600003793) supporting their climate change division – 24-to-36 month term – Spanish language skills required; Portuguese or French a plus – apply by Jan. 23

National Public Radio

• Senior Editor for Code Switch
• Supervising Producer for All Things Considered
• Correspondent – fluency in Arabic strongly preferred – Beirut, Lebanon

Ogilvy PR – Digital Strategist/Senior Account Exec – 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the digital communications space required; agency background preferred. 

Overseas Private Investment Corp. – External Affairs & Public Affairs Intern – we assume this is for Summer 2017, given the far-off Apr. 14 application deadline noted