High Gear

Hello Friday job-hunters and Festival Season enthusiasts! We've got a lot to unpack here.

1-2) If you’re whip-smart in policy communications, savvy in leveraging social media to advance advocacy initiatives, and an ace at efficiently managing multiple workstreams, the National Council on Teacher Quality would like you to consider their Communications Manager (scroll to find) opening, and their Senior Policy Analyst post is suited for candidates who are deeply familiar with K-12 teacher policy, skilled at synthesizing data to determine broad policy implications, can write to catalyze positive change, and adept at engaging practitioners and policymakers – remote-based positions – apply by Oct. 15.

3-6) Crosscut Strategies has let us know they are actively recruiting for several roles across a range of experience levels:

• Associate/Senior Associate – ideal candidate will have 1 to 3 years of experience in press, communications, or campaigns
• Strategic Communications Manager – 5+ years of relevant experience in strategic communications sought
• Director – 7+ years of relevant experience moves your CV to the top of the pile
• Vice President – 10+ years’ experience in communications and management roles in campaigns, advocacy, strategic communications, or a related field desired

7) Xenophon Strategies is seeking a Senior Associate, Public Relations (scroll to find) with 3-5 years of direct media relations experience, strong writing skills, and the ability to multi-task under tight deadlines – Capitol Hill or agency background preferred.

8) AES – Internal Communications Manager

9-10) The Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources shared these with us just in time to get them into today's set:

• Public Information Officer to handle communications & public relations for DNR's police – $60k-$97k – apply by Sept. 29
• Videographer with several years of experience sought to showcase Maryland's state parks and the work of DNR staff – $69k-$111k – apply by Sept. 29

11-12 Axiom Resource Management (scroll to find)

• Social Media Analyst supporting the Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems
• Congressional & Legislative Affairs Analyst

13) Baltimore Museum of Art – Director of Public Engagement (pdf) – Baltimore, MD – see also main career page

14-16) Brookings Institution

• Communications & Outreach Assistant supporting the Hamilton Project
• Research Assistant
• Research Assistant, Brookings Metro

17-22) Children’s National Medical Center/Health Foundation

• Government Affairs Manager
• Associate Vice President, Special Events & Stewardship
• Associate Vice President, Corporate & Annual Giving
• Associate Vice President, Major Principal & International Giving
• Associate Vice President, Major & Principal Gifts
• Assistant Director, Email Marketing

23) Conservation Fund – Government Relations Manager – $75k-$85k – see also main career page

24-27) Searches managed by Creative Circle

• Rockville/Bethesda area agency – Account Manager, Public Relations – $90k-$105k
• DC-based consumer brand – Marketing Project Manager – $65k-$75k
• Mystery employer – Digital Content Editor – $90k-$110k – Richmond, Va.
• Somewhere-in-Arlington association – Event Manager – freelance; full-time possible – $33-$37/hr

28) DC Office of Tax and Revenue – Public Affairs Specialist – $100k-$129k

29-30) FleishmanHillard

• Managing Supervisor/Vice President, Public Affairs – $82k-$175k
• Account Supervisor, Aerospace & Defense/Corporate Reputation – $70k-$90k

31) GEICO – Director, External Communications

32-34) Georgetown University

• Communications & Public Affairs Specialist
• Communications & Marketing Coordinator, GU Library
• Senior Development Associate, Corporate & Foundation Relations

35) Hudson Institute – Director of Media Relations – see also main career page

36-38) Ketchum

• Managing Account Supervisor, Business Development & Growth – DC, New York, or Chicago
• Senior Account Exec, Issues/Crisis Management – DC, New York, or Chicago
• Director, Digital Strategy – pharma & healthcare focus – DC, New York, Atlanta, Chicago or Raleigh

39-40) Searches managed by LeaderFit:

• National Women's Law Center – Vice President for Campaigns & Communications – $224k-$258k
• Center for Constitutional Rights – Communications Director – $141k-$206k – New York

41-42) League of Conservation Voters

• Director of Media Relations – $99k-$140k – apply by Sept. 17
• State Partnerships Director – $96k-$144k – apply by Sept. 17

43) Mystery DC-based, world-leading agency – Creative Project Manager – remote-based within East Coast time zone – search managed by Profiles

44) Mystery DC employer – Communications Manager – contract status – search managed by Torchlight Hire

45-46) Nature Conservancy

• Director, Global Agriculture & Food Systems Policy
• Appalachians Communications Director – Charlottesville, Va. or other Appalachian region preferred

47) Nestle – Manager, Corporate & Government Affairs

48) PBS – Content Manager – see also main career page

49) Verizon – Regulatory & Government Affairs Manager

50) Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas – Marketing & Communications Coordinator – Lanham, MD

51-52) … and finally: if you’re just coming out of a week in a monastery or one of those Aaron Rodgers-approved darkness retreats, you might not have heard that USA Today and the Tennessean are hiring for Taylor Swift Reporter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Reporter roles – the descriptions for both jobs call for a journalist with a voice — but not a bias.

Best wishes for a super-great weekend from your favorite™ public affairs jobs resource as Festival Season 2023 kicks into high gear in Munich and around here:

• Lotus Festival of Food & Culture – Chinatown DC – through Sept. 17
• Silver Branch Brewing Oktoberfest – Silver Spring, MD – through Sept. 17
• Wunder Garten's 9th Annual Oktoberfest Festival – NoMa DC – starting Sept. 15
• Harvest Party – U.S. Botanic Garden, Capitol Hill – Sept. 15
• Wharf Oktoberfest/Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash – DC Wharf – Sept. 15-17
• 20th Annual Ukrainian Festival – Silver Spring, MD – Sept. 15-17
• Perchfest – Capital One Center, Tysons Corner – Sept. 15-17
• Fells Point Fall Festival – Baltimore, MD – Sept. 15-17
• St. Benedict Oktoberfest – Richmond, Va. – Sept. 15-17
• Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest – Newark, DE – Sept. 15-17
• Bluejacket 10th Anniversary Oktoberfest – Navy Yard DC – Sept. 16
• Aslin Brewing 8th Anniversary – Herndon, Va. – Sept. 16
• Alexandria Biergarten Oktoberfest Launch – Old Town – Sept. 16
• Dacha Beer Garden Oktoberfest kickoff – Shaw DC – Sept. 16
• Oyster & Sausage Oktoberfest – Mustang Sally Brewing, Chantilly Va. – Sept. 16
  
• Shipgarten Oktoberfest Kickoff – Tysons Corner, Va. – Sept. 16
• Third Hill Oktoberfest – Silver Spring, MD – Sept. 16
• Solace Outpost Lagerfest – Falls Church, Va. – Sept. 16
• Celebrate Virginia – Tysons Corner, Va. – Sept. 16
• H Street Festival – Northeast DC – Sept. 16
• Beer in the Garden – The Farm at Halley Rise, Reston – Sept. 16
• Middleburg Oktoberfest – Middleburg, Va. – Sept. 16
• Maryland Wine Festival – Westminster, MD – Sept. 16
• Wheatland Spring Oktoberfest – Waterford, Va. – Sept. 16-17
• Cox Farms Fall Festival – Centreville, Va. – Sept. 16-17
• Bluemont Fair – Bluemont, Va. – Sept. 16-17
• Stratford Hall Wine & Oyster Festival – Stratford, Va. – Sept. 16-17 
  
• Fall Wine Festival – Virginia Beach, Va. – Sept. 16-17
• Café Berlin Oktoberfest – Capitol Hill DC – starting Sept. 16; pig roasts on Sept. 23 & Oct. 7