Media and Talent Relations Director

We're dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We've become the leading independent nonprofit in children's mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow's breakthrough treatments.

The Media and Talent Relations Director develops and oversees all press objectives and entertainment initiatives for the Child Mind Institute. This important role intersects with special events, content production, and brand building. The Media and Talent Relations Director executes an overall press strategy, manages the agency of record, serves as our liaison to the entertainment industry and handles day-to-day media relations and press outreach on a wide range of Child Mind Institute issues.

Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, this is a full-time, exempt, hybrid (onsite 4 days per week) position.

• Create and implement press and talent relations strategy to achieve maximum brand visibility for the organization. Work with the President, CMO, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that media, entertainment, and talent engagement work supports the our goals's clinical, science, and public education mission areas.

• Draft press releases, statements, advisories, internal memoranda, briefings, message guidance, fact sheets, and other material that supports media relations efforts. Maintain press tracking for the organization.

• Engineer publicity plans for brand building campaigns to amplify visibility for the Child Mind Institute.

• Identify and build relationships with key journalists to connect more deeply with the Child Mind Institute, pitching them to proactively promote the Child Mind Institute, its work, and its clinical experts in a range of media outlets. Manage inquiries from reporters in order to advance the Child Mind Institute, its initiatives, and its positions.

• Cultivate and maintain important stakeholder relationships with media partners, talent, talent representatives, and key executives in the entertainment community. Oversee elements of key media brand partnerships.

• Create and produce talent-driven events and special programming that expand the Child Mind Institute's influence and reach.

• Develop in-depth knowledge of Child Mind Institute programs and positions; work with clinicians to identify and tell patient stories that frame the Child Mind Institute mission in a meaningful way.

• Engage in brainstorming and planning sessions on Child Mind Institute communications work, identify and share innovative new ideas and work collaboratively with agency of record.

• Manage photography for events, special shoots, photo ops, etc.

• Other job-related tasks as assigned.

• BA or BS required,

• 10+ years of experience working in public relations at an organization or at an agency. * Experience executing earned media strategies.

• Ability to leverage existing direct relationships with members of the press and extensive knowledge of the operations of the news media (including print, online, and broadcast).

• Experience creating concepts, campaigns or events and produce them from start to finish.

• Understanding of talent relations and best practices for engaging celebrities, as well as relationships with key industry representatives.

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Our great compensation package and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

The Child Mind Institute is committed to creating an inclusive culture where all employees feel welcomed and valued.

The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

Child Mind Institute Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@childmind.org