Labor Communications Director

Berman and Company is a dynamic public relations firm with a strong and rapidly growing focus on labor and employment issue advocacy. The firm is looking for a Labor Communications Director to manage an expansive portfolio of labor-related issues and high-profile campaigns. The right candidate will have a healthy skepticism of labor union overreach, demonstrated background and interest in labor policy, exceptional communications skills, and media relations experience. This role is in-person. Local or willing-to-relocate candidates only.

What You’ll Do:

• Help oversee the firm’s labor-related campaigns from conception to launch.
• Manage research, campaign messaging, and overall campaign metrics for success.
• Draft and edit press materials, including press releases, op-eds, and statements.
• Work with the press to provide interviews for print, TV, and radio.
• Work with a team to develop creative and eye-catching campaign messaging and collateral.
• Maintain a steady pulse on labor news and related media.

What We Would Like to See:

• Understanding of labor policy and ability to effectively communicate messaging on labor issues both written and oral.
• Ability to create engaging and effective messaging on often-complex topics.
• Desire to push the envelope and come up with creative and eye-catching ways to further our messaging.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage several projects at once.
• Experience developing press materials (press releases, op-eds, written statements, pitches, etc.).
• Comfortable managing high-profile issue-advocacy campaigns, including going on the record with campaign messaging.

Ways to Stand Out:

• Demonstrated understanding and interest in the subject matter.
• Existing media contacts and experience working closely with the press on labor issues.
• Experience developing effective social media content.
• Experience going on the record to discuss labor-related issues.
• Passion for free markets.