Regional PR Specialist, U.S. Field Communications Team

Amazon • Michigan Center, MI

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About The Position

Amazon is seeking a high-judgment, self-motivated, and creative communications professional to join our Field Communications Team.

As a Regional PR Specialist, you will help manage proactive, positive, earned, external storytelling for Amazon at the hyperlocal level, specifically in the State of Michigan. This role mines for potential stories and helps other teams amplify their news locally. The PR Specialist also earns media coverage across all Amazon’s reputational and business areas.

The ideal candidate is based in Detroit, MI with an ability to travel regularly to other Amazon sites across their region. You must have established external relationships, or the ability to quickly establish relationships, with local reporters, content creators, stakeholders, and community leaders. Internally, you will work cross functionally with other communications, public policy, economic development, business teams and operations employees to craft compelling stories for external audiences.

To be successful in this role you will need excellent communications skills, writing ability, initiative, and a strong ability to collaborate. You should have experience delivering results with high standards under tight deadlines and be comfortable and confident as an on-the-record and on-camera spokesperson. The person in this role is the face of Amazon in Detroit and Greater Michigan. Creativity and flexibility are a must, as you will be asked to jump in on projects when and where needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
• Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

• Experience in professional communications or public relations

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the execution of external earned storytelling in cities with Amazon sites, such as high-visibility operations and corporate building milestone events, community donations with local elected officials, news media facility tours, and other media relations activities. You will recommend strategies to secure positive coverage, build Amazon’s reputation, and amplify content
• Collaborate with communications teams across Amazon to support their local news announcements
• Develop and write news releases, media advisories, reporter and content creator (such as podcasters and influencers) pitches, fact sheets, spokesperson talking points, and related media materials
• Successfully manage complex, fast-moving, and unexpected communications challenges, and deliver communications counsel to internal executives for both short- and long-term challenges and opportunities
• Build and maintain relationships with key traditional and non-traditional media members including social media influencers, podcasters, and bloggers
• Solid ability to work collaboratively with multiple-stakeholder teams
• Effectively represent Amazon as a spokesperson via print, radio, tv, and podcast interviews

Benefits

• Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level