This position is responsible for strategic direction for national media relations, and ensures the overall coordination of external contacts with major media outlets. The Senior Director will help enhance the companys reputation and help provide counsel and direction on the companys media relations structure.

Responsibilities:
- Direct and coordinate the companys media relations activities, including areas such as financial communications, legal communications, product communications, crisis communications, corporate philanthropy, human resource issues and key national and local issues.
- Provide counsel and media relations to business segments media relations staff and advise SVP on ways to strengthen companies overall media relations efforts.
- Demonstrated ability to provide candid counsel to senior management on business and communications issues.
- Staff and arrange interviews with the CEO and other senior executives; provide supporting documentation and materials to ensure preparedness and key message penetration.
- Manage activities to support external communications and media activities for the companys key corporate reputation initiatives, and respond to media inquiries resulting from company-specific or industry-related issues.
- Develop and improve relationships with key journalists and media outlets.
- Develop briefing documents to inform colleagues and gain agreement on key messages. Support corporate litigation, national crisis communications, major company meetings and corporate initiatives.

Requirements
- BA/BS
- 10+ years experience in communications, media relations and/or public affairs for a major corporation and/or journalism.
- Proven media relations skills and relationships with top-tier media; experience as a corporate spokesperson preferred.
- Bias for strategic proactive communications program development and clear results. Articulate, confident, poised and engaged.