Public Relations Specialist Career Research and Resources
Rocky Mountain News
Managed award-winning coverage of the legislative process, political campaigns, governmental and public policy issues; earned journalistic recognition. Developed and wrote multimedia breaking-news, features, enterprise, investigative political and government stories for daily newspaper and Web publication. Covered the Colorado General Assembly and Gov. Bill Ritter and Gov. Bill Owens administrations. Covered City of Denver ...
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
The Dallas Morning News
Researched, developed and wrote transportation, growth, neighborhood planning and zoning news stories. Covered public-affairs, governmental and educational issues. Wrote and edited breaking-news, enterprise, investigative and feature articles for major daily newspaper and Web publication. Served on speaker bureau as part of newspaper's public-relations and community outreach team. Conducted research and data analysis on pub...
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Rocky Mountain News
Covered the Regional Transportation of District, Colorado Department of Transportation and Denver Regional Council of Governments. Developed, researched and wrote transportation articles; established a well-respected reputation for researching and writing accurate award-winning news coverage and articles focused on multibillion-dollar multimodal (Transportation Demand Management) highway and transit expansion projects. Cove...
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Arlington Morning News/Dallas Morning News
Supervised and organized state capitol coverage in Austin, Texas, overseeing numerous reporters. Managed public-affairs news coverage. Coverage included then-Gov. George W. Bush, local Arlington delegation of Texas Legislature and congressional delegation. Coverage included congressional, mayoral, state, judicial campaigns and public-affairs issues. Conducted research and data analysis, rote and developed breaking-news, gen...
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Denton Record-Chronicle
Developed and wrote general news, higher education and business stories for daily newspaper. Covered the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Researched and wrote business and higher education columns for Sunday Business and Education sections. Assigned photon shoots, gathered data for graphics and other art elements. Successfully managed award-winning investigative projects.
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
King Soopers
Managed customer service areas, overseeing 65 cashiers and clerks. Managed front-end store operations, developed marketing strategies to bolster sales of money orders, videos, event tickets, among other merchandise. Scheduled personnel, handled daily accounting functions, handled employee grievance matters, served on labor relations committees, assisted in the development of employee relations programs, delivered employee a...
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Referentia Systems Incorporated
Oversee marketing communications for internal and external audiences. Produce collateral materials reflecting the strategic marketing and messaging of the Defense contractor. Manage community service planning events and programs for 100+ staff. Direct tradeshow participation and sponsorships on U.S. Mainland and in Hawaii. Serve as media liaison, draft and issue news releases. Serve as program manager of Multimedia and eLea...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
MELE Associates, Inc.
Oversaw marketing communications and community relations for MELE Health Information Systems, a division of MELE Associates, Inc. Developed and implemented public web site and channel marketing program for value-added resellers. Directed tradeshow participation and design and production of exhibit booth. Produced collateral materials and product marketing videos. Coordinated proposal and grant writing and submission. Parti...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Nancy Downes Communications
Provided consulting services in strategic marketing, corporate communications, branding and public relations. Coordinated and administered special events planning, design and execution. Developed and produced annual reports and publications for state government agencies. Wrote a series of articles for internal communication vehicles to educate and inform employees of bank-wide systems conversion project, business efficien...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Bank of Hawaii
Administered internal communications bank-wide, served as editor of the bi-weekly, internal newspaper. Coordinated publicity for special events, drafted executive remarks, wrote news releases and articles for external publications. Developed web content and print materials for dissemination to customers and staff. Responsible for conceptualizing, developing and implementing an award-winning communications program to raise...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
