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Tinker Air Force Base, Ok , Us

Conducts public affairs functions for Headquarters Air Force Sustainment Center, ensuring public affairsactivities comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.Responds to information requests on assigned programs from the news media, specialized groups, and/or general public; local, state, and federal elected officials; special interest groups, community, and civic organizations.Performs special assignments and participates in special projects and initiatives with responsibility forresearching, planning, executing, and/or evaluating complex public affairs operations, programs, and policies which affect a variety of functional areas.Represents the organization regarding a portion of the organization PA program with a variety of councils, boards, working groups, and panels inside and outside the agency, including Headquarters Air Force, DoD (Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, unified combatant command and sister services), and other governmental, nongovernmental, public, civic, service, industry, business, educational, entertainment, think tank, and media organizations.

Hi-Fi Public Relations specializes in public and media relations, market research and social media. Whether your focus is reinventing a brand, increasing web or foot traffic to your business, or enhancing relationships with current clients, our experience will help you achieve results. We work alongside your team to gain understanding of the organization’s goals and develop a strategic plan that communicates your message through traditional and new media channels.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Manage the efforts of the Wing commander's public affairs team to accomplish the commander's communication goals. Maintain broad understanding of the Air Force Reserves.• Plan, coordinate and conduct strategic internal, community and media relations activities.•Write and post high-quality content regarding agency actions in collaboration with subject matter experts, for national-level social media presences on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.• Oversee an interdisciplinary social media team charged with creating and leveraging content.• Plan, implement and evaluate the national office social media strategy, including the processes by which submissions are made, vetted, scheduled, and posted.• Developed procedures, protocols, and guidelines.• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with inter-agency members to coordinate participation in efforts to create, cross-promote, and leverage web and social media content, especially as it relates to national communications goals.• Ensure social media content meets accessibility standards, policy, and legal requirements per Department of Defense regulation. • Analyze social media analytics data and user feedback to understand use trends and content effectiveness. Use working knowledge of new and emerging media to monitor, analyze, and adapt work within the bounds of agency policy.• Advise senior managers about how to handle issues or problems with social media activities including trending topics, political concerns, or unexpected conversations.• Use digital images, video, and electronically-produced graphics to create original content.• Coordinate, recommend and implement content placement across the agency website. Work closely with the Divisions and Offices to identify current and future content needs and priorities.• Manage the content on www.507arw.afrc.af.mil working directly with content creators to ensure that content is usable, accessible and accurate.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Develop strategic materials and prepare news releases and talking points, and create questions and answers for designated personnel to prepare for public presentations, media interviews, news conferences, and other special events. Design, plan, direct, and advise on public affairs programs for the entirety of East Africa.• Monitor public attitudes towards multiple agencies and works to enhance image.• Develop and disseminate informational materials to the public or specialized target groups within a domestic or foreign setting.• Respond to requests for information concerning agency programs and policies from all media, including the press, television, and radio, locally, nationally, and internationally.• Serves as advisor to two-star combatant commander (senior military executive) regarding media matters, and participate in policy-making meetings and conferences.• Maintain close liaison with representatives of newspapers, major magazines, radio, and television stations, including national networks; as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and government officials, leaders, and members of a variety of professional, business, civic and other public interest organizations.• Coordinate the strategic release of information with sensitivity to homeland security, international partnerships and Freedom of Information and Privacy Act requirements.• Provide guidance, assistance, and consultation to agency field offices concerning procedures related to responding to specific requests from media, general public, specialized groups, community, and governmental entities who use agency services.• Continually train, equip and mentor public affairs staff in a deployed environment.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Manage and perform legal functions not prohibited by statute and the Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct • Provide administrative and litigation support in processing and execution of all judicial and nonjudicial matters according to applicable laws and instructions, and the Manual for Courts-Martial.• Prepare legal documents and plan, organize, perform and direct legal services and duties in the arenas of ethics/standards of conduct, environmental, labor and employment, contract, international, operational and fiscal law.• Conduct investigation under the leadership of the Staff Judge Advocate.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Ensure timely and accurate coverage of major Air Force and commander initiatives. Maintain relationship with commanders and directors to provide public affairs advice and support for leadership to best disseminate information to all personnel.• While deployed facilitated all international and Afghan media inquiries and requests on various installations and patrols throughout Afghanistan for coalition training mission, which had a budget over $10 billion for FY2010.• During deployment actively engage untapped Afghan media to spread the message of ANSF training and rebuilding of Afghan national infrastructure. Increased NTM-A and CSTC-A media events and engagements over 100%.• Serve as personal staff advisor to the commander on all command (internal and external) information, and public information, including media and community relations matters.• Track and record responses to congressional inquiries.• Monitor operations of the command to assure consideration of public affairs implications. Assess community attitudes toward the command to identify command actions which have real or potential community interest.• Initiate programs to gain understanding of and appreciation for command actions.• Advise on accuracy, propriety, timing, and relative importance of information for release to the command and the public. Recommends methods of communicating information.• Prepare and/or supervised preparation of information for release on Air Force matters through news releases, articles, photographs, radio and television programs.• Supervise public affairs activities and personnel. Supervises and/or provides guidance on operations of radio, television, and closed-circuit facilities used for command information purposes.• Draft speeches for general officers (CEO-level staff) and arranges interviews and other forms of contact.• Interim editor of the Tinker AFB newspaper, the Tinker Takeoff, with a circulation of 25,000 and a readership of 75,000 per week.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Leads internal and external resources to manage and execute marketing strategies across the CCW Safe services portfolio. The efforts will be focused on fulfilling objectives in lead generation, brand building, e-commerce effectiveness, channel development, agency management, partnership programs, digital marketing, promotional planning, analysis, and content.

Edmond, Oklahoma, Us

Develop and execute corporate marketing strategy to build brand awareness, highlight customer success, accelerate placements, share outcomes data, and ultimately build a repertoire of successful companies that objectively demonstrate the value and impact of AHSG services.• Support multiple internal and external constituents in the development of visually stunning and intellectually stimulating collateral in the following areas: Primary “Campaign Manager,” Multi-Media Leadership and Digital Property Management.• Develop and implement industry first integration of internal applicant tracking system to real-time public facing job postings via custom application program interface.• Execute all tactical aspects of strategic marketing campaigns for six portfolio companies.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Assemble and implement strategic communications and adverting and marketing plans among a strong, diverse coalition of organizations while securing their cooperation, support and action to further campaign goals.• Serve as main communications liaison for the company’s Investor and Media Relations programs. Plan and execute strategic marketing and advertising strategies for the organization and all nationwide subsidiaries.• Direct annual budget development, prepare budgets and submit estimates for program costs as part of strategic campaign plan development. Manage all external communications support.• Utilize analytical data from multiple sources to ensure a positive ROI is achieved.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

• Identify target audiences and use available resources and capabilities to ensure those audiences are aware of i2E’s programs and services.• Communicate directly with clients, partners, affiliates and other target audiences on marketing content and opportunities.• Manage the development of marketing materials by researching, writing and editing print and web site information.• Coordinate continued development and enhancement of the corporate web site(s) by developing and updating content that proactively promotes i2E’s events, clients and programs. • Manage Communication and eMedia Specialists and ensure staff keeps news articles, calendar of events, client stories, and website information current.• Develop and manage creative ways to document the progress of i2E programs and clients through printed and web publications, social media, and online videos.• Strategically build relationships and work with rural, local and national media to allow the best dissemination and circulation of press releases and provide media support where appropriate. • Edits and proofread ad copy, brochures, press information, web site content and other collaterals produced by the i2E and work with Information Manager on media mailing and email distribution lists.• Responds to i2E program communication and information requests.• Communicate directly with Governor’s Cup sponsors, participants and other interested individuals to ensure they are up to date on Governor’s Cup news and events.• Aid Vice President of Marketing with i2E event and other entrepreneurial event coverage.• Manage the writing and editing of internal reports, funding proposals and other documents.