Communications Coordinator, Foreign Policy (Job ID: 2024-3556)

Overview

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The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.

 

We bring together leading experts in government and academia from all over the world, rooted in open-minded inquiry and representing diverse points of view, who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis. Research topics cover a full range of public policy issues in economics, foreign policy, development, governance and metropolitan policy.

 

With fair and transparent business practices, clear communication, mutual respect, and a collaborative atmosphere that offers both professional and personal development opportunities, Brookings offers an inclusive and welcoming workplace that values the efforts of all contributors.

 

The Foreign Policy program at Brookings is the leading center of high-quality, policy-relevant scholarship advancing actionable solutions to the major challenges to international peace and security. Brookings Foreign Policy scholars and staff draw on their deep expertise to engage in in-depth, nonpartisan research and analysis aimed at informing policymakers and the public debate and developing concrete policy recommendations to address the world’s toughest problems. 

 

Brookings welcomes and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We welcome applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on ideology, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, first generation college-goers, and other factors protected by law. Brookings is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

 

Position Location:This position is hybrid. Hybrid positions combine regular in-person presence at our Washington, DC office with the option of at least two days of remote work each week.

 

Please Note: This position is included in the staff bargaining unit, Brookings United, affiliated with the IFPTE Local 70 union, and is covered under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

Responsibilities

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The Communications Coordinator, FP manages media coordination and impact tracking in Foreign Policy at Brookings (FP). The Coordinator organizes and executes various communications activities, focusing on media inquiries and outreach, external engagements and impact, social media and newsletter outreach, and contact management. Under the supervision of FP’s Director of Communications, the Communications Coordinator works with a broad range of staff in FP and Brookings’s central Office of Communications to enhance coordination and collaboration, support impact, and uphold program and institutional standards. The Communications Coordinator represents Brookings FP in interactions with journalists and other external contacts, with visitors and event participants, and on social media.

 

Media Coordination  (40%)

• Serves as primary FP Communications contact for managing and distributing incoming media requests and general information requests regarding the FP program and its experts. As requested, advises scholars on media requests.
• In communication with Director of Communications, coordinates among journalists, scholars, and Brookings studio staff to organize media interviews or other activities.
• Assists Director of Communications in implementing FP’s media outreach strategy, including particularly by drafting news releases, pitching journalists with FP content, creating outreach lists, developing relationships with media, and organizing media calls.
• Maintains familiarity with FP scholars' current work and tracks media engagement on Meltwater database, including tagging media hits, building media contact lists, and creating regular media engagement reports to share with scholars and FP leadership
• Responsible for tracking scholars’ media mentions and external writing and speaking, adding select quotes and links to externally published op-eds and research to the Brookings website.
• Designs and retrieves reports from Meltwater on scholar media activity, and may assist in creation of collateral materials, for funding and development purposes.

Social Media and Newsletter Outreach  (40%)

• Develops understanding of Brookings audiences and enhances best practices for various formats and tactics in professional communications.
• In coordination with the Director of Communications, drafts the FP internal and