FPRA Gainesville

A list of full-time and internship positions available for PR professionals and students is below.

Help out your fellow PR professionals and students! If you know of a public relations-related opening, please send the position description, contact information, and web link OR the contact info for the recruiting organization to Amy Douglas, APR, adouglas@performingarts.ufl.edu.

Corporate Communications Specialist

RTI Biologics

Position Summary:

• Implements and coordinates communications programs to all internal and community audiences to create, improve and maintain relationships with these audiences to advance RTI’s corporate mission.
• Assists Director, Corporate Communications with projects in government relations, media relations, investor relations and general corporate communications.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications or related field required.
• 3 years of experience in Communications/Public Relations OR Master’s degree in related field with at least 1 year of experience in Communications/Public Relations, required.

For more information or to apply, please visit http://www.rtix.com.

Marketing Communications Associate

RTI Biologics

Position Summary:

• Works independently under the direction of and is responsible to the Director, Marketing Communications; supports and receives direction from Convention and Event Manager and Marketing Communications Manager.
• Assists with trade show management, including handling registration, order paperwork, packing/shipping. Handles all details of smaller shows and assists with larger shows.
• Manages all details of CORE customer visits. Ensures corporate presentations are up to date.
• Responsible for compliance paperwork – tracking expenses on trade shows, grants and surgeon visits.
• Assists with national sales meeting details.
• Maintains content for the rep extranet and obtains approvals for login. Works with Corporate Communications team to ensures product-related content on corporate site is up to date.
• Assists with literature fulfillment process, ensuring literature is up to date on the fulfillment website.
• Ensures in-house literature supply is up to date weekly.
• Assists with writing/posting LiveFeed rep messages and sends weekly headlines message to reps.
• Responsible for surgeon e-newsletter and developing other newsletters for new audiences.
• Responsible for planning, writing, printing and distributing rep newsletter.
• Manages controlled approvals for commercial partner documents.
• Assists with marketing communications support for spine and surgical specialties markets.
• Scans competitive market communications (news releases, literature, web sites, ads) and compiles quarterly reports.
• Responsible for data analysis – literature ordering trends, extranet statistics.
• Assists in preparing collateral (research, writing, design planning) .
• Assists in other event planning duties as needed .

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in event management, public relations, communications, English or related field.
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Office programs, graphic design and Adobe design programs.

Preferred Education/Experience:

• Business experience preferred.
• Experience in event management, graphic design and writing preferred.

For more information or to apply, please visit http://www.rtix.com.

Marketing Communications Director

RTI Biolgoics

Position Summary:

• Acts as a resource to all product business segments.
• Provides strategic direction of communicating/relationship building with and promotion of RTI products to surgeons and other medical professionals, sales representatives, distribution partners and recipients.
• Working in conjunction with external marketing/public relations/graphic design agencies, establishes and maintains corporate and product brands.
• Provides analysis of competitor companies to business units.
• Responsible for working with other internal departments and external customers to define and implement marketing strategies.
• Ensures product/corporate promotions adhere to industry ethical guidelines.  Directs a team of staff members and manages the marketing expense budget for both business units.
• Developes corporate and product messages/ positioning for surgeon audience and distribution partners (including approval of partner materials), conduct regular competitive analyses, and participate in strategic planning;
• Developes and maintaining effective corporate/ product advertising campaigns;
• Oversees creation/production of collateral materials for the audiences listed above (web site, brochures, scientific papers, videos);
• Oversees RTI exhibit design and activities;
• Oversees marketing events and CORE visitor program
• Oversees new product launch promotion activities;
• Oversees corporate branding efforts;
• Developes and overseeing professional relations activities, including medical education (CME, ECU programs), Medical Advisory Board, adherence to Advanced and other guidelines, and participation in sports medicine associations
• Directes patient education and communication program
• Directes education of and communication to, RTI representatives and distributors, including regular information updates, National Sales meeting, extranet; and,
• Directes general marketing activities such as managing expense budget of $1.4MM, providing market information to internal and external audiences, market research

Required Education/Experience:

• Minimum 10 years experience in Communications/Public Relations/Marketing, with at least two years in a managerial role.
• Working knowledge of AATB standards and practices
• Understanding of and appreciation of the personal nature of tissue donation, death, loss and grief

Preferred Education/Experience:

• BA/BS degree in public relations/communications/marketing, or related field, Advanced degree preferred.

For more information or to apply, please visit http://www.rtix.com.

University of Florida Communications positions

Visit http://jobs.ufl.edu and enter keywords or department to find a complete job description and application information for any open communication-related positions.

Florida Museum of Natural History Internship

• The Florida Museum is looking for a public relations intern who will be able to work 12-15 hours/week for at least three semesters beginning Summer A 2012.
• The position is open until filled.
• The position offers great responsibility and experience, plus a chance to build a very strong portfolio with published clips.
• You will write press releases, put together media kits, carry out administrative duties, give media tours, track and log media hits and work closely with other departments within the museum.
• Applicants should possess basic knowledge of Photoshop or InDesign, Microsoft Office and the Internet or have the ability to learn these programs quickly.
• Applicants must possess strong communication and editing skills, knowledge of AP style and be detail oriented.

To apply:  Please email resume, references and cover letter to LeeannBright, lbright@flmnh.ufl.edu.