State of Louisiana
Location
Shreveport, LA | United States
Job description
Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.
One (1) vacancy located in the Museum Division - Louisiana State Exhibit Museum of the Secretary of State.
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Experience in marketing, public relations, library science, and/or the research, written preparation and dissemination of information to the public or on behalf of an organization to its customers through such medium as publications, broadcasting, Internet web pages, social media, or public speaking will substitute for the required degree on the basis of one year of experience for thirty semester hours of college.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
NOTE:
Graphic design, graphic art and technical jobs in radio/TV production will not be considered as qualifying. Some examples of technical radio/TV production jobs include but are not limited to TV camera operators, directors, production technicians, sound technicians, or video technicians.
Function of Work:
To disseminate routine informational material through various media to inform the public about a department's programs or services, inform executive and administrative staff about progress of public relations activities and assist in developing and implementing public relations programs for departmental programs.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
General from Public Information Director, or other higher level personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Public Information Officer 2 by the absence of independent and persuasive responsibility for public information/relations initiatives.
Gathers, prepares and distributes information about a department, agency, or office to the media and directly to the public on ongoing programs.
Assists in program development and implementation.
Assists in gathering and entering information on the departmental web page.
Assists in responding to electronic commerce from the departmental web page.
Researches and assists in writing news releases.
Contacts media representatives to inform them of special agency events.
Assists in coordinating publicity for agency events; sets up displays, gives tours and audio-visual presentations.
Researches and assists in writing materials for and participates in the layout of informational materials such as newsletters, bulletins, pamphlets, directories, brochures, billboards, fact sheets, and posters.
Assists in developing audio-visual presentations and scripts.
Assists in speech writing for executives.
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