Public Affairs Specialist

Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients' success. You'll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work You'll Do

As a Project Delivery Specialist on the project, you will:

• Develop, execute, and continuously refine comprehensive communication and public relations strategies aligned with organizational goals and priorities.
• Manage media interactions, including drafting press releases, prepping spokespeople, coordinating media briefings, and responding to inquiries to ensure accurate and timely coverage of organizational activities.
• Produce high-quality, compelling written materials-such as press releases, articles, speeches, fact sheets, and website content-for diverse audiences.
• Organize, promote, and support public events (e.g., town halls, briefings, outreach activities), ensuring strategic messaging and effective community engagement.
• Oversee the organization's presence on digital platforms and social media channels, creating and curating content, monitoring engagement, and tracking metrics to enhance reach and influence.
• Coordinate with leadership and internal teams to ensure clear, accurate, and consistent messaging across the organization.
• Monitor public sentiment, proactively address issues, and support crisis communications as needed to safeguard the organization's reputation.
• Gather and analyze communication metrics and feedback to report on effectiveness and inform strategy improvements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the media, government officials, community leaders, and partner organizations.

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Industry Solutions clients seek verticalized solutions that transform how they sell products, deliver services, generate growth, and fulfill mission-critical operations. The Industry Solutions offering delivers integrated business expertise with repeatable scaled technology solutions that are specifically engineered for each sector's IndustryAdvantageTM.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required clearance for this role.
• 3 + years of professional experience in public affairs, media relations, or corporate communications.
• 2 + years of experience in developing and executing communication strategies, and campaigns.
• 2 + years of experience utilizing and managing social media management platforms Hoot suite, Sprout social, or similar platform.
• Ability to travel 10-15%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.

Preferred:

• Master Degree preferred.
• 3 + years of experience with creative design or media production tools (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Canva)
• Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) or related professional certifications.
• Prior experience in crisis communications or high-stakes issue management.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,800 to $171,300.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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