Position Summary:
AHLA’s Marketing amp; Communications department tells the story of our association, our members, and the hotel industry. Within this department is an internal communications team responsible for working cross-departmentally to gather all the latest AHLA information for the Marcomms department. The Director, Executive Communications will use this information to draft speeches, presentations, talking points, one-pagers for AHLA executives.
Responsibilities:
- Draft speeches and presentations for AHLA executives
- Schedule and lead logistical prep calls ahead of executive conferences and presentations
- Supervise the building, maintaining, and distribution of PowerPoint presentations for AHLA executives
- Provide one-pagers and talking points?to AHLA?executives?ahead of conferences and presentations
- Collaborate with content team ahead of and during speeches to provide information for social media and video production
- Build a database of annual executive speeches listing location, audience, and themes
- Organize presentation talking points and slides
- Brief executives for media interviews?and press conferences
- Provide one-pagers and talking points?to AHLA?executives?ahead of media interviews
- Collaborate with media relations team to provide information about the preparation and status of media interviews and press conferences
- Draft Lodging Magazine columns and op-ed articles?in executive voice
- Copy edit executive correspondents to elected officials
- File all deliverables in project management system
- Regular coordination with Internal Communications Officer
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least five years of relevant experience in communications, government affairs, and trade associations
Skills and Attributes:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; willingness to be coached
- Excellent copy editing and proofreading skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent organization and creative talking points and PowerPoints
- Fluent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ability to work closely with executives
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work assignments
- Team player with a high level of professionalism, self-motivation, ability to learn quickly, and a positive attitude
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across the department and organization
Other:
- Position based in the Washington DC area
- Hybrid position 3 days in office. (Mon-Wed or Tue-Thurs.)
AHLA is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match with the position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organization. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
EOE
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental amp; Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary amp; ADamp;D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick amp; Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term amp; Long Term Disability
- Training amp; Development
- Work From Home
- Free Food amp; Snacks