Content Creator & Communications Media Relations Coordinator (Information Office

Content Creator & Communications Media Relations Coordinator (Information Officer 3, PCN 252231)

Job Details

This listing closes on 3/5/2025 at 5:00 PM Alaska.

Employer: State of Alaska

Salary: $3,028.50 Biweekly

Location: Fairbanks, AK

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: 49272

Department: Transportation and Public Facilities

Division: NRD-Support Services

Opening Date: 02/24/2025

Closing Date: 3/5/2025 at 5:00 PM Alaska

Division: Northern Region Support Services

Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only

Bargaining Unit: General Government

Range: 20

Job Description

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

Are you a creative communicator with a passion for storytelling and public engagement? Northern Region DOT&PF is looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking professional to lead media relations, social media, and public outreach efforts. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love creating engaging digital content, and can balance professionalism with a fresh, modern approach, we want you on our team!

What You Will Be Doing:

As the face of Northern Region DOT&PF, you’ll be at the heart of our public outreach, media relations, and digital storytelling. Your mission? To create engaging content that connects Alaskans with the transportation projects shaping their communities. From crafting compelling social media posts to producing high-impact publications and coordinating with the press, you’ll do it all. In this fast-paced role, you’ll be the go-to expert for media requests, ensuring clear, timely, and accurate communication—especially during critical events. You’ll collaborate with local governments, tribal entities, and interagency partners to keep the public informed and engaged.

Working closely with the Communications Team and the Northern Region Director, you’ll develop visuals, written content, and digital materials for social media, websites, and public outreach events. You’ll also play a key role in shaping DOT&PF’s voice, ensuring messaging is consistent across all channels. Our Communications Team thrives in a collaborative, dynamic environment, offering specialized training and resources to support your success. This is your chance to showcase Alaska’s transportation initiatives and strengthen connections with diverse communities across the state. If you’re creative, adaptable, and ready to make an impact, we want to hear from you!

Our Organization, Mission & Culture:

The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities’ mission is to Keep Alaska Moving. We are building a modern, adaptable, and flexible transportation system that will be resilient in the face of challenges, ensuring vital connections for communities across our state. Collaboration, communication, and coordination are at the heart of everything we do, enabling us to succeed as a team and leverage resources effectively.

By joining our team, you’ll be part of a mission-driven organization that directly impacts Alaskans' daily lives, strengthens communities, and fosters meaningful partnerships. We value innovative ideas, teamwork, and a shared commitment to serving the unique needs of Alaska. If you’re looking for a career that combines purpose, opportunity, and the chance to contribute to shaping the future of Alaska, this is the place for you!

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, visual media and social media.
• External Awareness: Understands and keeps up-to-date on local, national, and international policies and trends that affect the organization and shape stakeholders' views; is aware of the organization's impact on the external environment.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Multimedia Technologies: Knowledge of the principles, methods, tools, and techniques to develop or apply technology using text, audio, graphics, or other media.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them.

Special Note: “Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

Contact Information

For specific information about this position, please contact:

Name: Danielle Tessen, Department Communication Manager

Phone: (907) 347-8358

Email: danielle.tessen@alaska.gov

Name: Shannon McCarthy, Communications Director

Phone: (907) 744-7360

Email: shannon.mccarthy@alaska.gov

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