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Incorporated in 1948, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) provides reliable, cost-effective, environmentally balanced, wholesale electric services to our 11-member distribution cooperatives in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. Our core business is generating, purchasing and delivering electricity to our members. ODEC is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative that operates for the benefit of our members, who are our owners. Our home office is located in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Purpose of Job:

Creative and high attention to detail Communication and Public Relations Coordinator to maintain communications content for ODEC. This individual will be responsible for maintaining content for various platforms while promoting ODEC’s vision, mission and values and maintaining ODEC’s internal and external digital presence and website content.

The successful candidate will assist with creative concepts, write, and edit engaging copy for campaign assets including marketing collateral, infographics, web copy, social media, presentations, and email, and distribute regular updates to employees, ODEC board members, and other stakeholders conveying key activities and community relations efforts at ODEC and the plants.

This position is located in ODEC’s Glen Allen, Virginia office.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Working with department management to create editorial plans, research, and write press releases, articles, web content for various communications channels and audiences. Drafting press kits with fact sheets, news releases and collateral materials.
• Assisting with website updates to external and internal websites including writing internal news for employees, posting press releases, and updating energy generation mix quarterly.
• Taking photos or videos at corporate & plant events or tours to assist with creating content for the website, social media and recruiting efforts. Assisting with social media content, providing photos and write ups for social media channels. Keeping intranet fresh with employee and event photography, maintain photo libraries for communications department.
• Compiling weekly news digest for ODEC employees, including sourcing relevant articles from media hits on ODEC’s industry, members and ODEC itself.
• Assisting with social media graphics, talking points and other digital assets for ODEC members.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ professional experience in writing, public relations or communications.

Critical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills with all levels of the organization, external partners, and audiences.
• Ability to interact effectively and coordinate closely with all levels of an organization and with multiple ODEC departments including Power Supply, Accounting, Engineering, Information Technology, EH&S, Human Resources, the plant facilities and external business partners.
• Intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and graphic art software required.
• Ability to stay informed on national and state level news and energy-related news that may affect ODEC and the electric utility industry.
• Ability to effectively work in a fast-paced environment fielding requests from multiple internal and external customers with pressing deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and on team projects.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding of digital and design principles preferred.
• Video and editing software experience preferred.
• Photography and data management skills preferred.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in writing, English, journalism, marketing, communications, public relations, media studies or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Travel details: Frequent day trips and occasional overnight travel required in this position.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

• Hand-eye coordination to use a keyboard and computer monitor the majority of the day to include working on a laptop and smartphone.
• Interact effectively with others through verbal communication in-person, over the phone, via video, email and text.
• Work full days (8 hours) in an office environment with occasional evening and weekend work.
• Conduct frequent travel via automobile to ODEC-owned/operated sites which may entail some overnight travel. Commercial airline for occasional conferences/meetings.

We offer a competitive salary, defined benefit retirement security (pension) plan, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) company match, vacation based on relevant years of experience, generous sick time accrual and holiday pay in addition to many other benefits offerings. Please apply via this link www.odec.com/careers for consideration.

ODEC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.