Sunnyvale, CA or Washington, DC--Yahoo--Public Affairs

Friends & Colleagues:

I am looking for a Public Affairs superstar to join Yahoo!'s communications team. The ideal candidate can be based either in Sunnyvale, CA or Washington, DC. I also plan to open another requisition for a second Public Affairs role in the coming days. Here is a link to the description: http://careers.yahoo.com/jdescription.php?oid=21856 – please don't be shy about sending this to friends, family, colleagues or total strangers if you think that will help me find the absolute best candidate(s) to join our team. This person will deal with myriad issues, which may include Human Rights, Internet Privacy, Child Safety, Net Neutrality, Antitrust, etc.

I am committed to finding and hiring top-notch folks quickly so I could really use your help…

Thanks,

Adam

Director, Public Affairs

Location: Sunnyvale, US - Sunnyvale

Req. Number: 21856

Date Posted: 2009/05/06

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Position Summary:
Responsibilities will include developing corporate positioning in state, federal and international regulatory, legislative and policy environments and establishing supporting communications strategies. Will be responsible for driving and executing communications strategies for public affairs and policy, managing sensitive crisis situations, anticipating and monitoring relevant legislative and policy events, PR plan and messaging development, leveraging media relationships for positive coverage, and managing PR agency resources.

Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy and Corporate Positioning
* Drive PR strategies and tactics that support and/or promote corporate positioning on political, legislative and regulatory issue
* Establish PR goals and objectives, plans, timelines and measurable goals
* Provide PR counsel to internal clients relevant to state and federal legislative affairs and policy.
* Develop and/or edit communications plans, messaging, press releases and Q&A documents
* Edit and approve messaging and press releases from policy-related industry associations

Media Relations
* Manage interviews relevant to policy and legislative affairs
* Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key beat and trade reporters
* Prepare all spokespersons with corporate messaging and interview strategies, providing postmortem feedback
* Provide background interviews to media as appropriate
* Develop strategies for neutralizing potentially negative coverage

Agency Management
* Direct agency resources appropriately
* Oversee development and execution of PR plans
* Monitor and measure agency deliverables against goals and objectives
* Manage agency budget and monitor quality control

Skills, Characteristics and Experience Required:
* Demonstrates very good understanding of Internet public affairs and policy landscape
* Requires previous corporate and/or public policy communications experience; exposure to or knowledge of local, state and federal government operations; understanding of general legal practices
* Understanding of global public affairs and policy issues
* Demonstrates high level of strategic thinking
* Experience with crisis management and planning
* Requires excellent follow-through and follow-up and ability to take strategy to execution in a fast-paced environment
* Manages confidentiality without exception; demonstrates outstanding judgment
* Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment
* Proactively identifies communications opportunities and develops supporting programs
* Disciplined in ongoing reading, monitoring, research and analysis of industry news and happenings
* Ability to quickly digest large volumes of information and filter/capture relevant data
* Detail oriented, highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously
* Effectively manages internal client/manager expectations
* Highly developed verbal, written and presentation skills - experience in group facilitation
* Strong leadership skills
* Requires 7+ years of experience

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Adam Grossberg

Vice President, Corporate Communications | Yahoo!

111 West 40th Street, 9th Fl | New York, NY 10018

office: 212.381.6905 | mobile: 917.907.1144

ag@yahoo-inc.com