November 29, 2010

JOB OF THE WEEK: Director of Corporate Communications, San Francisco 49ers (Santa Clara, CA)

49ers The Director of Corporate Communications is responsible for managing the on-going business publicity and new stadium promotion for the 49ers. This includes public relations campaigns associated with ticket sales, new business partnerships and sponsorships, executive and owner media profiles and publicity, game day promotions and issues management on non-football matters. The person in this role will also be helping to create and manage the public relations strategy and communications materials for the new stadium project, including advising on PR for the sales team to determine message positioning, fan education on tiered pricing, new sales opportunities, timing for announcements, and news outlets. In addition, the person in this role will be responsible for managing media events associated with the publicity plans. This could include: ticket sales launch media events, sponsorship/ partner announcements, press conferences and trade shows.

More info: http://49ers.teamworkonline.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=32728 (PF tipster)

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