Public Affairs Manager

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Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

 

The Public Affairs Manager (PDX) is a subject matter expert in community engagement with business and civic influencers in the Portland area for Alaska Air Group (AAG).

 

As an individual contributor, this role shows thought leadership around community events management and exercises considerable initiative to determine where we need to engage in our communities and our key messaging for grassroots community relations.

  • Acts as the lead subject matter expert in relationship management of business and civic influencers in our community.
  • Develops and implement a strategy to support Alaska’s community and public relations goals with activities specific to supporting key markets.
  • Serves as a key point of contact for businesses, institutions, residents, and others in these areas to initiate and support opportunities for them to be engaged with Alaska Airlines and to also address their concerns.
  • Define long-term strategy for Alaska’s top leaders to participate in the right speaking engagements to support Alaska’s civic engagement, volunteerism, and thought leadership.
  • Responsible for relationship management via development and execution of Alaska’s new “Ambassadors” program and other initiatives to engage, inform, get input from influencers in the community.
  • Conceptualizes, manages, organizes, and supports events, meetings, and other activities to advance Alaska’s relationships and local brand.
  • Responsible for identifying and managing execution to outcomes for cross-functional gov’t affairs, community relations, or sustainability initiatives that advance Alaska’s reputation and relationships.
  • Drive execution and delivery of key market- and investor-facing reports to reflect Alaska’s performance and leadership in areas of community, environmental and social impact.
  • Develop and maintain cross departmental relationships with key stakeholders within Marketing, Communications, Loyalty, Operations, Sales, Airport Affairs etc., to support and collaborate on community engagement initiatives.

 

 

Required

 

  • 4 years of experience in public affairs, relationship management, or related field.
  • Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Public Affairs, Public Relations, Communications, or other relevant field; or an additional two years of relevant training/experience instead of this degree.
  • Remote position with the ability to travel 10% of the time, at least 2 days a month in Seattle.
  • Demonstrated success in establishing and leveraging partnerships.
  • Exceptional writing and policy analysis skills; exceptional oral communication.
  • Strong instincts for building and conveying simple narratives from multiple data points.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum age of 18.
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

 

Preferred

 

  • Established relationships with key stakeholders in Portland.
  • Solid understanding of airline industry.
  • Public affairs experience.

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