Community Empowerment Specialist

The Local Media Team at TelevisaUnivision in Washington, D.C. is looking for a Community Empowerment Specialist to join our team!

This is a great opportunity for a strategic and creative thinker, a self-starter, and a collaborator willing to learn and share ideas that has a community relations spirit. Additionally, the role will actively support TelevisaUnivision’s CSR brand for local media.

This role will report to the Senior Director of Community Empowerment.

ABOUT YOU:

You possess a strong desire to serve your community and make a positive difference in the lives of those around you. You help champion the community mindset for local media. You strive in a fast-paced and creative environment. You are proactive and willing to contribute ideas; can-do attitude, self-starter, are self-disciplined, ability to work independently. Professional, diplomatic, personable, reliable. Intellectually curious, interest/ability to learn new areas. Flexible and able to problem solve. Attention to detail.

YOUR DAY-DAY: 

• Lead day-to-day efforts for the CSR platform including campaign planning and recaps, website, and collaboration with all departments to support the Sr. Director
• Support and manage television and radio stations’ FCC files including quarterly reports, EEO file and annual reports, political files, as well as the children’s files
• Talent management; support Sr. Director with television and radio talent’s social calendars and community engagement
• Schedule and maintain TV/Radio PSAs in Wide Orbit and V-Creative
• Collaborate with promotions, sales, and news to execute community events
• Manage quarterly community events and logistics
• Communications: help create scripts, and other materials for local media 
• Assist with station corporate initiatives
• Build and maintain current key relationships with community leaders, nonprofit organizations, political leaders, and the business community, to cultivate increased awareness and presence. 
• Research companies and organizations for possible partnerships and draft agreements (nonprofits, foundations, companies, schools, government agencies.) 
• Support Sr. Director with station corporate/employee engagement initiatives and events

YOU HAVE:

• BA Degree in Communications, Public Relations, or relevant experience
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills (written and verbal)
• Strong public speaking skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of management, staff, and external parties
• Ability to work well under pressure, and multi-task in a deadline and revenue-driven environment
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Spanish bi-literate preferred
• Strong connection to the DMV area and community leaders.
• Willingness to attend evening and weekend events
• Experience in V-Creative and Wide-Orbit, and Smartsheet
• Valid Driver’s License with a clean driving record 
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States

OUR BENEFITS:

TelevisaUnivision believes that a happy, well-balanced employee is what makes our culture thrive. We offer a wide selection of perks and benefits including PTO; tuition reimbursement; wellness and employee support programs; 401k; and life and other insurance plans. This is all in addition to our comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental and vision coverage options.

Univision is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.