Job Description
The Media Relations Specialist supports the development and execution of proactive media relations strategies that advance Stanford Graduate School of Business' reputation, visibility, and thought leadership. Working closely with senior communications leadership, this role identifies and develops compelling stories featuring faculty research, alumni, students, and institutional priorities; cultivates relationships with media; coordinates press activities; develops communications materials; and manages key communications programs that strengthen the school's external reputation.
The Media Relations Specialist translates complex ideas into compelling narratives, supports executive visibility efforts, and identifies opportunities to amplify GSB's impact. The role also owns communications measurement and reporting, including media analytics and share of voice, and coordinates GSB's participation in key global business school rankings. This position requires strong writing, media relations, project management, analytical, and relationship-building skills.
Media Relations Specialist
Stanford University · Stanford, CA, USA ·
- Job type:
- Full Time
About Stanford University
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) produces a wide range of editorial content for leaders of nonprofits, businesses, and governments around the world engaged in social innovation. Its goal is to provide a media platform for these leaders to share ideas, research, and experiences to advance the field of social innovation. SSIR operates like a small media company within Stanford University, producing a quarterly paid-subscription magazine; a website that publishes new articles, podcasts, and videos daily; webinars; conferences; foreign-language editions (Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean); and other content. Every year millions of people around the world read SSIR articles, listen to SSIR podcasts and webinars, and attend SSIR conferences. There are nine full-time employees at SSIR, five in editorial and four in publishing, as well as a number of part-time contract employees. SSIR is a part of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, an academic center within the School of Humanities and Sciences, that brings together faculty, students, and practitioners to develop and share knowledge about philanthropy, civil society, and social change.