Midwest Dairy Association is seeking candidates for a full-time Manager on the Corporate Communications team focused on digital media. This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating Corporate Communications programs and digital/social strategies with audiences of dairy farmers, boards, employees, and industry organizations (i.e. state governments, land grant universities, other checkoff associations, etc.) within the agricultural industry. This position contributes to the Crisis and Issues Team, delivers employee information resources, and provides support to the general communication needs of Midwest Dairy.
A Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism or other related field, and a minimum of four to six years of experience in public relations, journalism or related field with demonstrated proficiency in digital communications. This role requires experience working with design and video software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Acrobat Pro.
Experience with basic website updates and posting using Word Press or similar platform along with experience using social media on behalf of an organization with business to business audiences is preferred.