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Become a Media Communications Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll conduct important work pitching and responding to media opportunities on behalf of Edison International and Southern California Edison, while serving as a spokesperson representing the companies. You will work with a strong and dedicated team in an exciting environment; your communications skills and expertise will be an asset to the company. This role serves as PIO during Incident Management Team activations and after hours (including nights and weekends) on call duty on a rotational basis. As a Media Communications Senior Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic execution of communications strategy and measures the effectiveness for the relevant team’s focus area.
• Drives communications that inform and educate, and when needed, manage risk and mitigate crises.
• Leads editorial development to establish a continuous and optimized presence across platforms (brainstorming, planning sessions, content pipeline, etc.).
• Translates business goals into communications strategies, tactics and messaging.
• Identifies opportunities to share success stories about big initiatives and company/departmental/team priorities.
• Provides strategic advice and counsel and develops standard work processes.
• Recommends and creates specific communications materials such as blogs, op-eds, fact sheets, site copy and key messages/talking points.
• Serves as a Public Information Officer (PIO) during Incident Management Team activations, playing a vital role in supporting our customers and communities during emergencies.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in corporate communications within a corporate and/or agency environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.
• Experience with communication related to corporate finance and utilities, with a strong knowledge of media landscape and proficiency with all social media platforms.
• Media relations and social media experience — either as a reporter in a newsroom or with an agency or in a corporate environment.
• Excellent writing skills/abilities for media and social media platforms.
• Experience with Cision and BusinessWire or similar platforms.
• Experience with project management or media campaign managment.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work andreside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.