USA Volleyball

Public Relations

• Lead USA Volleyball’s external and internal communications, media relations, executive communications, and crisis communications
• Develop and execute a proactive communications strategy aligned with organizational priorities, national team activities, major events, and key milestones
• Maintain a multiyear communications roadmap and 12-month calendar covering competitions, athlete milestones, announcements, WVWC, and LA28
• Establish and maintain organizational messages, positioning statements, talking points, and supporting materials
• Advise the CEO and senior leadership on communications opportunities, stakeholder considerations, and implications of organizational decisions
• Build and lead a proactive media relations program generating coverage of USA Volleyball, national teams, athletes, events, programs, and leadership
• Cultivate relationships with volleyball, sports, Olympic and Paralympic, lifestyle, and business media
• Identify and pitch stories, athlete profiles, features, interviews, opinion pieces, and other publicity opportunities
• Draft and oversee press releases, media advisories, press kits, fact sheets, biographies, and announcement materials
• Serve as central media contact, coordinating responses and access to spokespeople
• Arrange interviews, media briefings, and executive background conversations
• Provide crisis communications counsel, monitor media and emerging issues, and coordinate statements and responses
• Develop executive visibility strategy and prepare executives for interviews, presentations, town halls, speaking engagements, and appearances
• Lead organization-wide internal communications and manage CEO town hall communications
• Partner with HR and functional leaders on sensitive employee communications and change-management messaging
• Lead media relations planning and operations for designated USA Volleyball events, including press access and on-site support
• Develop and manage the communications budget and external resources
• Implement media monitoring, contact management, inquiry tracking, planning, and reporting processes
• Produce reporting assessing coverage quality, priority-audience relevance, key-message inclusion, and progress against objectives

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Head of Communications – Media Relations