Public Relations Information Officer

At Orange County Government, Florida we are proud to serve the public with integrity, honesty, fairness, and professionalism. We develop innovative policies and services that positively impact Central Florida and help shape the future of our community.

The Orange County Convention Center is seeking to hire a Public Relations Information Officer. This posiiton assists in program development and implementation of community education activities, special events, promotions and special projects / communications for The Orange County Convention Center.

• May be required to work weekends, nights and some holidays.
• Develops and refreshes employee content for the OCCC intranet webpage, presentations and bulletin boards.
• Assists with ordering inventory and tracking as needed.
• Supports planning and coordination of employee special events, including bi-annual internal full building meeting.
• Develops or assists in the development of marketing and communication materials across multiple platforms to include but not limited to, interactive, mass, target and broadcast media, and special events.
• Develops or assists in the development of marketing and communications plans to support both short and long-range organizational objectives.
• Assists in implementing employee outreach communications and programs.
• Meets the Center of Hospitality (CoH) standards.
• Organizes and facilitates Brown Bag Meetings to enhance employee communication with management. Plans and organizes Quarterly Full Building meetings.
• Obtains or designs and implements market and customer research.
• Organizes, tracks and details expenses associated with marketing and communications inventory and expenditures.
• Monitors and updates monthly, ad hoc and miscellaneous reporting and project tracking.
• Responsible for production of accurate and quality informational pieces that support marketing and communications efforts. These may include, but are not limited to, newsletters, web site, email, and other collateral material.
• Oversees the monitoring and routing of all guest enquiries via the OCCC’s general email.
• Performs other duties of a comparable level as assigned.
• Researches, writes and distributes internal magazine articles to share new information, feature current programs and highlight employee accomplishments to provide insights about changes that impact OCCC employees including the quarterly internal, monthly and external newsletters.

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with a major in marketing, public relations, journalism, communications, public or business administration, or a related field and three (3) years of experience with broad exposure to marketing and public relations, communications; or an equivalent combination of related training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Must possess effective oral and written communication skills, the ability to plan, organize, and effectively present ideas and concepts to groups, skills in team building, consensus building, persuasion and negotiation.

Experience with hospitality client software, USI/EBMS. Meets Center of Hospitality (CoH) Standards. Experience in marketing and sales in a convention center, convention bureau, convention hotel or the hospitality industry.

Please fill out the application in its entirety. Applications that show no employment history, no employment dates, leave number of hours worked per week blank, show duties left blank, or state "see attached resume" will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. Selected candidates must successful complete a background check, drug screen, and physical.

Posting Opens:5/11/23

Posting Closes: 5/21/23

• Posting subject to close without prior notification

$22.65- $29.45 per hour based on qualifications

Benefits Overview

• Earn service time to forgive your student loans.
• Participation in the Florida Retirement System
• Employee assistance program includes one on one sessions and online tools for legal advice, financial planning, personal life balance, etc.
• 6 days of TERM (sick) time annually.
• Free access to Orlando Magic gyms for the whole family, free access to County Wellworks gyms.
• 18 days paid time off per year.
• Low cost medical, dental, vision, additional life insurance, disability
• Free onsite coaching, including dietician and nurse.
• Free basic life, long term disability, and employee assistance for the all family members effective on day one.
• 11 holidays including 2 floating holiday annually.

Orange County Convention Center - 9800 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819

If you are claiming Veterans' Preference, you are responsible for providing the required eligibility documentation by the close date of the posting. Please submit a cover letter and copies of documents, not originals, to Orange County Human Resources Division, PO Box 1393, Orlando, FL 32801-1393 or fax to (407) 836-0098 (only Veterans' Preference documentation will be accepted by fax). Your cover letter should include the position posting number you are applying for, the title of the position and the last 4 digits of your social security number.

If your education was obtained in the United States, the County recognizes degrees or diplomas which are accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). If you have obtained education from a country other than the United States, your degree or diploma must be evaluated to determine the United States equivalency by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Service (NACES) or the Association of International Credentials Evaluations (AICE) at your expense.