AS THIS IS A FULLY ONSITE POSITION, YOU MUST CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE NAPA VALLEY OR WITHIN A VERY SHORT (25 MILES OR LESS) COMMUTE TO DOWNTOWN NAPA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

About Us:
The mission of Visit Napa Valley is to promote, protect, and enhance the Napa Valley as a world-class destination and our vision is to elevate Napa Valley as the world’s premiere wine country experience.

About this Role:
Visit Napa Valley (VNV) is seeking an experienced leader in public relations to continue to elevate and curate the public image of Visit Napa Valley and serve as our public information officer. In partnership with the CEO, you will serve as a relationship manager to foster a positive view of Visit Napa Valley and the hospitality community by the industry, community, partners, elected officials, and other stakeholders. You will be responsible for developing, deploying, and sustaining community engagement strategies in local markets. You will communicate strategic priorities with leaders within the community and represent VNV by attending events, limited public speaking engagements, and participating on local boards and committees.

Who You Are:
You are an experienced, self-motivated, results driven, sharp verbal and written communicator, with existing institutional relationships who will skillfully represent our external brand and reputation. You act as brand ambassador and evangelist and are able to develop and conduct strategic plans that highlight value and preserve reputation. You are a talented business writer with experience in media relations.

Your Skills and Experience:
- 10+ years of relevant experience leading communication strategy.
- Experience in and passion for Napa Valley as well as the wine, tourism, and hospitality industries, singularly or any combination thereof.
- Familiarity with representing a luxury brand(s).
- Polished presentation skills with the ability to create/assemble/convey linear thoughts into key messages for PowerPoint, Word, speaker’s bureau documents, etc.
- MUST have a depth of expertise with PowerPoint.
- Meticulous attention to detail and demonstrated history in project planning and process management.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to absorb information and synthesize implications with support and input from Visit Napa Valley leadership team in order to distill synthesized messaging from various, sometimes unwieldy inputs, making the final deliverables understandable and digestible for any given audience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills.
- Ability to adjust tone and writing style based on audiences.
- Ease with phone and virtual meetings as well as presenting in front of small groups/audiences.
- Demonstrated ability in project planning, process management, time management.
- Ability to pivot within a fast-paced environment.
- A self-starter with an ability to anticipate and pro-actively accomplish tasks under minimal supervision.
- Flexible disposition with a “roll-up-your-sleeves”, positive attitude

For a detailed job description please visit us at: https://www.visitnapavalley.com/about-us/careers/#senior-manager-corporate-communications-and-community-and-industry-relations