Associate, Communications

**About the Milken Institute**

The Milken Institute is a globally minded, publicly supported, non-partisan, and nonprofit think tank headquartered in Santa Monica, with offices in Washington, DC, New York, London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. For the past three decades, the Milken Institute has served as a catalyst for practical, scalable solutions to global challenges by connecting human, financial, and educational resources to those who need them. Guided by a conviction that the best ideas, under-resourced, cannot succeed, we conduct research and analysis and convene top experts, innovators, and influencers from different backgrounds and competing viewpoints. We leverage this expertise and insight to construct programs and policy initiatives. These activities are designed to help people build meaningful lives, in which they can experience health and well-being, pursue effective education and gainful employment, and access the resources required to create ever-expanding opportunities for themselves and their broader communities.

The Milken Institute’s events and programmatic activities, involve the exchange of ideas with leaders from around the world. The Institute hosts more than 200 events each year, with our annual flagship event, Global Conference, bringing together 4,500+ participants from around the world, featuring more than 900+ speakers throughout 200+ sessions over the course of the event.

**About the Position**

The Milken Institute is looking for a creative, experienced, and digitally-savvy Communications Associate to support the Institute’s various international programs and engagements.

**Responsibilities**

The Associate for Communications will support the Milken Institute’s media and communications function for its international programs and engagements arm, Milken Institute International. This role is part of the Media Communications team under Milken Institute International where the Associate will partner with the comms lead and work closely with diverse stakeholders, both internal and external.

The Associate will work with the communications team to ensure the marketing and communications objectives and deliverables for the Milken Institute’s flagship convenings. The Associate will be responsible for crafting, curating, and publishing key messaging contents across all platform, including press releases, social media posts, media guidelines, media invites, speeches, scripts, and more duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- A Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or relevant fields
- Around 2-4 years of agency experience in finance, technology, policy, healthcare, and events marketing & communications.
- Experience in developing and executing communications campaigns, including key messaging, content angles, and channels for placement
- Experience in developing and upholding quality and standards for external communications assets and materials (media invites, media guidelines, briefing book, media pitch, social media content, and more)
- Strong collaborative spirit and is able to support various communications projects in partnership with cross-functional working teams
- A basic grasp of public relations, earned media principles, and social media strategies
- The ability to work well with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including media partners, strategic partners, and sponsors to implement communications plans/campaigns to achieve marketing impact
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment
- Assist in cultivating and nurturing meaningful relationships with key media and other important stakeholders to enhance Milken Institute’s thought leadership reputation
- Support media and digital content creation such as media releases, talking points, presentations, speeches, media kits, videos, LinkedIn posts and FAQs
- Experience in addressing media queries and facilitating public engagement opportunities, and is able to engage and cultivate mainstream media as well as digital media, technology and trade journalists to expand media database

**Note**

**Our Culture**

The Milken Institute is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

Every person at the Milken Institute is treated with respect, supported with resources and training, and exposed to a broad range of experiences. We foster a space for growth with opportunities to share knowledge and passion with both clients and colleagues. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Our leadership is actively involved in our commitment to diversity and inclusion, and fostering a culture that creates opportunities for everyone.