Deputy Executive Director, External Affairs
- Salary: $191,490.48 - $279,979.92 USD Annually
- Salary Top:$279,979.92
- Negotiable/DOQ: Yes
- Apply By: Jan 20, 2025
- Full Time
- Administration and Management
- Aviation or Harbor
- Community Relations or PR and Marketing
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Public Information and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Executive
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Summary
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is hiring an executive level Deputy Executive Director, External Affairs. This position will provide strategic thought leadership to the CEO, Chief of Staff and executive team, and have oversight of Communications/PR/Digital, Marketing, Community Relations and Government Affairs.
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Job Description
Oversight of all government relations functions, including local, state and federal policy and planning. Managing government affairs team, as well as providing strategic counsel and leadership regarding policy, legislation, lobbying and relationship building. Assisting in the creation and execution of a comprehensive government affairs plan for the local, state and federal levels. Providing mentorship and guidance to government affairs team.
Oversight of all communications, public relations, digital/social content and airport marketing functions for LAWA. Management of the communications/PR team and the marketing team. Assisting in the creation, review and execution of comprehensive strategic plans for communications, executive communications, digital strategy and marketing. Reviewing materials from communications, public relations and marketing teams to ensure alignment with strategic priories, relevant content and the highest level of quality. Providing mentorship and guidance to public relations / communications and marketing team.
Oversight of the community relations team, including assistance with the creation, periodic review and execution of a community relations plan. Providing mentorship and guidance to community relations team. Relationship building with local community leaders and organizations.
Providing strategic counsel and support for the CEO, Chief of Staff and other Executive Team members. Serving as an engaged member of the LAWA Executive Team. -
Special Instructions
Please email a completed City of Los Angeles Application, resume and responses to the supplemental questions below to: bdoten@lawa.org and include the subject line: DED, External Affairs.
City of Los Angeles Application can be found here - doc.cfm
Supplemental Questions:
1) Please provide an example of a complex/political issue you needed to move through the Los Angeles City Council or similar body. What was the issue? What was your role? How did you approach the problem? What were the results? What did you learn from the experience? (750 words or fewer)
2) Please provide an example of a time you provided oversight of a complex media, communications, or public relations project. What was the project? What was your role?How did you approach the problem? What were the results? What did you learn from the experience? (750 words or fewer)
3) Please share your leadership style and how you approach management of multiple teams in a complex, busy working environment. (500 words or fewer) -
Additional Information
This is an emergency appointment for an exempt (non-civil service) position reporting to LAWA’s Chief of Staff.
Please mention you found this employment opportunity on the CareersInGovernment.com job board.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Los Angeles World Airports - LAX
Show moreAbout Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is the City of Los Angeles department that owns and operates Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys (VNY) general aviation airports, as well as aviation-related property in Palmdale. Both play an integral role in helping to meet the Southern California regional demand for passenger, cargo and general aviation service. Both airports make a distinct contribution to the strength of the system as it provides a high level of safety, security and service for its customers, communities and stakeholders.
LAX is the fourth busiest airport in the world, second in the United States, and was named one of Skytrax’s 2017 Top 10 Most Improved Airports. LAX served more than 80.9 million passengers in 2016. LAX offers 737 daily nonstop flights to 100 cities in the U.S. and 1,386 weekly nonstop flights to 88 cities in 44 countries on 73 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.2 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled 697,138 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2016.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,600 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is also the second most popular airport in the world to appear on Instagram according to wego.com. LAX is part of a system of two Southern California airports – along with Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
For more information about LAX, please visit www.lawa.aero/lax or follow on Twitter @flyLAXAirport, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport, and on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1. Information about LAX’s ongoing multi-billion-dollar LAX Modernization Program, as well as tips and shortcuts to help navigate LAX during construction, are available at www.LAXisHappening.com.
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Alternative formats in large print, braille, audio, and other forms (if possible) will be provided upon request.
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(Remote work is a type of flexible working arrangement that allows an employee to work from remote location either full time or part time or some combination thereof)