Spokesperson (Influencer)

About the Role 

The Leadership Institute is hiring an early-to-mid career Spokesperson for its news website Campus Reform (www.campusreform.org). As America’s leading source for conservative college news, Campus Reform serves as a watchdog to our country’s higher education system, with a mission to expose leftist bias and abuse on college campuses. 

The Spokesperson is responsible for researching and covering education national and state education policy, emerging cultural trends connected to Campus Reform’s beat, and writing daily news articles and weekly analysis and/or opinion pieces. The Spokesperson is also expected to represent Campus Reform in media interviews and participate in occasional trainings for Campus Reform’s freelance Young Journalists.

This role is not an entry-level position and requires reporting or other work outside the standard 8am-5pm office schedule. Successful candidates must have a proven track record in communications and professional social media content production, as well as at least 5 years' relevant professional experience.

This is a full-time position that reports directly to the Editor in Chief. Given Leadership Institute’s proximity to the Washington, DC, media market, candidates who can work five days per week in Campus Reform’s Arlington, VA, newsroom are strongly preferred.  

Responsibilities 

• Write daily news articles and weekly opinion and analysis pieces

• Continually research and cover national and state education policy

• Maintain professional relationships and rapports with industry experts, higher education officials, and college students 

• Create social media content and maintain robust following

• Represent Campus Reform on television, radio, podcasts, and other news media

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 5+ years' professional experience

• Expertise on issues covered by Campus Reform’s beat

• Familiarity with AP Style 

• Ability to multitask under deadline and keep up with breaking and emerging news cycles 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Interest and willingness to work outside standard business hours.

Desired Skills

• Strong research and fact-checking skills

• Avid consumer of national and higher education news across platforms and outlets 

• 6-10 years' relevant professional experience