Employee Relations

Employee Relations prepares quarterly and annual reports. They compile employee publications and newsletters and organize internal special events.

Speech Writer

Speech writers writes for CEOs, top executives or politicians. Sometimes ghostwrites articles for trade and consumer presses.

Financial Public Relations/Investor Relations

Communicates with the press, shareholders or members of an organization regarding the organization's financial performance and objectives. Prepares periodic and annual reports, arranges stockholders meetings, writes press releases on earnings or the financial implications of new product development. Coordinates interviews between the corporation or organization executives and security analysts. Timing is key since releasing a news release could drastically affect the value of stocks 

International Public Relations

International Public Relations involves working with community leaders, government officials and media to establish a link between the home and international office. Knowledge of the language and customs of another country is required.

Crisis Communication PR

Crisis Communication PR is the systematic attempt to avoid organizational crises or to manage those crises events that do occur.  Crisis management involves attempts to eliminate technological failure as well as the development of formal communication systems to avoid or to manage crisis situations.  Crisis management consists of methods used to respond to both the reality and perception of crises such as a Crisis Management Plan. Crisis management also involves establishing metrics to define what scenarios constitute a crisis and should consequently trigger the necessary response mechanisms. It consists of the communication that occurs within the response phase of emergency management scenarios.

Government Relations

Government relation consultants are often referred to as 'lobbyists', but their work is more wide-ranging. They use their understanding of the political system to offer political and public policy advice to their clients.  Clients may include private sector companies, not-for-profit organizations, or overseas governments.

Copywriter

Copywriters write advertising copy for use by publication, broadcast or internet media to promote the sale of goods and services.  They invent names for products and write the slogans that appear on packaging, brochures and other promotional material.

Illustrator

Illustrators draw or paint illustrations for use by various media to explain or adorn printed or spoken word. They study layouts, sketches of proposed illustrations, and related materials to become familiar with assignment. Illustrators also determine style, technique, and medium best suited to produce desired effects and conform with reproduction requirements, or receive specific instructions regarding these variables.

Production Manager

Production managers supervise staffs of public relations workers, some of whom may be specialists in a particular kind of media. They also direct publicity programs that are designed to improve the public image of the organization that employs them. In industry they direct information to groups such as stockholders, consumers, their firm's own employees, or the general public.

Public Relations Specialist

Public Relations Specialists handle organizational functions such as media, community, consumer, industry, and governmental relations; political campaigns; interest-group representation; conflict mediation; and employee and investor relations. They draft press releases and contact people in the media who might print or broadcast their material. They also arrange and conduct programs to keep up contact between organization representatives and the public.

Account Executive

PR account executives are responsible for communicating key messages to defined target audiences to establish goodwill and understanding between an organization and its public. This is proactively achieved by generating third party endorsement, often through media relations, including broadcast, print and new media.  PR account executives monitor the publicity that is generated on behalf of their clients, as well as liaising on an everyday basis with the client to update and report on the success of the publicity.

We are updating the 4-year plan for our Bachelor's degree in Public Relations. To set up your individual 4-year plan, please meet with your advisor or contact Janette Hettick at Janette.Hettick@bhsu.edu or (605) 642-6934