* Develops newsworthy information about Middlebury's programs, events, and people for presentation to local, regional, and national media.
* Creates and manages activities to promote and publicize the arts at Middlebury.
* Provides factual and background information for use in the Director's role as institutional spokesperson and for use by the Director when cultivating national news media contacts.
* Maintains media contact lists, providing an electronic database of key writers and editors in the print and electronic news media.
* Coordinates faculty interaction with the media.
* Manages publicity programs and promotional activities for campus events, faculty scholarly activities and accomplishment, and student achievements.
* Conducts special projects assigned by the Director of Public Affairs to support institutional marketing efforts.
* Supplies summaries of College coverage in the news to appropriate development, alumni, and publications staff for distribution to appropriate prospects, for use in Middlebury Magazine, and for placement on the Web.
* Completes special writing assignments and other projects that support the Public Affairs office in its role of supporting institutional events, such as providing biographical copy on honorary degree recipients for the commencement program, and covering on-campus alumni events (reunion alumni service award citations and homecoming alumni achievement award citations).
* Performs other related duties as required