The Demotion of PR, The Rise of Communications

by Nicole Jordan on July 12, 2010

An interesting thing crossed my desk last week.  It was a corporate job description for, basically, what used to be a VP of Public Relations.  The word used instead to describe the position? “Communications Lead.”

This copy relayed quite strongly that this company was not looking for a “traditional PR” exec or someone who thought like one. Media relations would be important but this was about something much bigger – customers, thought leadership, partner relations, to name a few.

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