As part of its organization-wide restructuring, the $198 million-revenue American Petroleum Institute in the coming weeks will post on its web site a “handful” of job openings for positions with specialties in new forms of communications: social media, grassroots advocacy and digital outreach, said API CEO Jack Gerard. A vice president of communications position is among the open slots, many of which will be based in Washington, D.C. Jack Gerard On Dec. 10, API announced the layoff of some 40 employees, or 15 percent of the group’s roughly 250-member work force. Those cuts were in addition to the recent voluntary departures of some employees and the November… Read More