Communications Manager

USA (Remote)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive client-led PR across multiple accounts with independent ownership, strategic media relations, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own 2–3 accounts with proactive media strategies and direct pitching.
  • Must-have: 6+ years in PR/comms with proven media relations and independent client leadership.
  • Standout: Manages cross-industry contacts and leads non-client project work.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Client Lead on 2 - 3 accounts across a range of industries & categories, with a high level of independence, and an eye towards proactive problem-solving, strategic pivoting, sharp client intuition. This includes leading all client-facing meetings, managing client correspondence, developing & executing media strategies, writing & editing pitches, and pitching media directly, with support from a dedicated account team.
  • Serve as a strategic Client Support on 1 - 2 additional accounts led by a senior Daly employee. This type of support will be more strategy-driven and proactive, in contrast with the account team’s additional junior / admin support.
  • Exhibit strong pitching skills, self-project-managing follow ups, and maintaining a keen eye for media worthy topics and trends.
  • Exhibit strong project management skills through clear written and verbal communication with their designated client support, clear communication with and accountability with one’s Manager for any issues or questions, and robust use and upkeep of Daly’s project management tools.
  • Maintain and grow key cross-industry media contacts to further expand Daly’s media rolodex through frequent communication and interfacing, online and offline.
  • Serve as the dedicated Project Lead or Support on 1-2 company-focused (non-client) projects, as needed.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of PR / comms industry experience: agency experience preferred, but in-house experience also accepted
  • Proven track record of media relations
  • Experience and comfortability with direct client communication, including experience with independently leading at least one previous client account
  • Strong writing & research skills
  • Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
  • Strong project management skills and attention to detail
  • Experience and openness to working in a fully remote capacity
  • Comfortable working across a range of categories / industries

Benefits

  • Employee-sponsored Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • A biannual profit sharing program for all full time employees, in which employees receive payouts that directly correlate to a percentage of the company’s net profits.
  • An annual $1,700 lifestyle & wellness stipend
  • Participation in Daly’s shortened, 32-hour work week (we call this “Slow Down Time”) including late starts each Monday and early dismissals each Friday.
  • A monthly $150 coworking pass stipend , plus a one-time home office setup stipend
  • A suite of PTO benefits that includes:
  • 16 paid vacation days in your first year of employment, which increases annually with tenure
  • Quarterly flex PTO days (4 total additional PTO days per year)
  • 6 paid sick days
  • 14 paid annual company holidays
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Daly

Daly is a comms+ agency that brings together everything modern companies need to make PR magic happen. From visionary startups to legendary category leaders, our clients come to us for outside-of-the-box strategies and fresh positioning that turn consumers into true believers.

Founded in 2018
New York, New York, USA
29 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.5%
Direct
53.6%
Referral
8%
Social
13.6%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~29

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (21% of company)