Responsibilities

• Lead PR efforts and manage media relations to generate interviews, speaking engagements, and articles for key company leaders
• Interview project managers, superintendents, and technical experts to translate complex innovations into media-ready narratives
• Develop sharp, high-level story angles that tie project successes and executive insights to broader national economic, technology, and industry trends for national trade publications (e.g., ENR, Construction Dive)
• Craft localized story angles for regional business journals, local news outlets, and metro-area press to support regional business development goals
• Proactively network with key industry press and establish company executives as go-to sources for journalists
• Build, segment, and maintain a proprietary database of local, regional, and national AEC journalists, editors, and podcasts
• Ghostwrite authoritative op-eds for leadership, draft narrative-driven press releases, and craft compelling project case studies
• Identify and capture project moments, including anecdotes and field photos, to fuel external PR pitches and media placements
• Measure and monitor the quality, effectiveness, and ROI of public relations and media relations strategies and tactics; provide recommendations for improvement
• Contribute content and collaborate with our paid, shared and owned channels and support the implementation, including analysis of platforms
• Aggressively monitor AEC industry trends, regulatory changes, competitor news, and external media to identify real-time commentary opportunities and provide relevant information to company leadership
• Manage incoming media requests and coordinate with relevant stakeholders, as needed
• Develop strategic editorial content from technical experts and seek channels to communicate externally through publications, speaking engagements, roundtable discussions, webinars, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, Marketing, Communications, English, or related fields.
• 7-10 years’ experience in a public relations, media relations, or communications role.
• Experience in a fast-paced B2B or professional services national or global corporation; architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) experience preferred but not required.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills required.
• Exceptional oral, editing, and written communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity and a hunger to learn about the changing media and marketing landscape within the construction industry
• Proven track record of building media relations programs and press lists from the ground up, with verifiable success in cold-pitching journalists
• Strongly desire a baseline understanding of commercial construction and the key trends/conversations in the broader AEC and CRE industries
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required; proficiency in Adobe CC a plus
• Working knowledge of WordPress, media database and monitoring tools, and presentation development programs
• Proficiency in managing the creation of PR materials, PR tools, PR measurement
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with changing priorities
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage complex projects across a variety of functions

Preferred

• Proficiency in Adobe CC a plus

Benefits

• premium health care coverage including vision and dental
• employer-matched 401(k)
• wellness reimbursement program
• paid holidays and time-off and other voluntary benefits and leave types
• performance-based bonuses