Manager, Earned Media

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$74K/yr – $85K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Owns the development and execution of integrated media strategies for corporate campaigns, leads media relations programs for clients, and provides high‑quality counsel while mentoring teammates to grow the Corporate Advisory practice.

  • Own client‑facing media strategy and execution
  • Lead research, insight sharing, and opportunity identification for campaigns
  • Collaborate across teams to produce press materials and executive storytelling

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Integrated Media Strategy: Plays an important role in contributing to the development and execution of integrated media strategies for major corporate campaigns, thought leadership initiatives, and product launches.
  • Understands the industry landscape and issues that may directly and indirectly impact our corporate clients, integrating these insights into strategic planning.
  • Strategic Media Relations: Builds and maintains excellent relationships with key corporate, business and financial media Creatively and proactively develops media programs, and drafts compelling story angles that resonate with target business audiences utilizing the latest AI technology tools. Takes responsibility for executing media relations strategies, developing proposals, press releases, LinkedIn/social executive copy, bylined articles, and other press materials. Trendspots the current news cycle and cultural landscape for ad hoc media opportunities and proactively pitch compelling ideas for corporate storytelling and executive visibility efforts. Analyzes and distills meaningful insights from media coverage, sharing perspectives with both internal teams and clients to inform media strategy. Client Counsel & Collaboration: Brings a client-focused attitude that results in work being performed to the highest quality standards Serves as a key day-to-day client contact, participate in meetings and presentations, communicating with clients on a daily basis and providing thoughtful client counsel. Conducts and manages the flow of research and work materials necessary to analyze complex client issues. Proofs and edits client-related documents to ensure the highest quality standards. Team & Agency Support: Mentors, coaches, and develops direct reports and more junior team members, helping to cultivate their skills and drive results. Cultivates and participates in new business opportunities and pitches, contributing to the growth of the Corporate Advisory practice.
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Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
  • 3 to 4 years of experience in a PR/communications role(s), preferably within an agency setting.
  • 1 to 2 years of experience managing/leading small groups and projects.
  • Strong earned strategy and media relations experience with a reporter relationship roster, specifically supporting clients with relevant subject matter expertise.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k (with employer match)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
  • MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Paid Employee Family Leave
  • Family Building Benefit
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
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