Media Relations Manager

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own fast response earned media and interview bookings for PLF, turning news hooks into coverage and building a reporter-facing machine that moves quickly.

  • Earned media execution: craft pitches tied to high-profile cases and current events.
  • Spokesperson coordination: book attorneys for interviews and media appearances.
  • News-cycle ops: monitor outlets and cultivate editor relationships to unlock timely coverage.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Crafting and delivering compelling earned media pitches tied to case launches, legal rulings, and other newsworthy developments
  • Booking PLF attorneys and other spokespeople for interviews and media appearances
  • Monitoring the news cycle to identify opportunities to inject PLF’s work into current events
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with editorial contacts at key media outlets—including reporters, producers, and bookers

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in earned media (e.g., pitching, booking, journalism, PR); background in broadcast journalism is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills, especially the ability to distill complex ideas into concise, persuasive pitches
  • A sharp eye for news and the instincts to act quickly when opportunities arise
  • The ability to handle multiple assignments at once, work quickly, and meet deadlines on time
  • Familiarity or experience with Agile/ Scrum methodology is a plus
  • Experience using project management software in a team setting (we use Asana ) is a plus
  • A team-oriented, can-do attitude, and the willingness to pitch in however needed

Preferred

  • Familiarity or experience with Agile/ Scrum methodology
  • Experience using project management software in a team setting (we use Asana )
  • Background in broadcast journalism is a plus

Benefits

  • medical and dental insurance
  • employer-paid retirement savings
  • generous paid leave
  • flextime policies
  • flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work culture
  • investing in your future and internal advancement
  • We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies
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Pacific Legal Foundation

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Pacific Legal Foundation fights for Americans in court against unjust laws and regulations. Our clients include farmers, brewers, artists, homeowners, fishermen, and parents whose constitutional rights are being threatened. We represent everyone free of charge, and our victories set precedents for freedom—including at the Supreme Court, where we won our 18th victory in January 2024. Want to play a role in groundbreaking legal battles? Consider applying to PLF. We’re a fast-growing, collaborative team of litigators, researchers, legal policy experts, filmmakers, writers, fundraisers, and more working together from across the United States, either remotely or from one of our three offices (in California, Florida, and DC). We host regular in-person retreats to encourage creativity, mentorship, and open dialogue across the organization. For more information on our open positions or to submit a general interest application, please visit: PacificLegal.org/careers

Founded in 1973
Sacramento, California, USA
185 employees (19 in marketing)
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Monthly Visitors
62.1K
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Traffic Source Mix
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47.5%
Direct
44.8%
Referral
5%
Social
1.1%
Paid
1.4%

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Current headcount: ~185

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