Media Strategist

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive nonprofit media relations by pitching stories, building journalist relationships, and running campaigns for a strategist role at Momentum Communications Group.

  • Own media outreach to local, regional, and national outlets
  • Must-have: At least one year of journalism or media-relations experience
  • Standout: Proven journalist relationships and nonprofit storytelling background

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Pitch local, regional and national media to place stories on our clients
  • Cultivate relationships with journalists
  • Strategize media relations campaigns
  • Interview clients and stakeholders to develop stories
  • Write press materials, opinion pieces, bylined articles and digital content
  • Brainstorm ideas to advance our clients’ missions
  • Write social media content and execute social media strategy as needed

Requirements

  • at least one year’s experience as a fulltime journalist, conducting interviews, reporting, writing and/or editing stories for a news organization.
  • at least one year of media relations experience working at a PR agency or nonprofit.
  • Experience creating and/or managing social media is a plus.

Benefits

  • 15 days of PTO, 14 paid holidays (including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
  • 4 paid mental health days
  • 2 paid service days (such as volunteer work for a charity, beach clean up, etc.)
  • group outings
  • competitive benefits
  • a flexible work policy
  • a professional development stipend
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Momentum Communications Group

Momentum Communications Group is a team of award-winning public relations experts in nonprofit and education. With more than two decades of collective experience in education and nonprofit PR, the Momentum team provides communications solutions that elevate client reputations and influence stakeholder decisions.Momentum won the PR News 2013 Agency Elite Award for Best Work on Behalf of a Nonprofit or Association. The awards recognize the nation’s top PR agencies by practice area. Momentum was also nominated for Best Training/Education Program for our media training initiatives. Momentum’s team of communicators previously received an unprecedented two consecutive wins for Best Media Relations at the PR News NonProfit PR Awards (2011–2012) and a nomination for Best Word of Mouth/Viral campaign at the 2012 Platinum PR Awards.

Founded in 2012
New York, New York, USA
10 employees (5 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.2%
Direct
46%
Referral
5.6%
Social
14.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (50% of company)