Responsibilities

• Account Management: serving as the day-to-day contact for a group of clients, working with senior leadership within financial services and technology (fintech, proptech and insurtech) companies.
• Team Management: serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a group of clients, working with senior leadership within financial services and fintech companies to ensure proper coverage of client priorities, including:
• Mentoring supporting staff on relevant accounts, showcasing strategic thinking, and setting proper direction while also focusing on executing this strategy.
• Maintaining client-specific media lists/databases across broadcast, podcast, online and print media outlets.
• Managing junior team members, helping them set career goals and supporting their continuous growth.
• As the primary day-to-day client contact, you must be accessible and responsive to journalists and clients.
• Strategy Development & Media Placement:
• Developing media relations strategies for clients, setting short- and long-term goals, and seeking industry-relevant placements across mediums.
• Proactively identify media opportunities for clients and effectively communicate recommendations and action plans to secure these opportunities.
• Support and evolve our approach to client analytics and measurement of results.

Requirements

• About Our Ideal Candidate
• 4 years minimum relevant experience in PR, fintech or related field
• Intellectual curiosity about businesses and how communications plays a role in business’ growth
• Strong writer with passion for storytelling
• Enthusiasm for fintech and financial services and their constant innovation and evolution
• Solutions oriented with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Passionate about communications with polished presentation skills
• Team player, supportive and considerate of others
• A student of the media – identifying new publications, writers and relevant topics