Public Relations Specialist

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$67K/yr - $95K/yr (Est.)Mid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute media outreach for Hello Mainland clients, shaping story angles, securing placements, and collaborating with account teams to drive results.

  • Develop and implement pitch strategies across local to national media
  • Build and maintain relationships with reporters, editors, and producers

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Pitch local, regional, trade, and national media on behalf of Hello Mainland clients
  • Secure interviews and media opportunities that lead to meaningful placements
  • Build and maintain relationships with reporters, editors, producers, and assignment desks
  • Develop creative story angles, hooks, and timely opportunities that align with client goals and media demand
  • Conduct interviews with franchisees, founders, executives, and client stakeholders to uncover strong stories
  • Support development of media lists, pitch strategy, and outreach plans
  • Write press releases, profiles, articles, and other written content as assigned
  • Work closely with account managers and team leads to support broader client strategy
  • Track outreach, follow-up, and results across assigned accounts
  • Continuously improve pitching instincts, writing quality, and ability to create momentum for clients

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Confidence engaging media by both email and phone
  • Competitive mindset and willingness to be measured on results
  • Ability to take feedback, adapt quickly, and keep moving
  • Strong organization and follow-up habits
  • Curiosity around what makes something a story
  • Ability to manage multiple clients and priorities at once
  • Positive attitude, strong effort, and hunger to learn

Preferred

  • 1–3 years of experience in public relations, media relations, communications, journalism, sales, or a related field
  • Experience writing press releases, articles, blogs, or other professional content
  • Understanding of what is and is not a story
  • Experience creating pitches, developing angles, and securing media opportunities
  • Existing media relationships or a track record of placements is a plus
  • Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field is a plus
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Mainland

Established in 2018, Mainland was born out of a need to transcend the old ideas of storytelling for the 21st century. By combining the storytelling power of industry-focused content hubs and the service delivery capabilities of No Limit Agency, Mainland is poised to redefine content marketing as we know it.

Founded in 2018
Chicago, Illinois, USA
127 employees (19 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~127

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (13% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7