Responsibilities

• Strategy & Executive Counsel: Develop and execute the annual PR and external communications strategy in alignment with business objectives and SBU priorities. Serve as a trusted advisor to MDs and senior leaders on messaging, positioning, and reputational considerations. Lead issues and crisis communications support, including drafting holding statements, advising on response strategy, and coordinating with Legal, HR, and Internal Communications. Identify and build executive thought leadership programs for key spokespeople across the firm
• Media Relations & Pitching: Drive proactive media pitching strategy, identifying and vetting opportunities aligned with business priorities. Build and maintain relationships with priority journalists across target trade and business publications. Coordinate and staff media interviews, including logistics, preparation, and post-interview follow-up. Develop comprehensive briefing documents for spokespeople in advance of interviews. Manage the global media inbox, triaging and responding to inbound inquiries in a timely manner.
• Content & Editorial: Coordinate press release development, reviews, and distribution across business units, internal writers, and external agencies. Manage the end-to-end byline article placement process with MDs, including pitching, securing reviews and approvals, and coordinating with publications.
• Spokesperson Development: Conduct media training for new MDs and emerging spokespeople to expand the firm's spokesperson bench across SBUs. Provide ongoing coaching and message refinement for active spokespeople. Partner with SBU leadership to identify and develop new voices for media engagement
• Operations: Oversee PR measurement and reporting, including coverage tracking, share of voice analysis, and quarterly reporting to leadership on program impact. Maintain the internal PR SharePoint site as the firm's central knowledge hub, including guidelines, processes, templates, and case studies. Coordinate amplification of media coverage on social media in partnership with business units and the marketing team.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of public relations experience, ideally with a mix of agency and in-house experience
• Proven track record securing high-impact media coverage in business and trade publications
• Strong writer and editor across formats — press releases, bylines, talking points, executive communications
• Experience advising senior executives and managing complex, cross-functional stakeholder environments
• Comfort operating in a global organization with multiple business units
• Strong attention to detail and quality control, ensuring consistent messaging across business units while accounting for risk and reputational considerations
• Crisis and issues communications experience strongly preferred
• Ability to thrive and be effective in a fast-paced setting. Self-starter.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or related field

Preferred

• Crisis and issues communications experience strongly preferred

Benefits

• We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.
• Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal.
• Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.