Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with client and vendor contacts and proactively manage correspondence
• Coach AAEs and interns and supervise/delegate tasks as necessary
• Communicate with your account team to keep them abreast of timelines and deadlines
• Craft thoughtful pitches and build/maintain media lists for accounts (Experience with Cision and/or Muckrack a must)
• Develop and manage media relations programs spanning business, trade, and thought leadership
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously meeting deadlines and budgets
• Help plan and implement press conferences, seminars, speakers’ bureau, and other special events
• Research, interview, write, and edit media materials such as: news releases, fact sheets, pitches, message maps and other media materials as needed
• Understand general principles of business and marketing and the role of PR in communications
• Understand key client information including general business strategy, industry issues, products and services offered, key customers and competitors in the marketplace

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in PR at an agency or similar environment
• Collaborative spirit and results-driven
• Ability to think strategically and holistically about client programs
• Develops media strategy and plans/executes media relations programs
• Excellent writing skills with experience crafting pitches, releases, contributed articles
• Curious
• Experience with media monitoring (traditional and social)
• Eye for trends and awareness of the news cycle
• Highly organized
• Interest in financial services and energy; prior experience is a plus
• Experience pitching to media/journalists

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance with prescription plans
• Short and long-term disability
• Be Kind to Your Mind program with a paid Headspace subscription and access to mental health providers via a robust employee assistance program
• Employee resource groups for community and support
• Generous vacation, paid holidays and self-care time
• 401(k) plan with pretax flexible spending accounts
• Tuition assistance
• Life insurance
• Free access to a certified financial coach
• ZenoFit program provides a monthly allowance for personal life activities that bring joy and health