Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted day-to-day partner to clients, managing relationships with confidence and care
• Lead media and digital communications strategies, including: Developing story angles, messaging, and narrative platforms
• Punching journalists and editors
• Securing media coverage, op-eds, interviews, and thought leadership placements
• Identifying opportunities to extend media moments across digital, social and owned channels.
• Draft and edit high-quality written materials, including: Media pitches and press materials
• Op-eds and contributed articles
• Talking points, speeches, and briefing documents
• Communications strategies, media plans, and digital content
• LinkedIn posts, executive thought leadership content, newsletter copy, website language, and social media content as needed
• Support media training and message development for executives and subject-matter experts
• Advise clients on how earned media, digital platforms, social content, and owned channels can work together to advance strategic goals
• Collaborate with internal team members to ensure strategic alignment and flawless execution
• Manage multiple client priorities with clarity, responsiveness, and calm under pressure
• Contribute ideas that strengthen client impact and help evolve Newton Street’s offerings
• Track and analyze media and digital performance, delivering clear reports that assess message pull-through, narrative impact, and opportunities for amplification.
• Monitor media, digital, and social trends and emerging news to identify timely pitching opportunities and position clients within relevant public conversations.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience in public relations, strategic communications, media relations, or integrated communications
• Demonstrated success securing earned media coverage, op-eds, and thought leadership placements
• Strong understanding of how journalists work, what makes a story newsworthy, and how media moments can be extended through digital and social channels.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills—clear, persuasive, and purposeful
• Experience working in or alongside - PR agencies, foundations, social impact or policy-focused organizations
• Knowledge of one or more core issue areas: climate, global health, women’s health, mental health, economic opportunity, or philanthropy.
• Ability to manage multiple projects without sacrificing quality or judgment
• Responsive and proactive while working in a remote office environment
• Experience in working across teams and collaboratively with other partners or agencies
• Technologically fluent and proactive, with strong organizational and collaboration skills.
• Comfort working in global or multicultural contexts
• Eligibility to work in the United States.

Preferred

• Existing media relationships in global health, philanthropy, or policy journalism
• Experience leading integrated communications campaigns
• Experience using analytics or performance insights to refine communications strategy
• Experience mentoring junior team members
• Background in crisis communications or reputation management
• Experience advising senior leaders, philanthropists, or public-facing experts

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, and retirement plan
• Generous paid time off and holidays — including a year-end paid break
• Fully remote, U.S.-based work environment
• A culture where your voice matters and your impact is visible