Associate, Earned Media

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$50K/yr – $55K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

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Job Summary

Own and execute integrated media campaigns supporting national and global programs, including developing plans, drafting materials, researching trends, and coordinating with senior teams and clients to meet deadlines.

Campaign planning and execution
Drafting outreach materials and reports
On-site media and influencer management

Job Description

Responsibilities

Serves as a key integrated team member in support of national and global campaigns, including developing and maintaining action plans, goals and objectives, media materials and campaign strategies in collaboration with and support from senior team members
Generates ideas and drafts materials (e.g., announcements, written content, press Q&A, proposals and reports), across a range of consumer and corporate programs
Research media topics, cultural trends, important issues, and the media landscape in support of new assignments and projects
Attends client events and manages on-site media and influencers at local and national events
Maintains a keen interest in current news and cultural trends; proactively shares insights with teams and clients to inform plans, strategies and activations
Anticipates and proactively offers solutions to senior team leadership for executional issues specific to assigned programs
Actively engages in daily client communication and manages detailed tasks with the account and client teams
Develops and manages project timelines, call agendas and recaps as well as integrated weekly action plans to ensure all deadlines on client programs are met
Is highly collaborative and thrives in an environment where they work with a range of more junior and senior team members

Requirements

1+ years of public relations experience at an agency or in-house; consumer experience strongly preferred
Experience and interest in working with consumer and lifestyle clients
Excellent communication/presentation skills; verbal and written
Strong attention to detail and project management skills
Ability to multi-task effectively and work within tight deadlines
Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001

New York, NY, US

4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

www.webershandwick.com