Responsibilities

- Staff patient client teams on overall task and project management, capturing notes, scheduling calls, developing agendas, and responding to client requests. - Contribute to the creation, implementation, and monitoring of strategic and tactical communications plans. Engage with clients regarding strategy, approach, and priorities. - Drive on tactical execution within a range of media and communications needs, in particular serving as a media liaison (maintain relationships with journalists, manage press lists, develop media collateral, engage in targeted pitching). - Track and assess analytics; prepare summative reports, memoranda, etc. Identify options for ongoing improvement and strengthening of target metrics. - Assist in the planning, coordination, and staffing of media events, convenings, conference calls, trainings, panels, etc., including venue logistics, registrations, and on-site support. - Contribute to the organizational goals of the firm’s Strategic Communications practice area. - Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

- 1-2 years of media relations experience required. Experience in a political or public policy setting is a strong plus. - Nuanced understanding of the national as well as your local/regional media landscape - Experience developing and directly executing communications plans. - Exemplary oral and written communication skills required. Candidates must have the demonstrable ability to quickly produce clear, compelling written collateral. - Ability to thrive and manage shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. - Demonstrable project coordination skills across multiple assignments with many moving parts.

Preferred

Benefits

- Our salary for this role is between $55,000 per year. In addition to a great degree of autonomy in work and projects, our colleagues enjoy a suite of benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance, unlimited PTO, monthly data plan reimbursements, flexibility in work location and schedule, a rich professional development curriculum, a 3% 401K match, yearly employer FSA contribution, work from home flexibility, and many more.