Associate Vice President, Real Estate (Public Relations)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the core media relations and messaging engine for clients across sectors, coordinating with senior leaders and mentors.

  • Own day-to-day media relations outreach across local, national, and trade outlets.
  • Lead client relationships, anticipate needs, and mentor junior staff to build durable media networks.
  • Oversee crisis communications and crisis communications management to protect client reputation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Craft, manage, implement, and convey clients’ stories and messages through a full range of media outreach; cultivate, establish, and maintain working relationships with all levels of local, national, international, and trade media
  • Serve as a day-to-day client contact, where appropriate, continually fostering client-agency relationships, building trust, and anticipating and addressing client needs
  • Write creative and effective press materials, client briefings, campaign plans, and communication materials; draft messaging and talking points for senior management presentations, including preparing executives for press interviews
  • Pitch to media and execute long-range communications strategies that raise the profile of clients and their executives, securing coverage with regional and national publications, and secure executive placement on prestigious industry panels and seminars
  • Assist in planning and overseeing the coordination of large-scale media events, including organizing logistics, staffing, and managing press
  • Support issues management and crisis communications
  • Oversee content creation on social media and the distribution of press materials across platforms
  • Research topics essential to client issues and apply findings to strategy and approach
  • Nimbly work well within a collaborative team account structure; actively mentor an array of junior staff, guiding their ability to meet deadlines, enhance skills, and cultivate media relationships

Requirements

  • 6 – 9 years of client and media relations experience at a PR agency preferred
  • Developed real estate public relations expertise required with versatility to work across multiple sectors
  • A background in PR for real estate clientele is required

Preferred

  • Experience in relevant PR areas, such as capital structures, land use, architecture, economic development, mortgage finance, design, property tech, leasing, and/or business-to-business, will be helpful
  • College degree preferred – focus in Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field is ideal

Benefits

  • Benefits and Perks: We offer a competitive benefits package, including (but not limited to): a 401K plan with a 4% company match, commuter benefits, medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA with company funding, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, employee assistance programs, referral bonuses, facilities for a nursing parent, programming from our internal Mosaic Council (DEIA), professional development and education programs, entertainment discounts, team outings, and much more.
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Rubenstein Communications

We build and protect the reputations of more than 400 clients—leaders and innovators in every industry. From global investing to community transformation, technological breakthroughs to life-saving research, human rights advocacy to arts innovation, we shape the stories that define our world and help our clients achieve their potential.With more than 70 years of experience, we have consistently succeeded by staying hungry. We combine boutique-level expertise with the network, resources, and reach of a large firm. Clients trust our guidance, value our insight, and rely on us to help them communicate with clarity and impact to drive the outcomes they desire.

Founded in 1954
New York, New York, USA
169 employees (12 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.7%
Direct
53.4%
Referral
5.8%
Social
11.5%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~169

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
10 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2