Director, Digital PR

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$115K/yr – $130K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own and scale Siege's Digital PR practice by shaping the vision, strategy, and profitability while leading a growing team of Digital PR Managers, Data Journalists, and PR Specialists across client portfolios.

  • Define the DPR roadmap, drive client strategy and cross-functional collaboration
  • Develop and grow senior client relationships, expand engagements, and lead key accounts
  • Lead talent, process, and performance for a high-impact, data-driven PR practice

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision, goals and roadmap for Siege's Digital PR practice. Own department revenue, profitability and headcount planning, and represent Digital PR to Siege's leadership team.
  • Lead, coach and grow a team of Digital PR Managers, and through them the Data Journalists and PR Specialists on their accounts.
  • Hire for the team, set clear expectations, run regular 1:1s and performance reviews, and build a path for strong ICs to grow into managers.
  • Own the Digital PR campaign standard across the portfolio. Review and pressure-test campaign roadmaps and ideas before they reach clients, ensuring each is built on a newsworthy narrative and the right mix of proprietary data, reactive PR, linkable assets and other promotion levers.
  • Serve as the senior DPR partner and escalation point for key accounts. Join strategic client conversations, lead difficult ones, and identify opportunities to expand DPR engagements.
  • Lead Digital PR on sales calls, shape DPR strategy and proposals for prospects, and partner with sales to grow the DPR client base.
  • Build and maintain relationships with journalists and editors at high-authority outlets, and coach the team on angles, targeting and follow-up that lift open rates and coverage.
  • Own DPR performance at the department level, including media mentions, mentions per campaign, backlinks, on-time launches, client satisfaction, retention and profitability.
  • Spot underperforming accounts early and work with managers on a recovery plan.
  • Build and refine the DPR playbook, processes, templates and new client deliverables.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in digital PR, with 3+ years in an agency setting
  • 2+ years managing people, including experience managing managers or leading a multi-account team
  • A portfolio of data-driven and reactive campaigns that earned coverage in top-tier and high-authority outlets
  • Deep understanding of how digital PR drives GEO and brand visibility
  • Proven ability to own senior client relationships, lead difficult conversations, grow accounts and win new business
  • Strong operational skills: scoping, resourcing, capacity planning and managing competing priorities
  • Exceptional strategic thinking, editorial judgment and communication skills

Preferred

  • Experience with SaaS, fintech and/or consumer brands
  • Established relationships with journalists and editors in national, business or trade media
  • Experience owning a department or practice P&L
  • Familiarity with how earned media influences AI search and LLM visibility
  • Experience building PR processes, playbooks or new service offerings

Benefits

  • Perks for U.S. employees include 100% health, dental, and vision benefits, 50% 401(k) match up to 6% of your salary, unlimited PTO plus encouraged mental health days, paid parental leave, remote work equipment, and a home office stipend.
  • Comprehensive health benefits, 401(k) match, unlimited PTO, wellness stipends, and ongoing professional development opportunities
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Siege Media

We help growing brands scale with SEO, GEO, content marketing and PR. We're 100% remote, have a national reach and help some of the biggest and best brands on the web. We were named to the Inc 5000 6x, as well as one of Inc's "Best Places to Work" 2x.

Founded in 2012
Austin, Texas, USA
114 employees (95 in marketing)

Salaries

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$115K/yr – $130K/yr

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Director, Digital PR

Siege Media · Chicago, IL · Remote