Director, Digital PR

USA (Remote)

$110K/yr – $125K/yrDirector/Executive6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and grow the Digital PR program for enterprise clients, lead a high-performing team of Digital PR Managers, drive strategy and data-led campaigns, and collaborate with Creative, Analytics, Content Marketing, and Sales to build brand authority through earned media.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Managing, leading, and mentoring a team of Digital PR Managers, including ongoing feedback, career development, and annual performance reviews
  • Directing digital PR strategy and campaign execution, including concept pitching, data-led client studies, expert commentary, and content syndication to earn placements and build brand authority for a limited number of enterprise-level clients
  • Educating clients on the role and value of Digital PR, setting clear expectations, and translating campaign KPIs into insights tied to their broader marketing and business goals.
  • Serving as the agency's Digital PR subject matter expert in new client kick-off calls, sales calls, and internal training
  • Growing the program and ensuring all efforts reflect current best practices for earned media and evolving search and AI discovery behavior
  • Tracking Digital PR KPIs and monitoring the performance of the team
  • Maintaining and updating internal training programs
  • Collaborating with internal teams including Creative, Analytics, Content Marketing, and Sales to align on strategy, define priorities, share performance, and outline improvement opportunities
  • Developing campaign concepts, data study frameworks, and outreach best practices for internal and external use
  • Shaping how the team's earned placements and expert commentary build brand authority for clients as LLMs and AI platforms change how audiences discover and trust information

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in Digital PR or earned media, including campaign concepting and outreach, in a digital agency environment
  • Experience developing and leading Digital PR campaigns for B2B clients, with an understanding of how to build stories around complex products, industries, and decision-makers.
  • 2+ years of people management experience leading and coaching a high-performing team
  • Advanced knowledge of Pitchbox (or comparable platform) and can use the tool inside and out
  • Experience building and executing enterprise Digital PR campaigns, including data-led studies and expert commentary programs
  • Demonstrated ability to lead outreach and placement strategy to improve earned media performance
  • Experience with SEO and PR tools such as Profound, Ahrefs, SEMrush, and Cision
  • Deep understanding of current and future digital trends, including how LLMs and AI platforms are changing content discovery and brand authority
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Familiarity with reporting and visualization platforms, including Google Analytics and Looker Studio

Benefits

  • Remote-first culture
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Extended Holiday break (Winter)
  • Flexible schedules
  • Work from anywhere options*
  • 100% paid parental leave
  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance
  • Sponsored life insurance
  • Short Term Disability insurance and additional voluntary insurance
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Wpromote

Wpromote is a top independent marketing agency that challenges convention to accelerate growth for brands. We believe every client, including legacy enterprise brands like Whirlpool, category leaders like Spanx, and fast-growing DTCs like Vuori, can maximize the business impact of media with the right outcomes-driven partner. Our holistic total commerce approach drives transformative results for retail brands across channels and purchase points, powered by our Challenger culture, deep business intelligence, and predictive Polaris platform. To stay ahead of the rapid evolution of commerce and consumer behavior, we put data-driven testing and experimentation at the heart of our organization and delivery model so our clients can outsmart instead of outspend the competition and move fast to capitalize on opportunities in an ever-changing media ecosystem

Founded in 2001
El Segundo, CA, US
694 employees (281 in marketing)

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$110K/yr – $125K/yr

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Director, Digital PR

Wpromote · USA · Remote