Director, Public Relations at Powell Communications | USA | $120K/yr – $135K/yr

Powell Communications

Director, Public Relations

USA (Remote)

$120K/yr – $135K/yrDirector/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic PR and social programs for enterprise clients by owning integrated campaigns, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration.

Own development and execution of integrated PR and social programs for clients.
Must-have: proven account leadership with budget management and client-industry alignment.
Standout: remote agency leadership with cross-functional teamwork and new-business involvement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Serve as strategic counsel for clients responsible for designing and implementing successful PR & Social programs
Remain connected to media, influencers, industry players
Manage overall quality of the account teams’ work and deliverables
Financial responsibility for accounts includes budget tracking; forecasting; and account profitability
Manage client expectations, cultivate and strengthen relationships to create value beyond KPIs
In coordination with CMO, play a role in new business: participate in networking and prospecting; support or lead the development of proposals; participate in new business meetings as appropriate
Build and manage the appropriate strategies and collateral for client presentations
Understand key client industry issues relating to products, product categories, technologies, primary and potential competition and general issues facing the industry
Bring information, experience and industry intelligence to firm
Understand key competitors and their business strategies

Requirements

12-15 years experience in PR or corporate communications (agency or client-side) OR Bachelor’s degree and approximately 10 - 12 years experience in PR or corporate communications (agency or client-side)
Experienced in working independently in a fully remote environment
Proven account leadership skills, with big picture understanding of how to connect the dots back to each client’s industry, subject matter and operations
Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, while managing shifting priorities and delivering results for multiple clients and projects
Be an active listener and responsive to constructive feedback
Sophisticated writing skills with experience developing high-level PR strategies,op-eds and social posts (with an emphasis on LinkedIn)
Experience working across multiple industry sectors
Expert media relations skills, with preference given to experience in business and / or advertising media
Proven ability to retain and build client relationships, including managing through challenges
Experience in managing teams that generate results, and treat one another with care and respect

Preferred

Embrace our company culture of “Great and Nice”
Confident and effective speaker and presenter; adept in leading strategic calls and guiding C-suite executives
Innovative, creative thinker and team player
Be an active listener and responsive to constructive feedback
Proven ability to work alongside finance team to maintain and grow accounts, comfortable writing SOWs and managing budgets

Benefits

Salary Range: $120K - $135K
Fully Remote Agency
100% paid premiums - Medical, Dental, Vision and Life insurance
FSA plan offering
Annual Powell wellness stipend
Powell Paid Power Down Wellness Days
Monthly tech stipend
End of year paid Powell holiday break (when Powell is closed)
11 paid Federal holidays
Generous PTO / Paid Parental Leave (birthing and non-birthing parent)

Powell Communications

🏆 PRNEWS’ 2025 Agency Elite 120🏆 Inc. Best Workplaces for 2025 + 2024 🏆 Best Employer for Remote Employees Finalist in Digiday’s 2024 WorkLife Awards ➡️ No one knows PR creativity + culture better than Powell. For the past 25 years, we have helped creative directors push boundaries, data wizards rewire media and CMOs orchestrate creative revolutions that drive movements. We have promoted some of the most iconic ad campaigns in modern history giving credit where credit is due: to the creative people and agencies.We interview you like a therapist, PR you like a publicist, and plan like a strategist. We handle your awards, place you on stages and lead your social strategy. We help you plan, but we also help you pivot. Most importantly, we connect what’s happening in culture back to your work.Want to work with us? Send us a message at contact@powellny.com. See you on the other side of Google Meet.

Founded in 2000

New York, New York, USA

35 employees (4 in marketing)

powellny.com