Manager, Earned Media

New York, USA (On-site)

$74K/yr – $85K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated earned media campaigns for health/wellness clients as a Manager, Earned Media.

  • Own development and execution of cross-platform media programs across traditional, digital, and influencer channels.
  • Must-have: 3–4 years of health/wellness media relations experience.
  • Standout: Leads client counsel and cross-team strategy development.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Shape Integrated Media Strategy: You will play an important role in shaping the media strategy across our diverse portfolio of clients, specifically in the CPG space. You will help to design integration across earned media—inclusive of traditional media (dot-com, broadcast), emerging media (e.g., Substack), and social media, by creating programming built to be shared and amplified across platforms.
  • Strategic Media & Influencer Relations: Serve as a key day-to-day client contact, developing strategic earned media campaigns, action plans, and compelling story angles that resonate with target audiences.
  • Generate a consistent pipeline of story ideas, draft engaging media materials, and proactively pitch to land high-impact earned coverage, leveraging your network of media and influencer contacts.
  • Develop and manage targeted media and influencer lists, incorporating a diverse mix of voices (influencers, bloggers, social media editors, creators, etc.) to achieve client goals.
  • Client Counsel & Collaboration: Provide regular updates and thoughtful counsel to clients, establishing yourself as a trusted advisor on earned media strategy and execution.
  • Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and objectives, working collaboratively with strategists and creative teams to deliver innovative solutions.
  • Trend-Spotting & Creative Ideation: Maintain a keen interest in current industry trends, constantly monitoring the cultural landscape, competitor coverage, and influencer conversations to identify opportunities.
  • Analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage, sharing perspectives with both internal teams and clients to inform strategy.
  • Support creative ideation on a consistent basis, contributing fresh ideas for evergreen stories and campaigns.
  • Program & Event Management: Develop and manage timelines, project budgets, and weekly action plans to ensure all program deadlines are met.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations
  • 3 to 4 years’ relevant health/wellness experience
  • Media relations experience
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

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