PR & Advertising Specialist

Austin, TX (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead PR and paid-ad campaigns to raise Sustainable Food Center’s statewide visibility and partnerships.

  • Must-have: 2–3 years in public relations or advertising.
  • Standout: Existing Texas earned media relationships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • PR (securing and coordinating public relations and earned media relationships/opportunities)
  • • Create media contact lists and build relationships in multiple Texas media markets.
  • • Regular press release writing and story pitching, working with various internal teams to collaborate on content.
  • • Post SFC news updates to SFC website and share with the rest of the communications team for utilization on other SFC channels in correlation with distribution.
  • • Lead and grow SFC’s influencer relationships in collaboration with the rest of the communications team.
  • • Coordinate and grow SFC PR community partnerships in collaboration with the community engagement team.
  • Advertising (developing and executing paid advertising campaigns)
  • • Ads content creation in collaboration with communications team and contractors.
  • • Conduct audience and market research to inform targeting and creative.
  • • Conduct A/B testing of ad copy, creative, and calls-to-action to optimize campaign performance.
  • • Media buying and placement in compliance with grant budgets and requirements.
  • • Monitor campaign performance and report on placement progress, KPIs, conversions and ROI.
  • • Present data and learnings to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in public relations and/or advertising.
  • Strong writing, editing and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences, including racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse communities.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
  • Collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal communication skills.
  • Commitment to integrity, accountability, and stewardship of mission-based resources.

Preferred

  • Existing Texas earned media relationships.
  • Ability to provide examples of earned media coverage secured independently.
  • Experience being on-camera interviewed.
  • Proficiency in paid ad platforms (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads).
  • Experience working with sales representatives for outdoor and broadcast ad spends.
  • Experience using design tools such as Canva.
  • Comfortability with taking photos/video and doing minor photo/video editing.
  • Knowledgeable in AP Style for newswriting.
  • Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus, but not required.
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Sustainable Food Center

3.9 Glassdoor

Founded in 1993, with roots dating back to 1975 as Austin Community Gardens, Sustainable Food Center (SFC) is involved in every step of our local, Central Texas, food system. With our new mission to transform the food system to nourish our health, land, and livelihood, SFC is laying the groundwork for our next phase as an organization.

Founded in 1975
Austin, Texas, USA
65 employees (2 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34%
Direct
50.7%
Referral
4.9%
Social
9.6%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~65

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (3% of company)

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Grant
  • Jul 2024
    Grant