Responsibilities

• Leading both the strategic development and day-to-day execution of client programs and providing reliable support to both junior and senior team members.
• Engaging clients on day-to-day matters, including preparation for, attending and leading client meetings; oversees junior team members to ensure that notes are taken and action items are shared following each call.
• Ensuring that junior team members have updated Propeller’s in-house measurement and reporting system ‘Runway’ with inputs and tasks; Overseeing the creation of weekly reports.
• Taking initiative in identifying new opportunities and ideas, working in consultation with account managers and senior team members.
• Proactively pursuing and nurturing relationships with key media contacts.
• Researching and writing news releases and features for internal and client approval; overseeing the crafting of media lists and independently creating them as needed.
• Liaising with media to seed and secure features, mentions and bylines.
• Conducting interviews with clients to gather their insights; drafting thought leadership materials off the back of those interviews (including abstracts and bylines).
• Ensuring that client reporting procedures (contact reports, progress reports, record of program changes, agendas etc.) are implemented in a timely fashion; guiding account team SAEs and AEs accordingly.
• Keeping up to date with clients’ markets, businesses and products and developing a solid understanding of the issues affecting our clients’ business; being able to ideate those issues and solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years’ experience (seven years as an SAM) in the PR field, with specific knowledge of the B2B space, and be a confident writer and communicator with a knack for nurturing and managing client relationships and colleagues.
• Above all, you must understand the importance of powerful storytelling.
• Everything we write must be crafted with intention and grammatical perfection - which means that you must be a solid writer with working knowledge of AP style.
• You must also be a solid communicator; able to express your ideas and reasoning and persuade others to care.
• Lastly, you must have a proactive work ethic, meaning you’re willing to work ahead and won’t need to be tasked with individual action items.
• We also expect you to be able to support and manage SAEs, AEs and interns, as appropriate.
• Skilled understanding of core PR techniques, including media relations and event management.
• Excellent writing skills, including the drafting of press releases, bylines and reports.
• Database management skills.
• Ability to work in a team; ability to manage up and down.
• Ability to identify and force-rank priorities; execute accordingly.
• Effective time management.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft’s and Google’s suite of software and products.
• Understanding of how the different communications disciplines, including advertising, direct marketing and public relations work, and how their roles relate in creating a comprehensive communications program.
• Familiarity with marketing and advertising trade publications, as well as business, tech and creative publications, including, but not limited to: Adweek, AdAge, The Drum, Campaign U.S., Muse by Clio, Advertising Week, Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., AIGA, Wired and TechCrunch.

Preferred

• Proactive attitude.
• Results oriented.
• Team spirit.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Highly developed organizational skills.
• Honesty.
• Tech savvy.
• Eager to learn and take responsibility.

Benefits

• 20 days annual leave for first year; increasing to 22 days after 1 year, 25 days after 2 years and 30 days after 3 years; one-month sabbatical after 4 years.
• 5 paid sick days; then 5 paid sick days at 50% pay
• Paid federal holidays
• 100% employer-paid health insurance premium, as needed
• $25 monthly “work from home” stipend, beginning your first full month of employment
• $25 monthly stipend toward your phone bill, beginning your first full month of employment
• $15 monthly “self-care” stipend to grab your favorite beverage or cover your Hulu membership, beginning your first full month of employment
• 4% pension match to your independent IRA, paid for by Propeller
• Allowance for continuing education and skills development, pending approval from your direct manager
• One annual trip to London to meet with colleagues and clients, covered by Propeller (details to be discussed with your manager, as appropriate).
• Access to a shared workspace in Manhattan and the ability to work from home a minimum of 3 days a week (details to be discussed with your manager, as appropriate).
• Proactive mentorship by senior staff