Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day earned media strategy, planning, and execution across multiple client accounts, ensuring clarity, quality, and impact
• Serve as the primary media lead on accounts, developing proactive outreach plans, pitch calendars, media targets, and visibility opportunities
• Craft high-quality press materials such as press releases, media advisories, pitch notes, op-eds, talking points, and memos for a range of client voices
• Build and nurture relationships with relevant journalists, producers, editors, and podcast hosts across national, regional, and issue-specific media
• Staff media interviews, prep spokespeople, and guide clients through media trainings and messaging refinement
• Offer grounded media assessments to clients and account teams, clearly communicating what’s newsworthy and what isn’t
• Identify timely earned media opportunities based on news cycles, cultural moments, policy developments, or current events
• Lead media measurement and coverage tracking efforts, synthesizing results into reporting materials and insights for clients
• Partner with account leads and other vertical experts (digital, design, strategy) to integrate earned media into broader campaign plans
• Mentor junior team members by reviewing media deliverables, offering feedback, and supporting skill development

Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience in communications, journalism, public affairs, political comms, or advocacy with a focus on media relations
• Proven success leading media strategy and placing stories across national, regional, and/or issue-area media outlets
• Excellent writing and editing skills for earned media formats, including press releases, op-eds, pitch notes, and messaging materials
• Strong editorial judgment, with the ability to evaluate newsworthiness, guide strategy, and advise clients on media-facing moments
• Experience managing client relationships and navigating complex communications landscapes with professionalism and clarity
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining high quality and strategic alignment
• Familiarity with media databases and tracking tools (e.g., Muck Rack, Cision, Critical Mention), as well as Google Workspace and Microsoft Office
• Emotionally intelligent, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative—comfortable owning the media function while partnering across teams

Preferred

• Background in a newsroom, campaign press shop, or public-facing nonprofit/foundation comms team
• Existing relationships with journalists covering politics, philanthropy, social justice, or cultural issues
• Experience training spokespeople or supporting public-facing executives
• Familiarity with internal editorial review processes and stakeholder management on high-stakes content
• Ability to contribute to rapid response media moments or offer guidance under tight timelines
• Exposure to media audits, landscape scans, or pitch strategy development
• Awareness of broader shifts in the media landscape, including challenges and innovations in journalism and digital storytelling

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible time off policy
• Two months each year of remote work flexibility (July and December)
• Twelve paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples’ Day
• One week of paid time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• One-month paid sabbatical after seven years at RALLY
• 401(k) plan
• Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
• Transportation and technology stipends
• RALLY is a hybrid workplace. Team members are expected to work on-site two days per week to foster collaboration and connection, with flexibility on other days.