Responsibilities

• Building a deep network of trusted relationships with the media, industry analysts and influencers key to your clients’ success.
• QC’ing your own work and that of colleagues to ensure it’s clear, concise, compelling and complies with the basic principles of business writing and, when intended for the media, AP style.
• Helping to design, sell-in, produce, project-manage, execute and measure award-worthy campaigns.
• Drafting a broad range of materials – from web content, press releases and op-eds to research reports, whitepapers and speeches.
• Identifying and engaging influencers willing to advocate for our clients’ brands.
• Identifying and pitching reporters with timely and compelling story ideas/angles and supporting them through the reporting process with access to clients, data, materials and more that make their stories stronger and jobs easier.
• Collaborating with experts across the network to develop and implement social media and content marketing strategies that help build audience and move the needles the clients care about.
• Drafting client reports that show our progress/performance vs established KPI’s

Requirements

• BA or BS in PR, Communications, Journalism or Liberal Arts.
• Three to four years’ experience in an agency or other fast-paced client environment (agency preferred).
• A real passion for emerging technologies and the changes they’re bringing about in how we do what we do, and more broadly across business and society.
• A natural digital- and mobile-first mindset to all you do.
• Ridiculously strong oral, written and interpersonal communications.
• An insatiable curiosity combined with an innate ability to think critically that translates into creativity, founded in strategy, that you can apply to our programming day in and day out.
• Current knowledge of and comfort operating within and across the PESO media landscape.
• Juggling skills. Seriously, you’ll be expected to keep a lot of balls in the air, with each progressing towards an on-target, on time and on budget delivery.
• The self-discipline to take direction, focus on tasks and deliver on commitments.
• The self-awareness to know when to listen, when to speak and when you’ve said enough.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonuses and referral bonuses for bringing on new employees & clients
• Hybrid and extremely flexible work environment
• Tech stipend to ensure you have all the tools you need to work productively from home or anywhere you feel most inspired
• Generous PTO including office closure between Christmas and New Year’s and summer Fridays
• Company 401k contribution that starts on day one
• Medical, dental and vision benefits; HAS and FSA options
• Paid parental leave and short-term disability insurance
• Donation matching and PTO for volunteering in your community
• Supportive colleagues who celebrate your milestones and wins
• Inclusive work environment that celebrates and encourages what makes you YOU