Responsibilities

• Lead earned media strategy for your portfolio, developing angles, driving pitches, and delivering coverage that actually moves the needle for clients
• Serve as the daily client contact and strategic lead, acting as a trusted partner who brings answers, not just updates
• Pitch constantly and confidently to journalists, producers, editors, podcasters, Substack authors, and bloggers, and coach your team to do the same
• Develop creative story angles and pivot quickly when the news cycle shifts, always finding a fresh way in
• Build and nurture a robust network of media contacts across consumer lifestyle, parenting, food, wellness, and broadcast verticals
• Bring a solutions-oriented mindset to every task—turning challenges into breakthroughs, spotting opportunity where others see friction, and pushing earned campaigns forward no matter the obstacle
• Manage, mentor, and develop junior team members, sharing media instincts and helping them nurture media relationships
• Contribute meaningfully to new business by bringing ideas, instincts, and a strong pitch mentality to growth opportunities
• Collaborate with internal creative, strategy, and account teams to ensure media efforts ladder up to the bigger brand story

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field preferred
• You have 5+ years of experience in consumer media relations and a track record of placements you're genuinely proud of
• You're tapped into trends, communities, and cultural moments before they hit the mainstream, turning emerging stories into timely, ownable angles
• You've personally dreamed up pitches or stunts that others hadn't yet considered, and you've got the results to back it up
• You're known as a media relations savant, armed with a thick Rolodex and eager to pass on your knack for networking to others
• You instinctively know how to make a story sing by tapping into what makes something truly shareworthy
• You're organizationally strong you plan, delegate, and prioritize effectively so nothing slips through the cracks
• You're scrappy and nimble, thriving in fast-moving environments where priorities shift and you pivot without missing a beat

Preferred

• Bonus points if you have a background as a former reporter

Benefits

• You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
• You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan
• Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
• Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Workplace flexibility
• On-site and off-site social gatherings