Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted client advisor, continually fostering client-agency relationships, building trust, and attending and addressing client needs
• Provide strategy and counsel for developing comprehensive public relations programs that can address complex issues, including reputation and crisis management campaigns; contend with and navigate highly confidential, sensitive information and issues on behalf of clients
• Craft, manage, implement, and convey clients’ stories and messages through a full range of media outreach; cultivate, establish, and maintain working relationships with all levels of local, national, international, and trade media
• Write creative and effective press materials, client briefings, campaign plans, and communication materials; draft messaging and talking points for senior management presentations, including preparing executives for press interviews
• Pitch to media and execute long-range communications strategies that raise the profile of the client and its executives, securing coverage with regional and national publications; secure executive placement on prestigious industry panels and seminars
• Assist in planning and overseeing the coordination of large-scale media events, including organizing logistics, staffing, and managing press
• Oversee content creation on social media and the distribution of press materials across platforms
• Research topics essential to client issues and apply findings to strategy and approach
• Ensure that all team actions remain in synergy and all projects are delivered on-time and within scope at the highest quality
• Nimbly work well within a collaborative team account structure; actively mentor an array of junior staff, guiding their ability to meet deadlines, enhance skills, understand communications strategy and tactics, and cultivate media relationships

Requirements

• ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• - Serve as trusted client advisor, continually fostering client-agency relationships, building trust, and anticipating and addressing client needs
• - Provide strategy and counsel for developing comprehensive public relations programs that can address complex issues, including reputation and crisis management campaigns; contend with and navigate highly confidential, sensitive information and issues on behalf of clients
• - Craft, manage, implement, and convey clients’ stories and messages through a full range of media outreach; cultivate, establish, and maintain working relationships with all levels of local, national, international, and trade media
• - Write creative and effective press materials, client briefings, campaign plans, and communication materials; draft messaging and talking points for senior management presentations, including preparing executives for press interviews
• - Pitch to media and execute long-range communications strategies that raise the profile of the client and its executives, securing coverage with regional and national publications; secure executive placement on prestigious industry panels and seminars
• - Assist in planning and overseeing the coordination of large-scale media events, including organizing logistics, staffing, and managing press
• - Oversee content creation on social media and the distribution of press materials across platforms
• - Research topics essential to client issues and apply findings to strategy and approach
• - Ensure that all team actions remain in synergy and all projects are delivered on-time and within scope at the highest quality
• - Nimbly work well within a collaborative team account structure; actively mentor an array of junior staff, guiding their ability to meet deadlines, enhance skills, understand communications strategy and tactics, and cultivate media relationships
• - Work with account and business development teams to build incremental business opportunities

Nice to have

• 10 – 15 years of client and media relations experience at a public relations agency or on an in-house communications team preferred
• Experience servicing a diverse client base preferred; versatility to work across multiple sectors helpful
• Developed sector and industry expertise needed
• College degree preferred – focus in Communications, Journalism, English, Political Science, or a related field is ideal

Benefits

• Benefits and Perks: We offer a competitive benefits package, including (but not limited to): a 401K plan with a 4% company match, commuter benefits, medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA with company funding, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, employee assistance programs, referral bonuses, facilities for a nursing parent, programming from our internal Mosaic Council (DEIA), professional development and education programs, entertainment discounts, team outings, and much more.