Responsibilities

• Press Office & Media Relations [45%]
• - Oversee inbound media relations efforts, triaging and responding to press inquiries
• - Run proactive pitching and maintain media lists
• - Identify, cultivate, and maintain relationships with priority outlets, journalists, and writers to pitch for targeted coverage, in close collaboration with the Director
• - Pitch and place the thought leadership content, bylines, and narrative positioning that the Copywriter develops, securing earned-media coverage for it
• - Feed press insights, media trends, and real-time news judgment into B Lab's thought leadership strategy, flagging timely opportunities and emerging risks
• - Plan, write, and distribute proactive announcements and press releases, and maintain the press assets that support them, so B Lab's news reaches priority outlets
• - Lead drafting and coordination of reactive statements and press responses, aligning subject-matter leads and regional teams on the position and escalating emerging reputational risk to the Director
• Writing & Speaker Support [25%]
• - Ghostwrite op-eds, keynote speeches, and talking points for speaking engagements

Requirements

• - 5+ years' experience in media relations, PR, or press office roles, ideally in a nonprofit, mission-driven, or purpose-led organization
• - Demonstrated track record of securing earned media coverage and managing press relationships
• - Experience running press office logistics: media list management, inbound triage, and coordinating speaking/interview requests
• - Experience with media monitoring and media database tools (e.g., Meltwater, Cision, or similar)
• - Experience evaluating and selecting vendor tools (e.g., media monitoring software)
• - Comfortable chairing or running a cross-functional or cross-network working group
• - Exceptional writing and editing skills, including experience ghostwriting op-eds, keynote speeches, and talking points

Preferred

• - Comfortable working across time zones with a globally distributed team
• - Able to navigate complex stakeholder environments internally and externally
• - Calm under pressure with sound judgment, situational awareness, and discretion
• - Natural news instinct; curious, current, and quick to spot what's newsworthy
• - Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift
• - Highly collaborative and relationally savvy: builds trust quickly across geographies and functions
• - Ensures communications reflect and advance principles of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• - Adaptable when operating in conditions of change, ambiguity, and organizational complexity