This is a great opportunity to advance your experience with top consumer brands, work on creative campaigns and help the team engage stakeholders across a variety of channels. Not to mention,you'llwork and learn from some of the best in the business and be a part of a firm that prides itself on entrepreneurialism and forward thinking.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the public relations industry and its basic principles
• Provide earned media insights and strategic guidance to internal teams and external clients
• Build media relationships across national, regional and local/trade publications
• Educate internal teams and clients on the ever-evolving earned media landscape
• Understand key client information, including business strategy, industry issues, products and services, key customers and competitors
• Provide client service administration, including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls, compiling media and competitor coverage, coordinating press pitching, scheduling and logistics
• Research, outline, write, edit and proofread materials, including press materials, media strategies, outreach lists, and more
• Assist with research, including analysis of media coverage and online conversations
• Demonstrate a general knowledge of social media tools
• Proactively develop and offer fresh story angles to internal account teams and clients
• Manage projects using organizational skills, working with colleagues, vendors and support agencies and keeping project leaders apprised of status
• Help supervise interns/trainees
• Participate in the new business process, including research, audits, preparation of proposals and support for new business pitches

Basic Qualifications:

The senior media executive must have at least 2-3 years of relevant experience in public relations and/or news media (publishing/editorial or broadcast).

Preferred Qualifications:

- They will have an intricate level of understanding of the account(s), the clients' businesses, products, markets, personnel, outside influencers, opposition, etc.

- They will have a strong understanding of the earned media landscape-including what makes a story for different media verticals, and how their clients can break through

They will have a solid grasp of all basic public relations tools and how they are used to achieve client goals.

- They also will have solid research, writing and editing skills and the ability to develop media contacts/relationships.

- They are expected to have a strong understanding of media outreach assignments and apply experience and initiative in developing appropriate traditional and online media strategies.

- They must be a proactive self-starter with excellent organizational and project management skills, and the ability to adapt to change and meet deadlines.

- Theyhavean affinity for storytelling, and is able to generate creative ideas, take risks and think big.

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