Our organization is recruiting a positive, organized, and energetic individual to support tasks related to the Public Relations Specialist, who is the organization’s first impression and applicants must have professionalism, courtesy, and excellent customer service.
Our organization is a multiemployer company made up of separate businesses spanning public relations specialists, agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes, producers and directors, sports, entertainment, real estate, startups and more. We’re united by our culture – a drive to find a better way that fuels our commitment to our clients, our community and our team members. We believe in and build inclusive workplaces, where every voice is heard, and diverse perspectives are welcomed.
As a Public Relations Associate, you will help craft and execute the PR strategy for our companies® and its portfolio. You will work closely with both internal teams and external media to create and deliver engaging, impactful messages. This role is ideal for someone with experience working with local, national, and/or global press outlets and who brings a creative, out-of-the-box approach to PR work. Your responsibilities will include drafting press releases, managing media outreach, and supporting the execution of high-profile PR campaigns in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. You’ll also have a chance to engage with emerging topics such as mortgage lending, AI, technology, and more.
Work with the communications team to draft press releases and remarks, envision and develop press conferences, talking points, media pitches, approve quotes or statements on behalf of the Assist in drafting various communications, including newsletters, resolutions, congratulatory letters, press releases, or proclamations as directed.
Responsibilities
Respond to requests for information from the media or designate an appropriate spokesperson or information source.
Plan or direct development or communication of programs to maintain favorable public or stockholder perceptions of an organization’s accomplishments, agenda, or environmental responsibility.
Post and update content on the company’s Web site and social media outlets.
Write press releases or other media communications to promote clients.
Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
Confer with other managers to identify trends or key group interests or concerns or to provide advice on business decisions.
Coach client representatives in effective communication with the public or with employees.
Study the objectives, promotional policies, or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies that will influence public opinion or promote ideas, products, or services.
Prepare or edit organizational publications, such as employee newsletters or stockholders’ reports, for internal or external audiences.
Arrange public appearances, lectures, contests, or exhibits for clients to increase product or service awareness or to promote goodwill.
Plan or conduct market or public opinion research to test products or determine potential for product success, communicating results to client or management.
Develop plans or materials to communicate organizational activities that are beneficial to the environment, public safety, or other important social issues.
Consult with advertising agencies or staff to arrange promotional campaigns in all types of media for products, organizations, or individuals.
Skills
Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Time Management — Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
