Habit Burger & Grill · 12 hours ago
Manager, Public Relations
Plano, TX, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $117K/yr
6+ years expHabit Burger & Grill is seeking a Manager, PR & Partnerships to develop and lead media plans and partnerships for Pizza Hut US. This role involves building press-worthy narratives, managing media relations, and ensuring integrated execution across various teams to enhance brand awareness and engagement.
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Responsibilities
Develop and lead the earned + shared media and partnerships approach across the annual marketing calendar, aligned to brand priorities, campaign objectives, and business goals
Translate campaign priorities into newsworthy narratives and partnership ideas that build relevance and momentum. Provide strategic counsel to cross-functional partners to ensure PR and partnerships are designed to drive cultural impact and campaign performance
Lead national media relations end-to-end, including management of agency pitching, relationship-building, press outreach, and rapid response to inbound inquiries
Create & review all core communications assets (press releases, media alerts, talking points, spokesperson Q&As, briefing docs) to ensure clear, consistent messaging
Partner with Social, Media and Creative leads to turn campaign ideas into shareable moments optimized for earned pickup and social velocity, including PR-forward experiential moments when relevant
Partner with the VP and C-suite executives to shape strategic communications plans around earnings, corporate initiatives, and investor relations
Identify, evaluate, and activate partnerships across creators, brands, and licensed/IP collaborators, ensuring strong brand fit and clear value exchange
Lead partnership development from concept through launch: stakeholder alignment, go-to-market planning, integration, deliverables, and execution with internal teams and external partners
Partner with Legal and internal stakeholders to navigate contracts, approvals, brand safety, and governance
Serve as the day-to-day PR & Partnerships lead within integrated campaign workstreams, ensuring PR and partnerships are embedded early and integrated across touchpoints
Collaborate with operations and franchise stakeholders as applicable to ensure activations are executable in-market and support business priorities
Drive alignment across stakeholders by clarifying decisions, roles, timelines, and next steps
Lead the PR agency relationship end-to-end: strategy development, scopes/deliverables, timelines, performance expectations, and day-to-day management
Ensure agency work is on-brief, on-brand, and high quality through clear direction, feedback, and approvals
Own launch readiness for PR and partnerships: timelines, workflows, approvals, and escalation paths to deliver disciplined execution and fewer surprises
Define and report on performance (e.g., quality of coverage, reach/impressions, share of voice, sentiment, engagement, earned value, partnership KPIs), delivering actionable learnings to improve future work
Support issues and crisis communications in partnership with Corporate Comms, Legal, Ops, Food Quality, HR, and Franchisees—helping develop statements, Q&As, and spokesperson guidance as needed
Build scalable communication and experiential processes that enable fast, effective, and high-quality execution in a rapidly growing global environment
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in PR/communications, with national consumer brand experience (QSR/CPG/retail/entertainment a plus)
Proven ability to drive earned media outcomes across high-profile launches or tentpoles
Experience developing partnerships across creators, brands, and/or licensed/IP with clear results
Strong writing, narrative-building, and stakeholder management skills; confident in fast-moving environments
Experience managing agencies and navigating complex cross-functional partner groups
You will be required to attend the Plano, TX office 3 days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Company
Habit Burger & Grill
At Habit Burger & Grill, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2020-01-06Acquired
2014-11-21IPO
Leadership Team
Shannon Hennessy
Chief Executive Officer
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