Words At Work · 2 days ago
Director of Public Relations
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Responsibilities
Lead the PR activities for accounts and build strategic public relations plans for Words At Work clients
Build and sustain client loyalty by delivering exceptional customer service and producing compelling content
Stay current with industry topics/trends that are relevant to our clients and proactively bring new ideas that align with client’s business goals
Manage the end-to-end process of creating and finalizing a range of internal and external deliverables including pitches, news releases, crises comms plans, talking points, briefing books, executive bios, agendas, and creative briefs
Think beyond PR, providing big picture recommendations for building integrated PR, marketing and social media campaigns that address client challenges and goals
Build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders, media outlets, and influencers
Provide media relations, crisis comms and other PR training and planning sessions to our clients
Identify and pursue new PR business opportunities, expanding the agency’s services and client base
Partner with Words At Work account management/strategist teams to grow current accounts through additional PR services
Act as an internal advisor, sharing PR best practices with the broader team to foster collective success
Orchestrate regular media coverage reports for clients, including data interpretation/analysis and recommendations
Qualification
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Required
8+ years of experience, agency experience strongly preferred
Bachelor’s degree in public relations, strategic communications, marketing and/or communications
Demonstrated experience working with and presenting to C-Level executives
Extensive experience with crisis communications
3+ years in a lead client-facing role managing strategic public relations, marketing, or communications strategies
Strong understanding of media landscape, including earned media strategies
Experience developing relationships with relevant trade publications, regional and national media
Confident and emotionally intelligent communicator
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to think conceptually and provide direction/input for designers, writers, developers, and video teams
Willing to travel to 1-2x/year for strategic planning meetings or strategic client events.
Benefits
401(k) retirement plan
Employee medical insurance
Employee dental insurance
Employee disability insurance
Employee life insurance