Hiring!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Requires understanding of corporate and internal communications.
• Execute client activities in a proactive, timely and efficient manner.
• Highly organized with ability to manage up and down.
• Exhibit a deep understanding of clients and accounts.
• Liaise with client and produce high quality communications content both internally and externally.
• Conduct daily activities for clients in a way that exceeds their expectations.
• Write press materials, correspondence, conference/activity reports and other documents.
• Conduct research as appropriate (e.g., media outlets, competitive activities, market trends).
• Assist with planning and executing media activities and special events.
• Participate in team, division and brainstorming sessions.
• Track publicity results and other measurements.
• Develop relationships with media and manage media lists.
• Brings trends/media coverage/ideas to attention of supervisor.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrates aptitude for the basics of public relations and media relations.
• Understands uses of PR tools: news releases, media kits, media tours and media relations.
• Understands the client’s industry, business and needs.
• Demonstrates appropriate sense of urgency when responding to client issues and requests.
• Prioritizes assignments and organizes multiple tasks and responsibilities effectively.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, problem-solving and time management skills.
• Exhibits creativity and sensitivity to matters of style in writing, brainstorming and troubleshooting.
• Is detail-oriented.
• Ability to work well with others and demonstrates a positive, flexible attitude that will lend itself to productive relationships with supply vendors, internal service departments, and great client service.
• Efficiency in database management, on-line research, and summarizing/presenting findings to manager, team or client.

Education and Work experience:

• One to two years of experience required, agency background preferred.
• BA degree preferably in Communications, Journalism, English or PR related discipline.