Account Coordinator – Consumer PR Food/Wellness/Wearable Tech

Account Coordinator – Consumer PR (Food, Beverage, Wellness, Home Appliances, Wearable Tech)

About the role

The RKPR Department specializes in public relations and social/digital campaigns for clients who are premier national brands in food & beverage, wellness lifestyle, consumer wearable technology, and household appliances. This PR AC will report to the Partner in our RKPR Dept. NYC office.

Responsibilities

• Maintains media lists.
• Writes press releases.
• Manages the daily media coverage for clients.
• Joins client PR account calls.
• Develops and maintains relationships with media contacts across all platforms.
• Manages on-site client product inventory.
• Learns Best Practices for public relations account management and earned media.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
• Prior PR internship experience/entry level work experience in our sector of Public Relations described above (PR agency-based is highly preferred).
• Working knowledge of all digital and social media platforms.
• Energetic, can-do attitude; works effectively in a team setting.
• Excellent written and oral and communications skills.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Effective listening and problem-solving skills.
• Creative thinker who brings a fresh perspective and innovative ideas to the team.
• Flexible and adaptable; works efficiently within a fast-paced PR environment.
• Organized and detail-oriented; manages schedule and tasks to produce deliverables by deadlines.
• Interested in public relations for client sectors of: food, beverage, wellness, consumer lifestyle, home appliance, consumer wearable technology, or any combination of the above.
• Loves reading and consuming media; is social media savvy.
• Thrives working in a fun collaborative team and on individual PR projects/assignments.
• Able to produce high-quality, timely deliverable results while working on concurrent PR assignments/projects.

Qualifications

• New York, NY Anticipated Hourly Salary: $23/hr. – $24/hr. Commensurate with experience and depending upon workplace.

Skills

• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Client Management
• Writing
• Communication
• Research
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Teamwork

Benefits

Commensurate with experience and depending upon workplace.

Pay

New York, NY Anticipated Hourly Salary: $23/hr. – $24/hr.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule (1 weekday work in NYC office + 4 weekdays work from home).

Apply

To Apply Please upload your resume and cover letter detailing your prior work experience and indicate your desired hourly salary in $US Dollars that falls within the above stated available salary range for this role. Within your Cover Letter, please include a link to your Writing Samples/Samples of PR Work.

While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.