Hotwire - San Francisco - Public Relations Senior Associate

About the role

Our full-time roles at Hotwire are hybrid and open to our office locations – San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Being the eyes and ears of your clients’ industries, ensuring your account teams are up to speed on what’s happening across the wider sector
• Constantly building your media and sector knowledge and developing integrated comms skills
• Developing client call agendas before calls; taking detailed notes to map out action items and owners post call
• Communicating with clients – on the phone, by email and in person
• Delivering analytics reports
• Generating results by pitching client stories (by phone and email) to journalists and influencers
• Writing content for a variety of purposes such as pitches, speaking and award submissions, press releases, blog entries, feature articles and case studies
• Assisting with clients’ digital marketing programs
• Arranging and staffing media interviews and events
• Brainstorming new ideas for integrated comms campaigns

Requirements

• A great Senior Associate eats, breathes and dreams comms and is motivated by delivering amazing results for their clients
• You’ll know your clients’ target influencers inside out and have an exhaustive knowledge of the media agenda across your clients’ sectors and beyond
• This knowledge will enable you to pitch effectively, generating outstanding results, and come up with clever, creative campaign ideas that will drive your client’s agenda
• You’ll be hard at work developing relationships with journalists, industry influencers and clients that you’ll tap into throughout your career in comms
• You’ll be focused on learning and developing your professional skills every day, embracing new challenges that help you learn and being curious and open to new ideas so that we stay at the cutting edge of comms

Qualifications

• You’re a go-getter who thrives on making things happen
• You love the buzz of integrated communications and know how to turn ideas into impact
• You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and own the day-to-day execution that powers client success, because you’re not just part of the team, you’re the engine that keeps it moving
• You’re curious and plugged in, always scanning the horizon for trends and insights that give your clients an edge
• You know how to pitch a story that lands, craft content that resonates, and build relationships that matter, whether it’s with journalists, influencers, or clients
• You’re confident, organized, and resourceful, juggling multiple campaigns without breaking a sweat
• You’re not afraid of challenges, you anticipate them, solve them, and keep things on track
• You bring creativity, energy, and a results-first mindset to everything you do
• You’re eager to learn, grow, and push boundaries, because you know great work doesn’t happen by accident, it happens because of people like you

Benefits

• Strong benefits package including paid time off, holidays, sick leave, cultural celebration days off, paid time off for community involvement, medical, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, 401K match and a paid 6-week sabbatical after every 4 years of continuous employment
• Development Opportunities – A strong learning and development program with training opportunities at all levels
• Autonomy – The freedom and support to be limitless, and the opportunity to own your career and create the future you want
• Variety – No day is the same as the last. Both within our own walls, and with our clients, we navigate change daily and there’s always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, seek out a new challenge, and gain expertise
• Amazing Team – We are connected, ambitious, and friendly. We don’t step on toes to get ahead, we build each other up, develop and teach each other and understand that each person’s individual success is a win for all

Pay

Salary Range: $67,000.00-$85,000.00

Schedule

Full-time