Senior PR Specialist

Responsibilities

• Copywriting for a variety of needs/channels
• Media pitching and building media relationships
• Identifying and working with influencers
• Supporting strategic planning, including ideation for PR campaigns
• Maintaining team visibility into priorities, deadlines, risks, and changes in scope to ensure alignment across deliverables
• Managing media requests in a prioritized manner, with well-timed responses and clear escalation when needed
• Tracking budgets and hours on projects
• Effectively managing up with supervisors and account leaders

Skills

• Proactive communication support, including timely responses to questions, clear follow-up, and proactive status updates for clients, account team and integrated team members
• Working knowledge of AP style
• Proficiency with various technology tools including Microsoft Office suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, marketing or related field
• Four to six years of experience in journalism or communications
• Experience with food or agriculture preferred
• Agency experience preferred

Benefits & Compensation

• The pay range is $65,000 - $85,000
• Comprehensive health benefits and employee assistance programs
• 401(k), short term disability, long term disability, paid national holidays, parental leave, paid sick leave and paid vacation