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Manager, Connector

New York, New York, United States

 

Manager, Media relations

The Role: 

Golin New York is hiring a savvy Manager, Connector with experience in and a passion for technology, business, and general news media relations. You’ll play an essential role in earning attention for clients by pitching, developing strategy, executing projects, and generating results that keep our clients relevant with top outlets. You’ll help develop and promote thought leadership and executive visibility platforms for a variety of clients, building strong relationships and always seeking opportunities for coverage or visibility for our clients’ executive leadership. We are looking for someone who can think across platforms and contribute to the integrated media team in real time. 

If you’re interested in creating the best work of your life on a high-performing team with tremendous growth opportunity – we want to hear from you! 

What You’ll Do: 

  • Seek out and create opportunities to place stories in national news outlets.
  • Develop media strategies for planned campaigns, ongoing “news engine” programs, and real-time news events that lead to ongoing, positive media coverage.
  • Create compelling stories from clients’ business developments and data.
  • Develop media-focused content, including press releases, written pitches, digital, and video content.
  • Maintain strong relationships with national, regional, and trade media, and build new media relationships.
  • Work daily with media across multiple channels, including email, social media, and phone.
  • Participate in and attend client and team meetings.
  • Collaborate with teams across multiple disciplines and locations, managing complex, fast-moving, and unexpected communications challenges. 
  • Interact with clients to present strategic recommendations and address challenges and opportunities.
  • Execute executive visibility and thought leadership programs, focusing on external speaking, media, and award opportunities.
  • Research and vet visibility opportunities, providing smart counsel to the team and clients.
  • Develop briefing materials for secured speaking and media opportunities to drive executive preparation and ensure messaging success.
  • Author exceptional award nominations to elevate client leaders and organizations.
  • Grow and cultivate relationships with key conveners of conversation at leading tech and business conferences.
  • Provide counsel to help clients position their organization or brand competitively or defend their presence in a disrupted industry. 

 

What You Have: 

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in PR, marketing communications, journalism, or a related field.
  • 4+ years of PR experience with growing responsibilities, including at least 2 years in a PR agency.
  • Experience working with technology-related clients and a strong portfolio of earned media placements.
  • Experience supporting association, corporate, and consumer clients is a plus.
  • Exceptional communication skills, including written, verbal, and presentation.
  • Proven ability to develop client-ready work with minimal oversight.
  • Superior writing and editing skills that communicate creatively and engagingly.
  • A good understanding of client business to provide agency points of view and identify opportunities.
  • A collaborative spirit, results-driven mindset, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities against deadlines.
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills; able to work quickly under pressure, handling and prioritizing multiple assignments.
  • Leadership skills and knowledge of when and how to delegate.
  • Understanding of earned and paid media strategy and experience creating media plans.
  • Proactive and highly motivated; able to work independently and confidently as part of a team.
  • Detail-oriented with an ability to focus on the larger picture. 

What You Are: 

  • Passionate & results-driven
  • Self-starting with a can-do attitude
  • Collaborative
  • Decisive
  • Pragmatic
  • Adaptable
  • Inspired & inspiring
  • Detail & solution-oriented
  • A dynamic communicator
  • Voracious reader of news & lover of culture 

Who is Golin? 

Golin is a global public relations agency that helps companies create change that matters. Together, we discover powerful human truths that bind us, create with bravery and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Golin’s 1,700 global employees operate across 50+ offices worldwide, allowing us to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions for multi-market, regional and global communications programs. Golin was named PRovoke Media’s 2022 overall North America Agency of the Year; PRovoke Media’s 2022 and 2021 North America Large Agency of the Year; PRWeek’s 2021, 2020 and 2019 Global Agency of the Year; AMEC’s 2021, 2020 and 2019 Communications Research + Measurement Team of the Year; a 2021 Chicago Tribune Top Workplace and is the first-ever PR agency to be credited with “ideation,” when the firm took home Gold and Silver Lions at the 2019 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. 

Why Work for Us? 

We reward our employees for creating the best work of their lives, providing the following benefits: 

  • Flexible, hybrid culture that encourages work/life balance, self-care, and collaboration
  • Unlimited time off
  • Year-round Flexible Fridays
  • Extended leave
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • 401K matching program
  • Training and career pathing
  • Community service opportunities 

 

 Salary range: $55,000 - $95,000

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

 

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