Job Description:
- Work as an Assistant Account Executive in Financial Services PR (Many of their clients include ETF’s, well-known banks etc. and are long established clients)
- Work on media relations, messaging, story crafting, and strategy
- Crafting client stories and well-tailored written pieces (journalists backgrounds welcome!)
- Develop strong client relationships, working hands on with them and interfacing regularly
- Be part of a small tight nit agency
- Hybrid schedule 2-3X a week in office work (Manhattan Based)
Job Requirements:
- Understanding of Financial Services PR
- Understanding of best practices for engaging media/media relations experience (earned media experience especially welcomed)
- Must have excellent writing skills and crafting client stories must be something you enjoy
- Comfortability interfacing with clients
- Genuine and intrinsic interest in financial services
- Keeping up with market trends
- Be a self described ‘hustler’ and self starter
- Willingness to travel 2-3 days a week to work in Manhattan based office
- Bonus if you have experience working with wealth and asset management PR, or ETF’s though not required
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Ability to develop pitches that reflect client initiatives and connect with media interests
- Experience building media outreach lists and working with database platforms such as Muckrack or Cision
- Understanding of social media and its role in a public relations program
- Ideally 1+ years of relevant PR experience
Benefits:
- Generous annual bonus twice a year
- Uncapped bonuses for bringing in clients
- High integrity and transparent environment
- Extremely high above-market-average employee retention rates company wide
- Agency has an excellent reputation in the market, and work with interesting and long established clients (many 25+ years)
- Hands on and meaningful experience with clients, even early in your career
- Being part of a small and collaborative team.