Allyson Conklin Public Relations (ACPR) is a ten-year-old boutique public relations agency for beauty, home, and lifestyle brands. We're communicators, storytellers, and connectors committed to creating intentional awareness and driving influence for new and heritage brands through a holistic communications approach. We're known for our earned media and influencer relations (you can find our clients in VOGUE online, MyDomaine, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, and more)-but that's not all we do. Our 360-degree approach is what gives us (and our clients) an edge. From PR and brand partnerships to social media and founder-to-founder consulting, our clients consider us as an extension of their teams, and the hype girls they've always dreamed of having. We're a small but mighty, tight knit team who is as intuitive as we are strategic, ultra-collaborative (#youcansitwithus), appreciates the hustle as much as we do stillness, walks the walk, and thrives in a fast paced environment where no two days are ever the same.

We're seeking an emerging communicator to join our remote team as a Junior Publicist. This position will report directly to the Founder. Applicants must have 1-2 years post-graduate public relations experience, either at an agency or in-house. Ideal candidates will have experience with national consumer brands, existing media relationships, and an impressive book of earned print, digital, social, and broadcast press hits.

This is a full time, salaried position that offers $45K plus monthly business development commissions, quarterly performance bonuses, and benefits including: paid time off, health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), mobile phone and internet stipend, fitness stipend, flexible daily schedules, and year-round Summer Fridays. This is a remote position.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Administrative:

• Support team with day-to-day requests
• Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual individual objectives
• Update and maintain all company lists: media tracking, press coverage, monthly pitches, monthly focuses, pitch angles, PR lists, etc.
• Other writing projects as assigned
• Create monthly status reports and annual recaps
• Suggest and participate in activities to grow company exposure
• Work with team to execute add-on programs for clients

Client Relations:

• Develop strong relationships with clients
• Act as point-of-contact for clients
• Assist team in ensuring client satisfaction
• Present press opportunities to clients
• Facilitate phone and email interviews with clients
• Attend in-person or virtual meetings with clients

Media Relations:

• Develop strong relationships with media, including editorial and influencer contacts
• Work with Founder on development of PR Plan and on-going strategy
• Identify, pitch, and follow up with media
• Secure press hits: long lead, short lead, broadcast, social, and awards
• Write press materials, including but not limited to pitches, fact sheets, bios, press releases, key messaging, run of shows, and more
• Identify and pitch feature story opportunities
• Manage award submissions
• Execute Rapid Response and feature pitching
• Manage award submissions
• Identify other client exposure opportunities
• Proactively monitor and research news and relevant media coverage on a daily basis and provide insights
• Plan and execute live or virtual press visits, desksides, previews, and other events
• Attend in-person or virtual meetings with media
• Execute product mailers

Social Media:

• Develop and manage social media strategy
• Oversee channel design and aesthetic
• Develop monthly social media content calendars
• Write engaging, creative, and strategic social media posts
• Schedule monthly social content
• Post daily social media content
• Execute daily community management check ins, monitor daily feed, and reply to questions and comments
• Facilitate giveaways, coupon codes, and other activities
• Engage with followers on their channels
• Advise on social ads and boosted posts
• Suggest new opportunities to engage community
• Measure and report on success of campaigns: paid and unpaid
• Provide weekly and monthly updates and analytics on trends, content, followers, and engagement
• Stay up to date on current platforms, technologies, trends, and tools

Business Development:

• Strategically source and pitch leads for clients and brand partners
• Schedule and facilitate discovery calls
• Shepherd clients and partners through the discovery process
• Represent company at industry events
• Attend trade shows and markets

Basic job requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related area
• 1-2 years of post-graduate public relations experience, either in an agency or in-house setting
• Solid media relationships in the national beauty, home, and/or lifestyle categories
• Impressive book of earned media placements
• Excellent communicator-verbal, written, and beyond-with a strong understanding of both the AP and creative writing styles
• Strategic thinker with endless amounts of creativity
• Self-starter and multi-tasking master who's highly organized, has the initiative to start and maintain projects, and is willing to go above and beyond the job description
• Excellent time management skills and commitment to hitting to deadlines
• Team player-end of story
• Wants to grow long term with the company
• Highly coachable, thrives on feedback, and subscribes to the "fail forward" mentality
• Pop culture junkie and knows what's hot in the press and to consumers
• Passionate about the beauty, home, and lifestyle categories
• Champion for indie brands
• Knows their way around G Suite, Microsoft Office programs, Cision, InDesign, Canva, WordPress, and social media