Job Description
PR Specialist / Media Relations Coordinator
Location: Two Shared Offices: Chicago, IL | Northbrook IL- (Currently, 100 % Remote)
WHY FISHMAN PR?
When you join the Fishman PR team, you're not just working at another PR firm - you're becoming a part of the nation's powerful franchising industry. Because of our nearly 30-year history representing some of North America's largest, well-established restaurant, retail, fitness & wellness and home services franchised brands, we are highly regarded as THE industry experts in franchise PR and content marketing.
Our mission goes beyond simply securing placements for our exclusive franchisor client base. The Fishman PR staff makes a real difference every day through generating earned coverage and creating content that inspires entrepreneurs to open their own businesses and also helps these small business owners (franchisees) boost awareness and sales.
- BENEFITS
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401K Match
- Casual workplace environment
- Competitive Salary
- PTO (5 days on the day you start)
- Vacation days (accrued after 6 months)
- Social Committee- we have fun at work! We have two annual work parties and believe it's essential to continually treat our staff to fun bonding activities, competitive games, happy hours, zoom work-outs, DoorDash lunches and more.
- Candidate Referral Incentive
- Two offices to share- A satellite office in the River North neighborhood downtown to accommodate our city-dwelling staff and our larger office in suburban Northbrook.
- JOB DETAILS
- The overall objective team is to effectively pitch traditional print, online and broadcast media, as well as bloggers and social influencers with "media hound" candidates who can effectively pitch traditional print, online and broadcast media, as well as bloggers and social influencers.
- We are seeking PR Specialists and Media Relations Coordinators who crave meaningful, creative work and thrive in a collaborative team environment.
- An average day includes researching and pitching traditional media and social influencers, writing pitches, press releases, team brainstorming, completing activity reports and helping with client presentations.
- DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Must be an effective, confident communicator – willing to speak up at meetings (client or internal team meetings), ability to hold their own in conversations with all kinds of media
- Must possess extremely proficient writing skills and have a firm grasp of AP style and blog writing
- Must consume the media on a daily basis and be up-to-speed on current events and be creative to come up with “create the news” ideas for clients to break through the clutter.
- Must understand various social media channels and how they are utilized for PR
- Must be able to differentiate needs of print/broadcast/online media (bloggers, journalists & reviewers) and know how to approach them accordingly
- Must have the willingness and ability to think beyond traditional PR tactics and strategies to design/execute innovative approaches
- Must work well in a team environment
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university
- Some agency setting related experience and/or training preferred
- *Please note including a Cover Letter along with your Resume is highly encouraged.
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