Allyson Conklin Public Relations is seeking a savvy professional to join our team as a Junior Publicist. This position will report directly to the Founder & Principal. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or another relevant area with a minimum of two years post-graduate public relations experience, either at an agency or in-house. Ideal candidates will have experience with direct to consumer lifestyle brands, solid media relationships, and an impressive track record of press hits.
This is a full time, salaried position that starts at $40K with benefits including: paid time off, paid company holidays, holiday bonus, 50% health, dental, and vision insurance, mobile phone stipend, fitness stipend, annual enrichment trip and/or conference, regular team building activities, and employee meals.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Administrative: t- Support Founder & Principal with day-to-day requests
t- Achieve monthly objectives set by Founder & Principal
t- Update and maintain all company lists: media tracking, press coverage, monthly pitches, monthly focuses, etc.
t- Contribute to the ACPR Blog
t- Other writing projects as assigned
t- Assist team with monthly status reports
t- Suggest and participate in activities to grow company exposure
t- Identify new business opportunities
t- Build and foster relationships with local PRSSA chapters
Client Relations: t- Develop strong relationships with clients
t- Act as point-of-contact for clients
t- Facilitate phone and email interviews with clients
t- Attend in-person meetings with clients
Media Relations: t- Develop strong relationships with media
t- Create PR Plans
t- Identify, pitch, and follow up with media
t- Create and distribute high impact and creative media email blasts
t- Rapid Response daily pitching
t- Identify and pitch feature story opportunities
t- Secure press hits: long lead, short lead, broadcast, and awards
t- Write press materials: fact sheets, bios, press releases, media alerts, pitch letters, etc.
t- Identify other client exposure opportunities: sponsored posts, gifting, trade shows, and events
t- Schedule media visits and desksides
t- Plan press previews and media events
t- Manage editorial calendars and awards
t- Attend in-person meetings with media
Basic job requirements: t- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related area
t- 2+ years of post-graduate public relations experience, either in an agency or in-house setting
t- Solid media relationships in the national beauty, home, and/or lifestyle categories
t- Impressive book of earned media placements
t- Excellent communicator-verbal, written, and beyond-with a strong understanding of both the AP and creative writing styles
t- Strategic thinker with endless amounts of creativity
t- 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
t- Highly coachable, thrives on feedback, and subscribes to the "fail forward" mentality
t- Pop culture junkie and knows what's hot in the press and to consumers
t- Passionate about the beauty, home, and lifestyle categories
t- Champion for indie brands
t- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, Cision, InDesign, Canva, WordPress, and social media
All qualified candidates should send their resume, 2-3 writing samples, a sampling of recent press placements, and a short statement explaining why they want to work at ACPR to: hello@allysonconklinpr.com.
