Senior Associate, Strategic Communications & Public Affairs
Avoq
- New York City, NY
- $65,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- A strategic and creative thinker that can quickly understand and analyze complex client challenges.
- Values innovative ideas and creative solutions to tough challenges.
- Thrives in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments and prefers change and progress over routine.
- Manage client interaction and strategy implementation for a portfolio of clients
- Participate in the development of campaign strategies that integrate public relations, earned media, digital and social media, grassroots organizing, events and other innovative tactics
- Conduct media relations, including pitching reporters, crafting media pitches, and developing press and advocacy kits
- Develop compelling content, such as website copy, social media posts, emails, stakeholder communications, presentations, memos, video scripts, letters to the editor, and op-eds
- Proactively respond to and identify client needs and take ownership and accountability to deliver team and client work products
- Oversee market research projects, including: (1) creating and/or updating existing stakeholder, influencer and media lists by identifying new and relevant contacts, (2) media activity reports using in house monitoring tools, and (3) social media sentiment analysis reports
- Distill critical data points and narratives through research and develop concise memos
- Contribute and lead creative brainstorming sessions to meet client objectives
- Serve as a leader in developing and presenting new business proposals
- 3-4+ years of work experience related to media relations, political campaigns, communications, and/or digital and social media strategy, or agency work.
- Superior organizational skills and a meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent writing, editing, research and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook).
- Basic understanding of reporting and analytics tools, and an eagerness to use in-house research tools to glean valuable campaign insights to ensure campaigns are optimized.
- Are curious, ambitious, entrepreneurial, thorough, relentless and committed
- Demonstrate an understanding of social/political/economic issues relevant to client work
- Have the ability to leverage social media platforms (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, etc.) and show knowledge/interest in social media trends
- Collaborate with managers, peers and designers to develop compelling content and creative products
- Manage timelines, budgets, vendors and personnel for a fast-paced office in highly organized and efficient fashion
- Communicate professionally with clients, media and other external audiences
- Possess the experience to manage Associates, Trainees and vendors on various projects
- Meet simultaneous deadlines, troubleshoot and manage multiple projects at once
- 100% Company-paid Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) contributions
- Flexible, hybrid work arrangements
- 12 paid company holidays per year, up to 39 days individual paid time off
- Winter break: Offices close the last week of the year