Public Relations Assistant

PR Assistant

Location: Chicago, IL. 2 days a week in office

Classification: Salary and Exempt

Salary Range: 52,000-58,000

Job Description

Summary

In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to assist our teams in delivering exceptional client results and take your communications skills to the next level. You will be responsible for supporting account teams in daily activities as well as building and maintaining the foundational materials for client programs. You’ll be responsible for assisting in developing client-facing reports and participating in media outreach.

Essential Functions 

• Assist in client media programs with research and identification of key media targets. You’ll closely tracking coverage, industry trends and breaking news that can be leveraged to generate media coverage, as well as provide recap notes and deliverables for client and team review
• Craft pitches and initiate outreach to develop relationships with targeted publications and vertical outlets, under supervision 
• Assist with social media research, monitoring, drafting content and identifying trends within industries 
• Participate in the creation of weekly call updates for team and client review, taking note during weekly calls or in-person meetings and creating recaps/action items for internal review and client delivery
• Contribute to team and client meetings, brainstorm and research for client programs
• Collaborate with speaking and awards resources to maintain accurate client speaking and awards databases, ensuring they are updated consistently to reflect shifting deadlines, award results and client feedback on opportunities
• Participate in agency training sessions to actively gain more public relations knowledge and increase skills within client relations and account teams
• Prioritize and manage tasks independently as well as elevate complex problems to senior staff

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree required. Prefer degrees in Public Relations, Communications,2. Journalism or related field

Previous internship or similar work experience in public relations, journalism, marketing or related field required

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Expected Hours of Work

The position is paid salary semi-monthly and is exempt. Full time work of 40 hours per week with some extended hours expected.

Travel

Very limited travel may be expected in this position.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers for general office duties such as typing, filing or writing. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee in this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Next PR provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Next PR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Our mission is to build a diverse team from different backgrounds and life experiences. At Next PR, we encourage all qualified applicants including those of varied race, ethnicity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, veteran status, neurodiversity or disability to apply. We also consider formerly incarcerated or systems-impacted applicants. We want you to be a part of our team and we look forward to supporting your career.