Public Relations Account Supervisor – Food, Beverage & Wellness Consumer Brands
LOCATION: Our RKPR Practice at FINN Partners has one open PR Account Supervisor role which can be located either in our San Diego, CA office -or- in our NY, NY Office. This ad is for the New York, NY Office location, and we seek qualified current NYC metropolitan area residents who will work a hybrid schedule of 1 weekday in-office/remaining weekdays work remotely (schedule is based on client and team needs).
The Public Relations Account Supervisor drives agency and client strategy, team leadership and mentorship, and growth in our RKPR practice. This role requires excellent strategic thinking, writing skills, editing skills, media relations savvy, inspirational team management and leadership, client relations, knowledge of social media and the ability to multitask, all with a sense of humor. This role reports to the Partner and Senior Partner and offers potential for career advancement.
The focus of our RKPR practice is to provide outstanding public relations and social/digital campaigns for consumer products and services. We have an exciting roster of premier national client brands in the food & beverage, health & wellness, home, and lifestyle spaces. We are seeking an individual with the hunger, hustle, and enthusiasm to effectively manage client public relations accounts and mentor junior PR team members.
What are our values? As our CEO Peter Finn says, "We work hard- play nice!". Kindness is a key value at FINN Partners. We also value creativity, dedication to our clients, collaboration, respect, diversity and inclusion, mentoring, teaming, and work-life balance. FINN Partners is the fastest growing public relations and integrated marketing agency in the United States - we were just named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies! We offer an opportunity to expand your public relations career, continue to grow and learn, and to contribute. Come check us out - you'll love what you see!
This full-time, direct hire position has terrific perks:
- Generous PTO allocation and company holiday calendar, including paid time off the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Additional paid days off during the Summer.
- Company travel and consumer discounts (from rental cars to cell phones and more)
- Commuter subsidy
- Wellness subsidy
- 401K Plan
- Outstanding insurance/benefits package
- Career mentorship from some of the best PR pros in the business
- Professional growth opportunities within our award-winning global PR agency
- Work in a gorgeous office building conveniently located near West 53rd Street in Manhattan, just steps from train/bus/subway stations, great restaurants, and Central Park.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in the development and execution of creative, strategic client public relations programs and campaigns, including budget and KPI tracking.
- Provide strategic public relations counsel to clients including crisis communication.
- Execute strong media relations activity while motivating and mentoring junior staff on larger storytelling techniques, expert positioning and reactive media relations.
- Draft and edit client-ready documents, strategies and other communication.
- Oversee weekly, biweekly and monthly verbal and written client reporting.
- Provide day-to-day counsel and leadership of junior staff who work in our NY and San Diego offices.
- Manage weekly and monthly metrics and reporting.
Qualifications:
- Has 5–6 years of progressive CPG public relations work history in a PR agency setting (prior PR agency leadership experience is preferred).
- Possesses strong media relations strategy and storytelling skills
- Drives high-level thinking among junior public relations staff to ensure a full pipeline of top-tier, trend and feature stories.
- Displays compassionate and inspiring mentorship skills; counsels junior level staff in a positive and motivational manner.
- Has strong experience leading CPG communications programs and creative campaigns.
- Crafts compelling messages that drive business goals and elevate client programs; is a refined communicator.
- Generates grammatically sound, client-ready communication as a skilled writer and editor.
- Utilizes enthusiastic big-picture thinking; course-corrects and pivots when needed in order to achieve effective and decisive action.
- Advises and drives results that effectively meet internal and external needs, and exceeds client expectations.
Anticipated Salary: $75k- $90K. Commensurate with experience and depending upon workplace.
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To Apply:
Please upload your resume and cover letter, as well as indicate your desired salary in $US Dollars, that aligns with our stated salary budget. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.
About FINN Partners and our RKPR Practice:
Our Rachel Kay PR Practice has two locations: in our NY, NY Office and in our San Diego, CA Office. This public relations practice focuses on innovative brands in the food & beverage, health & wellness, home, and lifestyle sectors. RKPR is a PR practice within FINN Partners.
FINN Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs. We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners. Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.
Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300+ employees with offices in 32 cities around the world: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisc.), Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland (Ore.), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington D.C.
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