PR Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Latin America.

📋 Description

• Manage media relations comprehensively across 4–6 client accounts, which includes media intelligence, targeting reporters, pitching, follow-ups, placements, writing, tracking, and client communication.

• Quickly research unfamiliar sectors to identify pertinent reporters and editors.

• Create targeted media lists and keep track of news cycles.

• Highlight timely angles that clients can authentically address.

• Compose tailored media pitches, bylines, op-eds, contributed articles, and thought leadership content.

• Execute structured pitch and follow-up sequences.

• Handle journalist responses and organize briefings and interviews.

• Manage embargoes, exclusives, corrections, and supporting materials.

• Maintain day-to-day client relationships.

• Provide weekly status updates and monthly coverage reports.

• Prepare clients for interviews and set expectations accordingly.

• Offer proactive recommendations.

• Keep detailed account trackers up to date.

• Propose media angles, formats, calendar hooks, awards, partnerships, and speaking opportunities.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience in agency PR or in-house communications.

• Significant hands-on experience in pitching journalists and securing earned media coverage.

• Proven track record of placements across at least two unrelated sectors.

• Direct experience in areas such as cybersecurity or enterprise technology, healthcare, health technology or biotech, government and public policy, education, culture and the arts, nonprofits, or energy and renewables.

• Outstanding native-level American English writing abilities.

• Experience in crafting media pitches, bylines, op-eds, contributed articles, thought leadership, and client-oriented communications.

• Strong familiarity with PR and media intelligence tools such as Muck Rack, Cision, Meltwater, Prowly, Qwoted, or similar platforms.

• Direct responsibility for senior client relationships.

• Experience managing multiple accounts concurrently with a high degree of autonomy.

• Proficiency in utilizing AI for research, media-list development, angle exploration, monitoring, synthesis, and reporting.

• A meticulous process for verifying reporters, beats, facts, statistics, and sources before use.

• Advanced English proficiency (C1+).

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first flexibility.

• Ability to work from anywhere.

• PTO and paid U.S. holidays.

• Competitive salary in USD.