Account Coordinator - Consumer PR F&B, Wellness, Home Appliances & Wearable Tech
About The Position
This is a full-time, direct hire, hourly role for an Account Coordinator in the Consumer PR department specializing in Food, Beverage, Wellness, Home Appliances, and Wearable Tech. The position is located in the RKPR Department in the FINN Partners New York, NY office. The role requires a hybrid work schedule of 40 hours per week, with one weekday in the NYC office and four weekdays working from home. The ideal candidate will be a NYC metropolitan area resident with a bachelor’s degree in public relations/communications/related field and prior PR agency-based Consumer PR internship experience. The RKPR Department focuses on public relations and social/digital campaigns for premier national brands. The role is for an individual with a strong desire to learn, grow professionally, and effectively manage PR client accounts while delivering outstanding media relations results. The team is described as hard-working, creative, collaborative, and fun, representing innovative clients.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
- Prior PR internship experience/entry level work experience in the specified Public Relations sector (PR agency-based is highly preferred).
- Working knowledge of all digital and social media platforms.
- Energetic, can-do attitude; works effectively in a team setting.
- Excellent written and oral and communications skills.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Effective listening and problem-solving skills.
- Creative thinker who brings a fresh perspective and innovative ideas to the team.
- Flexible and adaptable; works efficiently within a fast-paced PR environment.
- Organized and detail-oriented; manages schedule and tasks to produce deliverables by deadlines.
- Interested in public relations for client sectors of: food, beverage, wellness, consumer lifestyle, home appliance, consumer wearable technology, or any combination of the above.
- Loves reading and consuming media; is social media savvy.
- Thrives working in a fun collaborative team and on individual PR projects/assignments.
- Able to produce high-quality, timely deliverable results while working on concurrent PR assignments/projects.
Responsibilities
- Maintains media lists.
- Writes press releases.
- Manages the daily media coverage for clients.
- Joins client PR account calls.
- Develops and maintains relationships with media contacts across all platforms.
- Manages on-site client product inventory.
- Learns Best Practices for public relations account management and earned media.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
