Public Relations Specialist - Junior

Red Carrot • Washington, DC

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Red Carrot is seeking a Junior Public Relations Specialist to support the customer's External Affairs office on a federal communications contract. This role assists in executing PR campaigns, managing speaker engagement activities, and supporting media and stakeholder outreach.

Requirements

• BS/BA in Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, or related field
• Minimum 3 years of demonstrated experience assisting in PR campaign planning and working with client and project team members
• Strong organizational and written communication skills
• Ability to obtain a DHS Fitness Determination

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and development of strategic PR campaigns in support of customer's mission
• Monitor shared email boxes and submissions for meeting and speaking requests; log and track in accordance with established SOPs
• Prepare Speaking Request Forms and Speaker Approval Forms; coordinate with requestors for missing information
• Prepare briefing memos for meeting and speaking engagements; compile background and reference information
• Conduct research to evaluate meeting and speaking requests and coordinate with event points-of-contact
• Prepare media kits, releases, fact sheets, and responses to media inquiries
• Support development of local media lists for regional activities
• Perform clerical functions including preparing reports, tracking leadership commitments, and scheduling meetings

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• professional trainings
• Top-tier medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k)-retirement and Roth plan with company matching and no vesting period
• Discretionary profit-sharing plan to all eligible employees after one year of employment
• flexible work hours
• paid time off
• 11 federal holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level