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Digital PR Specialist
- Siege Media (Chicago, IL)
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Siege Media is a growing and remote-first organic growth agency. We were nationally recognized on Inc.’s Best Workplaces list and Inc. 5000 list, highlighting the 5000 fastest-growing private companies. Interested in joining the Siege team? We currently have a spot open for a talented Digital PR Specialist to help us deliver great content for our world-class clients.
Perks for United States residents include 100% health, vision and dental benefits, 50% 401k match up to 6% of your salary, donation matching, career development training, unlimited PTO, work-from-home equipment and free pens. Everyone loves free pens.
Learn more about working at Siege by checking out our Careers page, experiencing our culture on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/siege\_media) and checking out our work on Dribbble (https://dribbble.com/siegemedia) !
Siege Media values diversity. We encourage people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, veterans, parents and those with disabilities to apply. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete our application or interview process, please let us know.
Responsibilities
+ Generate creative ideas to develop as content and pitch to journalists/bloggers
+ Build media lists for a variety of B2B and B2C clients across a wide range of industry groups
+ Work with our content marketing team to create unique, proprietary data to establish our clients as industry experts in their field
+ Pitch content generated by our team to news media for the primary purpose of generating coverage and visibility for our organic growth clients
+ Monitor news and proactively pitch new stories
+ Have a firm grasp on writing effective leads
+ Nurture and develop relationships with writers, reporters and bloggers
+ Conduct comprehensive research including validating sources and finding the most recent and relevant data available
Required Skills
+ Passion for public relations, data-driven content, email outreach and media relations
+ Experience running surveys and crafting stories from data to pitch to national news
+ 3-5 years experience working in an agency or similar PR environment for major U.S. brands
+ Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to form productive working relationships
+ Strong project management skills, with ability to juggle multiple projects while still working effectively
+ Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and work independently
+ Strong attention to detail, i.e. near perfect grammar and strong editing skills
Suggested Skills
+ Basic to intermediary SEO knowledge
+ Experience using Microsoft and/or Google Workspace suites
+ Experience using a media relations tool such as Muck Rack or Cision
The salary range for this position is $65,000.00-$73,500.00 DOE.
Please plan to upload the following information during the application process: Your resume
+ A short introduction/cover letter
+ An example pitch email to a relevant media outlet for this post: https://www.thezebra.com/stories/self-driving-rideshare-survey/ (https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/self-driving-rideshare-survey/)
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