community relations manager Remote
KNB Communications
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 USD Today
Job description
We are KNB Communications, an award-winning PR and marketing agency on a fast-paced journey, growing and leading healthcare communications. We provide marketing and PR services for top healthcare technology and life sciences companies around the world. Come put your passion to work at KNB, where we communicate for a cause. Our experts are renowned for moving minds and driving a better healthcare ecosystem for all.
KNB Communications is 100% remote. You can work from anywhere if you have dependable internet and are willing to keep central or eastern hours.
Roles and responsibilities
As the media relations manager you will:
- Own the success of media relations programs for our clients
- Craft unique and creative pitches and secure media coverage
- Author high-quality content, including press releases, pitches, byline articles, case studies, and other collateral
- Cultivate strong relationships with media, industry leaders, clients, freelancers, KNB vendors, and other stakeholders
- Set media relations strategy, creatively link complex issues with newsworthy coverage potential
- Manage the delivery of PR campaigns across all media platforms
- Lead proactive and reactive media relations efforts to achieve quality, high-impact placements on a consistent basis
- Develop and implement evolving quarterly media strategies
- Coordinate the interview process, develop key messages and briefing sheets to prepare clients for media interviews
- Monitor media trends, present and share media reports and deliverables with clients
- Organize communication, project status, and reporting for up-to-date information and communication between the team and client
- Create and update target media lists, messaging matrices, and editorial calendars
- Maintain and update agency media database
- Offer new ideas and initiatives to the team
- Assist with new business research, proposal writing, and presentations as needed
- Demonstrate enthusiasm in client communications
- Celebrate successes with clients and KNB team
We understand no candidate checks every single box. That’s why we’ve divided our list into “must have” and “nice to have.”
Must have:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 7+ years of PR/communications experience (recovering journalists welcome)
- Proven proficiency managing media relations and securing earned placements (online, broadcast, and print)
- Robust network of traditional and online media contacts
- Ability to maintain and foster relationships with clients and media
- Strategic planner and effective implementer
- Be deadline driven, prioritize, and adapt under pressure
- Knowledge of best practices in the communications and media, and PR space
- Superior writing skills
- Strong desire to work in a team and collaborative, creative, and cool
Nice to have:
- Past work in healthcare, health tech, pharma, &/or life sciences
- Familiar with an agency environment
- Working knowledge of software such as Critical Mention, Cision, PR Newswire, SEM Rush, and HubSpot
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance challenges for drug commercialization
Why our team loves KNB
- Constant growth and career development opportunities
- Innovative and award-winning expertise
- Diverse, energetic, positive culture
- Excellent 401k, health, dental, and vision plans
- Generous PTO, including vacation, parental leave, and summer Fridays
- 100% remote work
- Collaborative, inclusive, engaging process
Other information
- This position reports to the Vice President of Communications + Client Services.
- KNB Communications is located in Stamford, CT
- Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm ET
KNB Communications
www.knbcomm.com
Stamford, CT
Chintan Shah
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1 to 50 Employees
Company - Private
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
1998
