Public Relations Assistant Account Executive - Financial Services PR

Public Relations Assistant Account Executive – Financial Services PR

LOCATION: This Financial Services Public Relation team’s PR AAE role is based in our NYC office. Weekly work schedule is up to 3 weekdays in-office and balance of weekdays working from home remotely. We’re seeking qualified current metro-NYC area public relations applicants for this role.

We seek applicants who have previous public relations agency-based financial services PR work experience -or- PR internship experience working on communications campaigns for clients in the corporate and financial services B2B and B2C sector (fintech, investing, crypto, insurance, banking, and payments); already have a college degree in PR, Communications, or Journalism; have excellent writing skills; and are ready for immediate hire for this full-time position. This role is structured for full-time work (approx. 40 hours/week) and hourly pay. (This is not an internship role and is not a sales role.)

This full-time, direct-hire position has terrific benefits and perks:

• Generous vacation, personal, holiday, and sick days off, plus up to 5 Winter Break paid days off between Christmas and New Year's Day, plus up to 5 additional Summer Days Off.
• Travel and consumer discounts (from rental cars to cell phones and more)
• Wellness subsidy
• 401K Plan
• Outstanding insurance/benefits package
• Career mentorship from the best PR pros in the business
• Professional growth opportunities within our award-winning global PR agency

Now that we’ve (hopefully) sold you on us, let’s talk about this role and our team:

Our financial services public relations team is one of the best in the industry. We seek candidates passionate about communications, who are ready to roll up their sleeves and contribute to our team's success on behalf of clients in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will join a leading PR agency team working with regional, national, and international clients. You will work with a dedicated team of seasoned public relations professionals where collaboration, inclusion, hard work, creativity, kindness, and dedication to our clients are highly valued. We proudly do what we love, and we love what we do! Everything you will learn in this role will provide you with opportunities to grow your public relations skill set and career path within FINN Partners and our financial services public relations practice.

Responsibilities:

• Compile comprehensive, targeted media lists, actively pitch media and secure earned media coverage.
• Write, proof, and edit client-related documents including pitches, press materials, news releases, and other editorial content.
• Support client media briefings, events, speaking opportunities and develop award submissions.
• Monitor, track and report earned, owned and social media coverage of client news and competitor developments.
• Efficiently research industry or program-relevant topics.
• Participate in client meetings; develop agendas; manage trackers; and draft meeting reports.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, PR, or journalism.
• Passion for public relations with a specific focus on financial services clients (both financial services B2B and financial services B2C).
• A self-starter with excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and writing skills.
• Prior work experience or PR internships in public relations role (PR agency-based client-based experience is strongly preferred).
• Familiarity with public relations/communications programs as evidenced through completed college coursework, internships, or related work experience.
• Experience with research and measurement tools (e.g., Cision, Meltwater) is a plus.

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Anticipated Salary: $24.00/hour to $25.00/hour for this full-time, non-exempt, direct hire position. Salary is commensurate with experience and dependent upon the location.

To Apply:

Please upload your resume and cover letter detailing your prior work experience and indicate your desired hourly salary in $US Dollars (within the salary budget range indicated above). Within your Cover Letter, please include a link to your Writing Samples/Samples of PR Work. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.

About Finn Partners:

FINN Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs. We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life our clients' world-changing technologies, products, and services. Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300+ employees with offices in 32 cities around the world: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisc.), Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland (Ore.), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington D.C.