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PR Director
Konnect Agency is seeking a full-time PR Director with a minimum of 8 years of professional PR experience working with food & beverage, franchise and lifestyle consumer clients.
Requirements
- Maintaining positive client and employee relationships
- Ensuring teams meet goals and exceed expectations
- Providing high-level strategy and input for both clients and campaigns
- Assisting in the training and hiring of management and employees
- Leading departmental employee reviews
- Participating in management meetings regarding account overview and company direction
- Providing direction to all employees on everything from media relations to inner-office workings
- Sensitively dealing with confidential company information
- Traveling to meet with new and existing clients as needed
- Attending trade shows and events on behalf of clients and Konnect Agency
- Assisting with the creation of Konnect Agency internal documents, marketing materials, etc.
- Creating and finalizing proposals for potential and existing clients
- Researching, understanding and anticipating client needs, providing value-added service and building strong relationships
- Bringing strong ideas that will contribute to staff development and company development/growth
- Reporting to the CEO and President
Qualifications
- BA in Mass Communications, Public Relations or related field
- 8+ years of PR experience (Agency and lifestyle/food & beverage/CPG experience required)
- Knowledge and/or experience with Digital capabilities - social media, influencers, paid ads, etc.
- Ability to act as the utmost senior contact on accounts
- Strong employee management experience
- Good business sense and background
- Strong writing, research and organizational skills
- Self-starter, able to work independently as well as in groups
- Strong ability to prioritize, solve problems and be resourceful
- Able to handle a fast-paced PR environment
- Able to work under pressure
- Takes direction well
- Able to handle any/all confidential information, issues, and matters in a sensitive manner
- Attention to detail
- Ability to grasp “big picture” ideas and think independently
- Desire to grow and learn with the company
- Great interpersonal skills
- Professional appearance and demeanor
- Positive attitude