Senior Manager, Earned Media

DXA Circa; Toronto; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public relations agency in Toronto is seeking a Senior Manager Earned Media. The role involves building relationships with journalists, crafting media strategies, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should have 5-7 years of public relations experience, especially in media relations and event planning. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

RRSP (with employer match)

Tuition Reimbursement

Juice Money - monthly reimbursement

BYOD - monthly cell phone reimbursement

Flexible time off

Short-Term Disability

Paid Parental Leave Policy

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of public relations experience preferably in an agency.
• Experience in retail technology or small business sectors.
• Strong existing media and influencer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop media strategies and pitch media to land coverage.
• Support executive visibility and secure media interviews.
• Draft media materials including pitches and press releases.
• Oversee client activations and guide junior staff.

Skills

Media relations

Event planning

Influencer engagement

Strategic communication

Project management

Team leadership

Strong negotiation skills

Job description

Overview

Senior Manager Earned Media

At Weber Shandwick we build brand stories designed to earn attention, coverage and conversation. Were a passionate and diverse team that protects and promotes some of Canadas (and the worlds) most iconic and beloved brands and has fun while doing it!

If youve got a passion for PR heres an opportunity to play a pivotal role at a forward-thinking, award-winning and globally leading integrated public relations agency. Over the last five years Weber Shandwick has been recognized as PRovoke Medias Canadian Agency of the Year, IABC Canadian Large Agency of the Year, a certified Great Place to Work (six years running) and boasts the most exciting client list of any agency in the country.

POSITION PROFILE

Do you love building relationships with journalists? Keeping your finger on the pulse of trends and breaking news? The thrill of the pitch? Landing the perfect story for your client? If so this is the role for you.

Our Toronto office is looking for a Senior Manager Earned Media who is a seasoned public and media relations consultant responsible for providing strategic client counsel around media and influencer engagement, helping plan media events, leading announcement activations, securing media stories and guiding and mentoring up-and-coming talent. The ideal candidate will have experience that encompasses media relations (earned and paid), influencer engagement, event planning and program execution.

With 5-7 years of experience youll help us create campaigns that drive impactful earned media coverage and activate influencer and social programs that generate meaningful and measurable results.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a strong understanding of the clients business and target audience and work with strategists and creative team members to deliver innovative and integrated programs that earn attention
• Generate story ideas and topic angles draft media materials and pitch media to land earned coverage
• Monitor media outlets understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage
• Support executive visibility efforts for clients including identifying pitching and securing interviews and speaking engagements for C-suite
• Develop strategic messaging for clients and support creation of media plans and proposals that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences
• Provide thoughtful recommendations for content creation and distribution across multiple channels to support paid owned and earned channels
• Oversee client activations and activation teams
• Counsel coach and develop junior staff
• Lead logistics planning for media and other influencer events
• Support the development of KPIs to maximize media relations impact
• Develop program staffing plans and budgets and work directly with clients and finance team to address related deliverables and questions
• Highlight results measuring success and promoting wins and key learnings to client

REQUIREMENTS

• Public relations experience of approximately 5-7 years agency or in-house
• Experience in retail technology and / or small business sectors an asset
• Expertise in media relations and event planning including :
• Strong existing media and influencer relationships
• Working knowledge of and comfort executing new media forms
• Ability to develop new media and influencer relations and turn those relationships into coverage
• Drafting media materials including pitches and press releases
• Optimizing programs in real-time to maximize success based on preliminary results
• Amplification of strategies including paid owned and earned
• Ability to plan organize monitor and control projects and programs ensuring efficient utilization of technical and creative resources
• Ability to counsel clients on media relations activities and present plans in a convincing manner
• Ability to work effectively with integrated agency teams and diverse range of internal stakeholders
• Strong team leadership abilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong negotiation presentation collaboration and problem-solving skills

Salary range : CAD 79000.00 - CAD 95000.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on among other factors actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employees / applicants background pertinent experience and qualifications.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health mind body and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race colour religion gender age ethnic or national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity marital status or citizenship status.

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Required Experience :

Senior Manager

Key Skills

Digital Marketing,Marketing,Google Analytics,Google Docs,Facebook Advertising,Google AdWords,Google Marketing Platform,Google Ads,Media Buying,Media Planning,Social Media Management,DoubleClick

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1