Assistant Director, Communications & Marketing – Hybrid Seattle

RPStaffing; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

RPStaffing is seeking an Assistant Director of Communications & Marketing for a national PR agency in Seattle. The role offers hybrid work, growth potential, and an immediate direct-hire path.

You will lead client engagements, set strategies, and collaborate across creative, digital, media, and events teams. You will drive meetings, workshops, budgets, and performance benchmarks, while developing messaging and content across channels for diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in public relations or strategic communications, including agency or consulting experience.
• Experience as an account manager or client-facing lead role.
• Confident leading meetings and facilitating workshops with clients and stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills with multiple clients, budgets and deadlines.
• Experience setting campaign goals and KPIs and reporting results to clients.
• Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office and Adobe products.
• Experience with public sector, nonprofit, or public health clients is a plus.
• Organized and proactive in a small team environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key project manager for assigned clients, building trusted relationships with program leads and agency stakeholders.
• Plan and lead client meetings, kickoffs, and strategy sessions.
• Design and facilitate workshops with clients, partners, and community stakeholders, from message development to audience planning.
• Present recommendations, progress, and results to clients and internal leadership.
• Own workplans and timelines for communications projects across multiple accounts.
• Build and own marketing campaigns for clients, including messaging, audience segmentation, and testing strategy.
• Manage projects end to end, from scoping and kickoff through delivery and close-out.
• Support event communications and on-site outreach at conferences and stakeholder events.
• Develop communications and PR plans, including messaging frameworks, audience strategy, and channel mix.
• Write content for social, web, email, and print; translate technical information for audiences.
• Help write proposals, capabilities statements, and business development materials.
• Lead goal-setting at project start and track progress with analytics staff; translate results into recommendations.

Skills

Public relations

Project management

Client management

Meetings facilitation

Writing & editing

Budget management

Workshop facilitation

MS Office / Adobe

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe products

Job description

RPStaffing is seeking an Assistant Director of Communications & Marketing for a national PR agency in Seattle. The role offers hybrid work, growth potential, and an immediate direct-hire path.

You will lead client engagements, set strategies, and collaborate across creative, digital, media, and events teams. You will drive meetings, workshops, budgets, and performance benchmarks, while developing messaging and content across channels for diverse audiences.