Assistant Director of Communications

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 conducting an immediate Direct-Hire search for the Assistant Director of Communications & Marketing with a national public relations agency based in Seattle. This has an amazing corporate culture, growth potential, and a hybrid work model.

***Candidates must be currently living in the Seattle, WA area***

Search Status: Direct-Hire / Permanent

Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 5:00 or 8:00 to 4:00

Hybrid Status: Hybrid- 3 days per week onsite

Compensation: $80,000 to $100,000 base salary and a comprehensive benefits package

Office Location: Seattle, WA

POSITION SUMMARY

You will be given autonomy to lead client engagements from beginning to end, including running meetings and workshops, managing budgets, directing work across creative, digital, media, and events, and setting the benchmarks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve in a key role as a 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

Project & Account Management

• Own workplans, timelines for various communications projects across multiple accounts
• Build and own marketing campaigns for clients, including messaging frameworks, 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, workshops, and stakeholder events

Communications Strategy & Content

• Develop communications and PR plans, including messaging frameworks, audience strategy, and channel mix
• Write and review content for social, web, email, and print, translating technical and policy information for expert and general audiences
• Help write proposals, capabilities statements, and business development materials

Goals & Measurement

• Lead goal-setting at the start of each project: define benchmarks and KPIs with clients and the team
• Track progress with digital and analytics staff and turn results into clear recommendations

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years in public relations or strategic communications, including agency or consulting experience
• Experience as an account manager, communications manager, or in a similar client-facing lead role
• Confidence leading meetings and facilitating workshops with clients, partners, and senior stakeholders
• Strong project management skills and a track record of juggling multiple clients, budgets, and deadlines
• Experience setting campaign goals and KPIs and reporting results to clients
• Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills
• Comfortable in Microsoft Office and Adobe products
• Experience with public sector, nonprofit, or public health clients is a plus
• Organized, proactive, and good in a small team where you'll wear more than one hat
• Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusive hiring and non-discrimination. We strongly encourage veterans, military spouses, and individuals from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

The Assistant Director is expected to travel two to three times per quarter.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). This description was prepared by RPStaffing and is subject to change. This has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. This job may be modified at any time by adding or removing duties. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.