Associate, Strategic Comms/Communication Focused

Precision Strategies; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Hybrid remote/in office

Retirement plan

Healthcare coverage

Paid vacation and sick leave

Paid parental leave

Floating holidays

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Precision Strategies is seeking an Associate to join our Strategic Communications team in New York, NY or Washington, DC to execute client-facing communication strategies for corporate leaders and advocacy groups.

You will manage day-to-day client needs, draft press materials, monitor media trends, support media relations, and collaborate across teams to deliver timely, high-quality work in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Political Science, or a related field.
• 1+ year of experience in a communications role either in-house, agency, political campaign, government or consultancy environment. Internship experience considered.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone and voice across formats and audiences.
• Solid research and information-gathering skills, with sound judgment about source credibility.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience and/or interest in corporate, advocacy or political campaign environment
• Experience and/or interest in press relations, message development and strategic planning.
• Creativity, energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operational needs of client accounts, ensuring materials (e.g., agenda, notes, clips), timelines, and information (e.g., project trackers) are accurate and accessible.
• Support the execution of client projects and work streams, own defined deliverables from start to finish.
• Produce high-quality first drafts of communications materials, including press releases, pitches, op-eds, and thought leadership content.
• Maintain current knowledge of media industry trends, emerging platforms, and the evolving media landscape.
• Support media relations efforts, including media list development, reporter outreach, coverage tracking, and interview coordination.
• Research and draft messaging and narratives that reflect a clear understanding of the client's vision, voice, and audience.
• Work effectively across internal teams and functions to move client work forward.
• Communicate clearly with peers, client leads, and small audiences, including through internal presentations.
• Share knowledge with the team and support onboarding and development of newer staff or interns.
• Deliver assigned work on time and to a quality standard that requires minimal rework.
• Keep documents, trackers, and shared resources organized and current for team use.
• Understand how individual tasks connect to broader account and client goals.
• Produce first-draft content—presentations, emails, client materials, social content—that is largely error-free and requires limited revision.
• Apply feedback to improve future work products.
• Conduct research that informs client strategy and problem-solving; escalated issues to senior staff when necessary.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in Communications

1+ year experience in communications

Strong written communication

Strong verbal communication

Organizational skills

Ability to manage deadlines

Media relations interest

Press relations

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Political Science, or a related field

Job description

About The Company

Precision is an award-winning integrated strategy and marketing agency based in Washington, DC and New York, NY. Powered by data, we bring world-class experts in each of our service areas to conceive, develop, and run campaigns that help our clients seize opportunities and solve their biggest challenges.

We’re at the center of today’s biggest debates and defining moments, inside the Beltway, across New York’s media and financial worlds, and in state capitals across the country. Our work sits at the intersection of politics, business, and culture, helping leaders and organizations make an impact when it matters most. We hire people who are the best at what they do, and who like to have fun doing it; we don’t just break through. We break new ground.

About The Position

Our team is seeking an Associate to join our Strategic Communications team in New York, NY or Washington, D.C. to execute communication strategies for clients ranging from corporate leaders to advocacy groups.

What You’ll Do

Client Management

• Manage the day-to-day operational needs of client accounts, ensuring materials (e.g., agenda, notes, clips), timelines, and information (e.g., project trackers) are accurate and accessible.
• Support the execution of client projects and work streams, own defined deliverables from start to finish.

Strategic Communications Specialty Specific

• Produce high-quality first drafts of communications materials, including press releases, pitches, op-eds, and thought leadership content.

• Maintain current knowledge of media industry trends, emerging platforms, and the evolving media landscape.
• Support media relations efforts, including media list development, reporter outreach, coverage tracking, and interview coordination.

• Research and draft messaging and narratives that reflect a clear understanding of the client's vision, voice, and audience.

Collaboration

• Work effectively across internal teams and functions to move client work forward.
• Communicate clearly with peers, client leads, and small audiences, including through internal presentations.
• Share knowledge with the team and support the onboarding and development of newer staff or interns.

Project & Time Management

• Deliver assigned work on time and to a quality standard that requires minimal rework.
• Keep documents, trackers, and shared resources organized and current for team use.

Strategy

• Understand how individual tasks connect to broader account and client goals.
• Produce first-draft content — presentations, emails, client materials, social content — that is largely error-free and requires limited revision.
• Apply feedback to improve future work products.
• Conduct research that informs client strategy and problem-solving; escalated issues to senior staff when necessary.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Political Science, or a related field.
• 1+ year of experience in a communications role either in-house, agency, political campaign, government or consultancy environment. Internship experience considered.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone and voice across formats and audiences.
• Solid research and information-gathering skills, with sound judgment about source credibility.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience and/or interest in corporate, advocacy or political campaign environment
• Experience and/or interest in press relations, message development and strategic planning.
• Creativity, energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

What You’ll Receive

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Flexible hybrid remote/in office plan
• Retirement plan with automatic 3% safe-harbor contribution from Precision
• Healthcare coverage - medical, dental and vision with 90% of costs covered by Precision
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Floating holidays
• Professional development stipend

We are currently working in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of the working days in the month.

The salary range for this role is $58,500-60,000.

Precision is committed to building a diverse team that will positively and authentically impact the communities we serve. Centering our strategies around the authentic voices and cultures of the communities we are engaging with is paramount to our work – and our work can only be as inclusive as our team is representative. We strongly encourage women, Black, Latino, Hispanic, AAPI, and Indigenous people, LGBTQ+, gender expansive or GNC folks, people of all ages, disabled people, and veterans to apply.