Communications Manager 4 - 18521

Transcend Solutions; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Transcend Solutions in Plano, TX is seeking a seasoned PR professional to advance our corporate reputation efforts. You will lead media relations, craft proactive outreach, and partner with the Director of Corporate Reputation to elevate our client brands.

You’ll leverage media monitoring tools, turn insights into actionable strategies, and help expand the team’s reporting capabilities while managing multiple priorities with strong execution and collaborative spirit.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of PR experience in-house or agency.
• Experience managing media relations for brand campaigns.
• Ability to tell compelling stories and develop outreach ideas.
• Ability to track KPIs and translate results into actions.
• Excellent time management and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage and maintain relationships with media contacts alongside the Director of Corporate Reputation.
• Develop proactive media outreach strategies and pitch materials.
• Leverage media monitoring tools to gain insights and inform actions.
• Grow reporting function and identify new channels for impact.
• Able to contribute on team projects from risk assessments to media monitoring.

Skills

PR experience

Media relations

Storytelling

KPI tracking

Time management

Team collaboration

Tools

Media monitoring tools

Job description

• Engage and maintain relationships with media contacts alongside the Director of Corporate Reputation.
• Develop proactive media outreach strategies and pitch materials to bolster our client's positive reputation.
• Leverage a suite of media monitoring tools to sense and understand the media landscape as it relates to our client’s brand reputation, turning observations into actionable insights.
• Grow the Corporate Reputation team’s reporting function within the organization and identify new channels to provide organizational impact.
• Able to step in easily when needed on team projects from risk assessments to media monitoring.

Knowledge/expertise/experience:

• 5-7 years of PR experience, either in-house or at an agency (knowledge managing an external agency a plus)
• Experience managing media relations for brand campaigns
• Creativity to bring fresh perspective to our work and come up with ideas that challenge status quo
• Ability to identify, develop and tell compelling stories
• Ability to track KPIs and translate results into key learnings and actions to inform future approach
• Excellent time management, organizational, and project management skills

Skills:

• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Results-driven media relations specialist with existing contacts
• Strong networker with ability to forge and maintain new media relationships
• Strategic thinker who thinks and speaks in numbers
• Extremely detail-oriented and solutions-oriented to deliver results
• Thrives under pressure and possess flexibility to manage multiple priorities and pivots
• Energy and passion to collaborate and contribute to team culture