Media Relations Manager, PR Agency (health tech, biotech)

KNB Communications; Connecticut; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare communications agency is searching for a Media Relations Manager to oversee media programs and create impactful content. You will leverage your extensive PR experience to build relationships and secure media coverage for top health tech clients. Ideal candidates have 7+ years of communications experience and a strong media network. This role is 100% remote with flexible working hours.

Benefits

401k plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO, including vacation and parental leave

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• 7+ years of PR/communications experience.
• Experience in health tech, pharma, biotech, or life sciences.
• Proven proficiency securing earned placements.

Responsibilities

• Own the success of media relations programs.
• Craft unique pitches and secure media coverage.
• Develop and implement quarterly media strategies.

Skills

Media relations expertise

Storytelling

Dynamic pitch writing

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Muck Rack

Cision

PR Newswire

SEM Rush

HubSpot

Job description

We are KNB Communications, an award-winning PR and marketing agency on a fast-paced journey that is growing and leading healthcare communications. We provide marketing and PR services for top health tech and life sciences companies around the world. Our experts are renowned for moving minds and driving a better healthcare ecosystem for all.

We are continuing our growth! We are looking for our next new team member who can join our team and contribute to our incredible, innovative, dynamic client services.

You are an expert in media relations who excels at overseeing public and media relations activities for clients. You have a deep media network, are a captivating storyteller, and dynamic pitch writer, and maybe even consider yourself a bit scrappy. Sound familiar? We're looking for you to be a media relations expert on our team. Type As wanted!

KNB Communications is 100% remote. If you have a reliable internet connection and are willing to keep central or eastern hours, you can work from anywhere.

As the media relations manager, you will:

• Own the success of media relations programs for our clients
• Craft unique and creative pitches and secure media coverage
• Author high-quality content, including press releases, pitches, byline articles, case studies, and other collateral
• Cultivate strong relationships with media, industry leaders, clients, freelancers, KNB vendors, and other stakeholders
• Set media relations strategy, creatively link complex issues with newsworthy coverage potential
• Manage the delivery of PR campaigns across all media platforms
• Lead proactive and reactive media relations efforts to achieve quality, high-impact placements on a consistent basis
• Develop and implement evolving quarterly media strategies
• Coordinate the interview process and develop key messages and briefing sheets to prepare clients for media interviews
• Monitor media trends, present and share media reports and deliverables with clients
• Create and update target media lists, messaging matrices, and editorial calendars
• Maintain and update agency media database
• Offer new ideas and initiatives to the team
• Assist with new business research, proposal writing, and presentations as needed
• Demonstrate enthusiasm in client communications
• Celebrate successes with clients and the KNB team

We understand no candidate checks every single box. That’s why we’ve divided our list into “must have” and “nice to have.”

Musts:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 7+ years of PR/communications experience (recovering journalists welcome)
• Past work in health tech, and pharma, biotech, or life sciences
• Proven proficiency securing earned placements (online, broadcast, and print)
• Robust network of traditional and online media contacts
• Ability to maintain and foster relationships with clients and media
• Strategic planner and effective implementer
• Be deadline-driven, prioritize, and adapt under pressure
• Knowledge of best practices in communications, media, and PR
• Superior writing skills
• Strong desire to work in a team and be collaborative, creative, and cool

Pluses:

• Familiar with an agency environment
• Working knowledge of software such as Muck Rack, Cision, PR Newswire, SEM Rush, and HubSpot
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance challenges for drug commercialization

Why our team loves KNB

• Innovative and award-winning expertise
• Diverse, energetic, positive culture
• Excellent 401k, health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous PTO, including vacation, parental leave, and summer Fridays
• 100% remote work
• Collaborative, inclusive, engaging process

Other Information

• This position reports to the Vice President of Communications + Client Services.
• KNB Communications is based in Stamford, CT
• Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm ET