PR Manager, Speakers Bureau & Awards (Contract)

Publicis Groupe; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Sapient seeks a proactive PR leader to run the global Speakers Bureau and Awards program on a 6-8 month leave coverage contract. You will shape executive positioning, manage submissions, and coordinate cross-functional teams across product, marketing and communications.

You will translate complex AI and technology concepts into clear B2B narratives, build media relationships, and drive thought leadership for senior executives across time zones with regional travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Manager-level PR or communications experience, ideally in technology, consulting, professional services or media.
• Experience managing executive speaker, awards or industry-recognition programs.
• Strong project management skills across complex workflows, stakeholders and deadlines.
• Excellent communication, editorial judgment and attention to detail.
• Experience shaping executive positioning, thought leadership or senior-leader messaging.
• Ability to turn complex technology and business topics into clear external narratives.
• Confident collaboration with senior executives and global stakeholders.
• Willingness to work across time zones and travel regionally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategic global speakers bureau aligned to business priorities and executive expertise.
• Maintain a forward-looking tracker of speaking engagements and opportunities with reporting.
• Research and evaluate high-impact speaking opportunities across events.
• Manage speaker submissions end to end with AI-assisted research and strong editorial judgment.
• Maintain a centralized library of executive bios and assets for submissions.
• Partner with executives to develop session narratives showcasing technology expertise and client impact.
• Prepare senior executives for priority speaking opportunities with aligned messaging.
• Lead global awards strategy and maintain a calendar with clear prioritization and deadlines.
• Identify high-impact awards and submission opportunities for executives and client work.
• Coordinate stakeholders and evidence for awards submissions with strong narratives.
• Amplify wins through media and internal channels with cross-functional teams.
• Translate complex product/AI concepts into clear B2B narratives.
• Build relationships with journalists, editors, producers, podcasters and influencers.
• Support pitching that positions executives as credible voices on AI and technology.
• Connect speaking, awards and product stories to broader earned-media activity.
• Contribute to newsletters, presentations and coverage reporting.

Skills

Executive leadership

Project management

Editorial judgment

AI-assisted research

Global stakeholder management

Time-zone flexibility

Travel readiness

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Company description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Overview

Publicis Sapient is seeking a highly organized, proactive communications leader to join our Global PR team as PR Manager, Speakers Bureau & Awards. This contract role will provide leave coverage for approximately 6-8 months.

You will step in to lead our global executive speakers bureau and awards program, while supporting product storytelling and media relations that build Publicis Sapient’s reputation in product, AI and technology.

Working with PR, product marketing, brand marketing and business leaders, you will help run an intelligence-led PR engine that elevates executives across a global organization.

Your Impact

Executive Speaker Bureau

• Lead a strategic global speakers bureau aligned to business priorities, key narratives and executive expertise.
• Maintain a forward-looking tracker of speaking engagements and opportunities, ensuring accurate reporting, deadline management and media-value identification.
• Research and evaluate high-impact speaking opportunities across business, technology and marketing events.
• Manage speaker submissions end to end, drafting abstracts, positioning and materials with AI-assisted research and strong editorial judgment.
• Maintain a centralized library of executive bios, headshots, past sessions and speaker assets for efficient, consistent submissions.
• Partner with executives and marketing leaders to develop session narratives that showcase technology expertise, product innovation and client impact.
• Prepare senior executives for priority speaking opportunities with relevant, distinctive and aligned messaging.

Awards Strategy & Industry Recognition

• Lead Publicis Sapient’s global awards strategy, prioritizing recognition across technology, AI, innovation, transformation, leadership and client impact.
• Maintain a global awards calendar and tracker with clear prioritization, reporting and deadline management.
• Identify high-impact awards and recognition opportunities for Publicis Sapient, executives, products and client work.
• Manage awards submissions end to end, coordinating stakeholders, evidence and high-quality narratives.
• Apply strategic storytelling and editorial judgment using innovation, outcomes and transformation proof points.
• Partner with PR, marketing and product teams to amplify wins through media, executive, social and internal channels.

Product PR & Media Relations

• Translate complex product, AI and technology concepts into clear B2B narratives.
• Build relationships with relevant journalists, editors, producers, podcasters, creators, event programmers and influencers.
• Support pitching that positions Publicis Sapient executives as credible voices on AI, technology and priority topics.
• Connect speaking, awards, product stories and thought leadership to broader earned-media activity.
• Support priority PR projects and events as needed.
• Contribute to newsletters, presentations and reporting on coverage, performance and team successes.

What Success Looks Like

• During leave coverage, success means seamless continuity and strong delivery across Speakers Bureau and Awards while increasing strategic impact.
• You will maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities; position executives for influential platforms; deliver accurate, timely submissions; generate media value; and build trusted global stakeholder relationships.
• You will bring curiosity and initiative, using AI and emerging tools to improve research, prioritization, storytelling and workflows.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Manager-level PR or communications experience, ideally in technology, consulting, professional services or media.
• Experience managing executive speaker, awards or industry-recognition programs.
• Strong project management skills across complex workflows, stakeholders and deadlines.
• Excellent communication, editorial judgment and attention to detail.
• Experience shaping executive positioning, thought leadership or senior-leader
• Ability to turn complex technology and business topics into clear external narratives.
• Confidence working with senior executives and global stakeholders.
• Independent, collaborative and proactive in a global environment.
• Strong knowledge of AI-assisted research, drafting and communications workflows.
• Willingness to work across time zones and travel regionally as needed.

Additional information

Pay Range: $120,000 - $145,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant full time salary ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

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