Public Relations Specialist

Rival; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401(k) matching

Employee groups

Team events

Casual dress

Austin location

On-site parking

Coffee bar

Onsite gym

EAP

Paid time off

Parental leave

Referral program

Relocation aid

Job summary

Arrive Logistics is seeking a Public Relations Specialist to support media relations, announcements, and event communications in-house. You’ll maintain calendars, draft pitches, and coordinate materials with Marketing leadership, ensuring timely, accurate messaging.

You’ll gather stories from across the business, prepare spokesperson materials, and track coverage. The role requires polished writing, strong organization, and the ability to move quickly with multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in PR, communications, journalism, marketing, or related field.
• 3+ years in communications, PR, marketing, or related field, incl. internships.
• Strong writing across pitches, announcements, audience communications and supporting documents.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a track record of catching what others miss.
• Comfort moving between multiple concurrent tasks and shifting priorities.
• Excellent communication skills with executives, customers, media and employees at all levels.
• Collaborative approach and comfort taking direction from multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS Office and adaptability to AI tools.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and grow relationships with trade, national and industry reporters; monitor HARO and Qwoted; draft pitches and press materials.
• Draft and coordinate company announcements; work across marketing and leadership to move them through review.
• Build and maintain the PR calendar, media lists, and coverage trackers; keep materials current.
• Collect and organize story material from across the business; partner with Market Intelligence, Content, and Internal Communications.
• Support spokesperson prep for media, podcasts, and features with background documents and talking points.
• Support event communications and materials for customer and executive events; assist with invitations and agendas.
• Track media placements, coverage, and event communications; prepare summaries for the team.
• Provide communications and writing support across the marketing team as priorities shift.

Skills

Media relations

Writing

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in PR/Communications/Marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI platforms

Job description

Who We Are

Arrive Logistics is a leading transportation and technology company in North America with plans to grow significantly year over year. Our success is a testament to our remarkable team and what we’re building together. We’re committed to providing employees with a meaningful work experience and have established an award-winning culture that supports personal and career development in a fun, casual, and collaborative environment.

Who We Want

The Public Relations Specialist supports Arrive’s public relations and communications work across the business, partnering closely with the VP of Marketing and the Senior Events & Engagement Manager. This is a hands‑on, highly collaborative role for someone who is detail oriented and comfortable moving quickly between very different tasks — drafting a media pitch in the morning, building an event document in the afternoon, and keeping a calendar or tracker current in between.

Arrive is bringing public relations in-house, and this role is a core part of making that work. Day to day it means supporting media outreach, drafting company announcements, maintaining our communications calendars and trackers, and preparing the materials that surround our customer and executive events. Direction on positioning, story angles and priorities comes from marketing leadership. The strength of this role is turning that direction into well‑written, well‑executed work at pace, and being the person who keeps the details from slipping.

What You’ll Do

• Media Relations Support: Help maintain and grow relationships with trade, national and industry reporters. Monitor inbound platforms such as HARO and Qwoted daily and flag relevant opportunities. Draft pitches and press materials, and support outreach against the coverage cadence set with marketing leadership.
• Company Announcements: Draft and coordinate company announcements as they arise, including new offices, partnerships, service expansion and recognition, working across marketing and leadership to move them through review and out the door.
• PR Calendar & Trackers: Build and maintain the PR calendar, media lists, coverage trackers and related documentation, keeping everything current and accessible to the team.
• Story Gathering: Collect and organize story material from across the business, partnering with Market Intelligence on freight market data, Content on depth pieces, and Internal Communications on employee and employer‑brand stories. Bring what you find to marketing leadership for direction on angle and priority.
• Spokesperson Support: Help subject matter experts across Arrive and support their preparation for media, podcasts and industry features, including background documents and talking points.
• Event Communications & Materials: Support the communications that surround our customer and executive events, including invitations, attendee communications, on‑site messaging and follow‑up, along with supporting materials such as briefing documents, agendas and executive one‑pagers, in partnership with the events team.
• Reporting: Track media placements, coverage and event communications activity, and prepare summaries for the team on a consistent cadence.
• Team Support: Provide communications, writing and operational support across the marketing team as priorities shift and bandwidth allows.
• Other Project Needs: Assist with additional project needs as they arise, demonstrating flexibility and a proactive approach to support the organization’s goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field, preferred.
• 3+ years experience in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related field, including internship experience.
• Strong writing ability across formats, including pitches, announcements, audience communications and supporting documents.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a track record of catching what others miss.
• Comfort moving between multiple concurrent tasks and shifting priorities without losing track of the details.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact professionally with executives, customers, media and employees at all levels of the organization.
• A collaborative approach, and comfort taking direction from multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and a willingness to adopt new tools quickly, including AI platforms.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.

The Perks of Working With Us

• Take advantage of our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental coverage.
• Invest in your future with our matching 401(k) program.
• Build relationships and find your home at Arrive through our Employee Resource Groups.
• Enjoy office wide engagement activities, team events, happy hours and more!
• Leave the suit and tie at home; our dress code is casual.
• Work in the booming city of Austin, TX – we are in a convenient location close to the airport and downtown.
• Park your car for free on site!
• Start your morning with a specialty drink from our fully stocked coffee bar, Broker’s Brew.
• Sweat it out with the team at our onsite gym.
• Maximize your wellness with free counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Take time to manage your physical and mental health - we offer company paid holidays, paid vacation time and wellness days.
• Receive 100% paid parental leave when you become a new parent.
• Get paid to work with your friends through our Referral Program!
• Get relocation assistance! If you are not local to the area, we offer relocation packages.

Your Arrive Experience

When we say “award-winning culture,” we mean it. We’ve been recognized as a top workplace by Inc. Fast Company, Fortune, and earned Top Workplaces and Great Place to Work, to name a few. We intend on topping many more of those lists in the years to come, but we’re not in it for the trophies. We’re committed to culture because it keeps us connected to each other and invested in our shared success while having a blast along the way. Our employee-founded resource groups create communities within Arrive’s walls, including Women in Logistics, Emerging Professionals, Prisms, Black Logistics Group, Salute and Unidos.

Notice:

To ensure a safe and transparent interview process, we want to note that Arrive Logistics adheres to strict recruitment practices. Candidates undergo an interview process, and Arrive Logistics does not provide unsolicited job offers. If you have concerns about receiving a fraudulent offer, please contact [e-mail] for verification.