Remote Senior PR & Thought Leadership Lead

Kiva.org; Ohio; Remote; USD 91,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k matching

Unlimited PTO

Professional development

Job summary

Kiva.org is seeking a Senior Manager, Public Relations to lead PR and media strategy across campaigns, partnerships, and thought leadership. This role drives analytics, content amplification, and external visibility, coordinating with Marketing and Strategic Partnerships teams to maximize impact.

The role focuses on building media equity, managing a PR firm, and ensuring consistent messaging across all channels, including LinkedIn, at a national scale.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in public relations and media relations, including direct media pitching and journalist relationship management.
• Experience developing and executing thought leadership strategy and channel activation.
• Experience managing multi-partner communications or marketing campaigns across internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Advance Kiva's PR and thought leadership goals in tandem with the Director and manage day-to-day PR firm relationships.
• Pull borrower stories, impact stats, and outcome metrics to support media opportunities.
• Own Muck Rack tracking, reporting, and media list development for localized pitching.
• Maintain PR-ready resources for partners and enable media opportunities across U.S. hubs, Lending Partners, and Strategic Partners.
• Lead localized pitching for community-based media coverage and surface opportunities to leadership.
• Identify and surface PR opportunities with Strategic Partnerships to elevate Kiva’s visibility at conferences and events.
• Own LinkedIn strategy and channel management, and amplify thought leadership across channels.

Skills

Public relations

Media relations

Thought leadership

Campaign management

Agency partnerships

LinkedIn & social

Data analytics

Storytelling

Cross-functional

Tools

Sprout

Air

Looker

Dovetail

Salesforce

Job description

Kiva.org is seeking a Senior Manager, Public Relations to lead PR and media strategy across campaigns, partnerships, and thought leadership. This role drives analytics, content amplification, and external visibility, coordinating with Marketing and Strategic Partnerships teams to maximize impact.

The role focuses on building media equity, managing a PR firm, and ensuring consistent messaging across all channels, including LinkedIn, at a national scale.