Associate Specialist

About the Role

This is a high-growth role for an early-career PR professional seeking exposure to the full communications function, including media intelligence, executive visibility, social media, storytelling, and reputation management. As part of a flexible PR support team, this individual will assist teammates across corporate communications, consumer PR, executive communications, and social community management. The role is suited for someone who is curious, organized, news-aware, and eager to develop judgment, writing, measurement, and operating skills to become a well-rounded communications strategist.

Key Responsibilities

• Media intelligence & issue awareness: Track traditional, digital, and emerging media coverage to identify significant coverage, reputational signals, competitive trends, and issues requiring PR attention, particularly during earnings, major announcements, and high-visibility moments.
• Measurement, reporting & insights: Develop recurring reports and analysis to help the PR team understand coverage, measure impact, identify trends, and apply learnings to future planning.
• Editorial planning & alignment: Create recurring updates for leaders and partners on PR wins, results, upcoming priorities, and key external moments. Assist in leading department-wide planning meetings to ensure functional alignment.
• Research & external visibility: Conduct research to inform media strategy, identify priority journalists and outlets, and support awards, speaking opportunities, thought leadership platforms, and competitive visibility efforts.
• Content & message support: Draft, edit, and maintain PR materials, briefing documents, messaging resources, and other external communications content to ensure clarity, accuracy, and usability for partners.
• Special projects: Support priority projects and emerging needs across corporate communications, consumer PR, executive communications, and social community management.
• Tools, systems & smarter ways of working: Support media intelligence platforms, databases, reporting processes, and emerging tools. Identify opportunities to simplify, accelerate, and standardize recurring work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 0+ years of experience
• High school Diploma or GED equivalent
• Experience with media intelligence platforms, databases, and reporting processes.
• Skills in writing, editing, and content creation.
• Ability to conduct research and analyze information.
• Understanding of traditional, digital, and emerging media.
• Aptitude for measurement and reporting.

Qualifications

• Curious, organized, and news-aware.
• Eager to build judgment, writing, measurement, and operating skills.
• Ability to flex across different PR functions.