Public Relations Consultant
Horizontal Talent

Job Summary:
The Public Relations Contractor will play a crucial role in positively positioning the overall brand by driving corporate messaging, enhancing our company's reputation and providing support to teams across the organization.

You will serve as a communications consultant, supporting a wide range of projects and working across the business with other teams and senior leaders. Responsibilities include executing and developing high-quality external communications strategies that keep the target audience engaged and informed, crafting compelling messaging and supporting media relations for corporate initiatives. You are a storyteller who possess excellent communications skills and be a solution-oriented, tenacious, self-starter who wants to drive meaningful results.


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute proactive brand, community and corporate PR strategies and create compelling messaging.
• Work cross-functionally with Corporate Marketing and various business teams on collaborative announcements, events and campaigns, and for media responses related to both reactive opportunities and issues management.
• Prepare press releases, external talking points, and other press assets, along with website and owned content to support external storytelling
• Manage inbound media inquiries and media responses for corporate-related news, sponsorships and crisis or issues
• Help manage and collaborate with outside PR agencies to execute external campaigns
• Track public relations and media metrics related to external campaigns

• Bachelor's degree required in related field (Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or Business)
• 5-10 years in Communications, and/or Public Relations-related role(s)
• Proven ability to develop effective communication plans and write with speed, accuracy, consistency, and the appropriate tone and length for the intended audience
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a matrix environment; ability to make decisions and influence leadership
• Highly developed organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple, complex tasks simultaneously
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment with continuous change
• High level of integrity, curiosity, flexibility, initiative and creativity
• Handles sensitive information with discretion and high degree of confidentiality.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)

• 5-month contract
• Standard fast-paced corporate office environment (hybrid - in office 2-3 days/week)