Public Relations Junior Associate

Gain real world experience at Gregory - named PR Agency of the Year by PR Daily and to PRWeek's Best Places to Work list! You will work with team members to support PR campaigns, and perform a range of important tactical activities, including media research and outreach, media monitoring, research projects, report generation and writing assignments. These assignments may include exposure to drafting press releases, media alerts, pitches, blog posts, social media copy, etc., supplemented by administrative support. Candidates must be in commutable distance to our Ardmore, PA, office.

Essential Functions

• Learn and support public relations functions and responsibilities, including media relations, content creation, research and client communications.
  


• Research media lists, conduct media outreach and participate in client communications, based on supervisor’s guidance.


• Update and track team and client projects/activity in Google docs, Excel spreadsheet or a similar tool, as directed by supervisor.


• Participate as a collaborative team player by actively listening and contributing in team meetings, documenting key discussion points and action items stemming from those meetings, and providing creative insight.


• Familiarize, gain competency and use productivity tools such as MuckRack and ChatGPT. 
  

• Develop knowledge of Gregory's service offerings and clients’ businesses.

Performance Measurements

• Ability to take ownership of assigned deliverables and multitask.


• Accurately complete assigned tasks by deadlines and with appropriate documentation.


• Communicate status of tasks completely, concisely and clearly; both orally and in written form.


• Ability to perform tasks with progressively less direction and supervision and increasingly more proactivity.


• Maintain a high level of organization and discipline in supporting team members and team leader.

Education & Experience

• An undergraduate degree in communication, public relations, marketing, journalism, English, or a similar major.


• Previous PR internship experience a plus.

Skills

• Organized and able to multitask


• Strong verbal and written communication


• Able to work well in a team environment


• Enthusiastic and customer service oriented


• Positive and proactive attitude


• Desire to learn, with a curious, open mind


• Ability to use technology in your workday - from client work deliverables to AI to productivity tools

Gregory is an equal opportunity employer, and will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination on account of a person’s sex, age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual preference, or orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability, or any other protected group or status.