Public Relations Junior Associate

Job Description

Job Description

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. Candidates must be in commutable distance to our Phildelphia-area office.

We are one of America’s largest and most innovative communications agencies, redefining what’s possible through the power of people and AI, come join us!

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, as well as gain a foundation of how AI can power your work. 
  

• 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.