Public Relations Assistant Account Executive – Financial Services PR (NYC)

Location: New York, NY

Public Relations Assistant Account Executive – Financial Services PR (NYC)

LOCATION:  This role is hybrid (working some weekdays in-office and remaining weekdays working from home remotely).  We have one job opening for the Financial Services PR team’s PR AAE role, and the position can either be based either in: our NYC office, or our Washington DC office, or our Nashville Office.  This is the ad for our NYC office. 

We’re seeking qualified metro NYC area public relations candidates to join our leading industry financial services public relations department.  The ideal applicant will have previous public relations agency-based financial services internship or work experience with clients in the corporate and financial services B2B and B2C sector (fintech, investing, crypto, banking, and payments); have a college degree in PR, Communications, or Journalism; have excellent writing skills; and be ready for immediate hire for this full-time position. (This is not an internship role and is not a sales role.)

This full-time, direct-hire position has terrific benefits & perks:

• Generous vacation, personal, holiday, and sick days off, plus up to 5 Winter Break paid days off between Christmas and New Year’s Day, plus up to 5 additional Summer Days Off.
• Travel and consumer discounts (from rental cars to cell phones and more)
• Wellness subsidy
• 401K Plan
• Outstanding insurance/benefits package
• Career mentorship from some of the best PR pros in the business
• Professional growth opportunities within our award-winning global PR agency

Now that we’ve (hopefully) sold you on us, let’s talk about this role and our team:

Our financial services public relations team is one of the best in the industry. We seek candidates passionate about communications, ready to roll up their sleeves, and contribute to our team’s success on behalf of clients. You will join a leading PR agency team working with regional, national, and international clients.  This is an opportunity to work on communications campaigns for clients who are leaders in the corporate and financial services B2B and B2C sector – fintech, investing, crypto, banking, payments and more. 
You will work with a dedicated team of seasoned public relations professionals where collaboration, diversity, hard work, creativity, kindness, and dedication to our clients are highly valued.  We proudly do what we love, and we love what we do!  Everything you will learn in this role will provide you with opportunities to grow your public relations skill set and career path within FINN Partners and our financial services public relations practice.
Responsibilities:

• Compile comprehensive, targeted media lists, actively pitch media and secure earned media coverage
• Write, proof and edit client-related documents including pitches, press materials, news releases, other editorial content
• Supporting client media briefings, events, speaking opportunities and developing award submissions
• Monitor, track and report earned, owned and social media coverage of client news and competitor developments
• Research industry or program-relevant topics efficiently
• Participating in client meetings, develop agendas, managing trackers and drafting meeting reports

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, PR, or journalism.
• Prior work experience or PR internships in public relations role (PR agency-based client-based experience is strongly preferred). 
• Familiarity with public relations/communications programs as evidenced through completed college coursework, internships, or related work experience.
• Interest and desire to work in public relations with corporate and financial services B2B and B2C clients.
• Self-starter with excellent organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and writing skills.
• Experience with research and measurement tools (e.g., Cision, Meltwater) is preferred but optional.

New York, NY #LI-Hybrid  #LI-KM1

Anticipated Salary: $23.00/hour to $24.00/hour for this full-time, non-exempt, direct hire position.  Is commensurate with experience and dependent upon the location.

To Apply:

Please upload your resume and cover letter detailing your prior work experience and indicate your desired hourly salary in $US Dollars (within the salary budget range indicated above).  Within your Cover Letter, please include a link to your Writing Samples/Samples of PR Work.  While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.

About Finn Partners:

FINN Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn’s vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.  We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life our clients’ world-changing technologies, products, and services.  Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300+ employees with offices in 32 cities around the world: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisc.), Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland (Ore.), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington D.C.