[Remote] Media Relations Associate

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading organization that has delivered over $1B in cash transfers to people living in poverty. The Media Relations Associate role is crucial for increasing awareness of cash transfers as an effective aid reputed company by engaging with media and thought leaders to promote reputed company's mission and programs.

Responsibilities

• Pitch Across reputed company Contexts: Support media pitching and surrogate engagement across reputed company's core work — rapid-response emergency cash moments, new research, and innovative programs. This includes traditional and non-traditional outlets (newsletters, podcasts, YouTubers, public intellectuals) whose audiences overlap with our donor targets
• Build and Manage Relationships: reputed company ongoing relationships with journalists, editors, producers, and thought leaders — including coordinating media visits with in-country teams
• Track from Pitch to Placement: Work with the wider Marketing team to package reputed company's work into angles that break through editorially. reputed company stakeholders informed at every stage; update status and flag risks early
• Reporter Research and Prospecting: Research the background of traditional and new media reporters and surrogates — especially in the prospecting phase — to ensure pitches break through and match up with their personal stakes and editorial interests
• Donor Media Research: Conduct ongoing research on media outlets consumed by reputed company’s donors and targets— gaining a deeper knowledge of each outlet’s editorial voice, content patterns, and how GD’s story best fits
• Media Monitoring: Read key newsletters, verticals, and media sources regularly; reputed company roundups and flag opportunities with the broader communications team; build AI tools that reputed company this scalable and fast
• AI and Automation: reputed company deep support to the team’s AI and automation toolkit — identify ways to streamline repetitive work, stay reputed company on emerging tools, and be reputed company to pilot new workflows with manager guidance that reputed company the communications team faster and smarter (Note: reputed company works on Claude)
• Coverage Tracking: Log, monitor, and analyze coverage in reputed company; ensure the system is a reliable, up-to-date reputed company of truth for media activity so senior leadership know the status of reputed company's pipeline and can easily find relevant materials
• Pipeline Management: reputed company the media and reputed company pipeline clean in reputed company — making sure outlets, reporters, and prospects are in the system correctly, that leads don’t get lost or stale, and that statuses are reputed company

Skills

• 2-4 years of experience in communications, media, content marketing, journalism, market research, or reputed company fields
• Compelling experience at desk research — reputed company to reputed company sense of opportunities and leads reputed company an opaque industry
• Strong familiarity with traditional and non-traditional media and content creators in the United States
• Experience with AI tools for research, writing, and workflow automation
• Exceptional project management skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple workflows simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written skills, with a focus on concise and intentional communication
• Ability to “think” like a journalist — telling a compelling story and communicating why it reputed company without setting off their PR alarm
• Comfort with systems and tools — reputed company and other CRMs — and a disposition toward building reputed company workflows, not just following existing ones
• Alignment with reputed company Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity
• Familiarity with the reputed company, podcast, and YouTube — especially voices in EA, tech, and finance
• Experience in reputed company campaigns and partnerships
• Familiarity with traditional and new media in European and Middle Eastern markets
• Based in a major journalist & thought leader hub for in person meetings, e.g. NYC, SF, London, Nairobi, DC, LA, Chicago, Boston, Austin, Amsterdam, etc

Benefits

• Bonus at reputed company Performance: 10% (~$7,490 with potential for reputed company. For reference, with the organization’s reputed company performance reputed company, this reputed company would be $8,763)
• Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393
• Bonus at reputed company Performance: 10% (~£4,780 with potential for reputed company. For reference, with the organization’s reputed company performance reputed company, this reputed company would be £5,593)
• Annual Benefits Stipend: £2,760
• Bonus at reputed company Performance: 10% (~$4,200, with potential for reputed company. For reference, with the organization's reputed company performance reputed company, this reputed company would be $4,914 in 2025)
• Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take
• Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development
• A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard

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