JONESWORKS, strategy-driven communications, marketing, and management agency, is seeking a driven, creative, and highly organized Publicist, Talent and Entertainment in our New York or Los Angeles office.

The ideal candidate is a natural leader and a seasoned publicist with experience driving, managing, and executing impactful PR and marketing campaigns for entertainment and talent clients. The candidate must think big picture, have an extensive client management background, and deeply understand the ever-changing media and entertainment landscape.  In addition, the candidate can lead strategic counsel, internally and externally, to successfully align our client’s objectives with impactful earned media ROI.

Role & Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, strategy, and guidance across our Talent and Entertainment Division
• Significant experience in working with talent, entertainment and media clients, premieres, award shows, conferences, photo shoots, and other red-carpet events
• Develop creative and innovative, results-driven public relations and marketing programs to support client objectives, launches, activations, etc.
• Drive and manage the roll-out of the client strategy and ensure you meet key deadlines to deliver impactful ROI
• Act as senior counsel to client to address client needs thoughtfully and effectively
• Oversee and manage ever-evolving client strategies to ensure client objectives and goals are achieved and results are measurable
• Secure high profile and top tier national and local/regional coverage for clients across national broadcast, print and digital media
• Oversee creation of original materials such as press releases, media alerts, communications, press and marketing assets, features, exclusives, and Op-eds
• Work closely with talent client’s external brand partners to lead creative and innovative, results-driven programs with their various business enterprises, partnerships, launches, collaborations, and activations
• Engage with media to secure high-level features and placements for clients and their projects
• Act as day-to-day client contact for high-profile clients and address client issues thoughtfully and effectively
• Organize, staff, and promote high-profile client events, interviews, photo shoots, awards, festivals, etc.
• Manage client scopes and budgets as well as budget and profitability for division
• Maintain sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information

Requirements:

• 10+ years working in talent public relations
• Seamless management of all PR deliverables associated with a client, on all timelines, with inputs from a wide variety of different directions and stakeholders
• Experience with high profile talent media relations, press campaign development and execution of creative and strategic communication plans
• Strong media relationships across entertainment, lifestyle, and trade
• Ability to manage a team of junior level executives through clear communication and direction
• Meets deadlines without sacrificing quality

Benefits:

• JONESWORKS offers medical, dental, vision and 401(K), unlimited Paid Time Off, Summer Fridays, Extended PTO for December/January holiday, bonus incentives and other perks!
• Salary: $105-130K

***We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.***