We’re not looking for someone who just wants a job. Instead we want someone interested in growing his or her public relations career with us over the long term … someone willing to commit to us as much as we are hoping to commit to them.

We also happen to think Kimball Communications is a pretty great place to work. Why? First, we have amazing people contributing to our team-centric, respectful and often humorous office culture. Our PR pros also do amazing work for our clients, who themselves are pretty outstanding to work with as well. Those clients are leaders in the areas of insurance, law, real estate, trade associations, non-profits, manufacturing and healthcare, among others.

Our office is convenient to Philadelphia – just one-half hour from the heart of Center City. Every day we each look forward to doing great work with good people who appreciate that egos are checked at the door. We think we’ve got that whole work-life balance thing down to a science with flexible schedules, work from home opportunities, generous paid time off as well as holidays, performance bonuses based on profitability and much more. (Oh, did I mention snacks?)

What we are looking for in return is commitment. Commitment to doing the best job possible. Commitment to being a team player who knows this is a relationship business and acts accordingly. Commitment to succeeding rather than worrying about taking credit. Commitment to being as flexible with us in meeting agency and client goals as we are in making that whole work-life thing balance out. And, of course, commitment to developing, managing and successfully executing communications strategies and tactics for our clients with skill and integrity.

To paraphrase Liam Neeson, what we’re looking for is a very particular set of skills – skills acquired over time spent working as a journalist or a public relations professional. We are not looking for specialists in marketing, advertising, or digital media services.

So we’re looking for a PR pro whose career is defined by the following:

• Professional experience:
  • At least three years of experience working as a reporter or editor for a non-college affiliated news organization; or
  • At least three years at a public relations agency where your primary responsibility was providing public relations services; or
  • Not less than three years in an in-house role managing communications (internal and external) for a large business or non-profit
• Education:
  • A bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations or communications.
• Skills:
  • A proven track record of securing placements in both consumer and trade media.
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
  • Above average talent as a writer of multiple genres.
  • Extensive, first-hand knowledge of building media lists and pitching reporters.
  • Detailed knowledge of social media channels and related dashboards to manage content on behalf of clients.

Core responsibilities for the PR Manager role include:

• Serve as a daily contact for clients
• Assist in developing client PR strategies and thought leadership plans
• Write, edit and distribute press releases, media alerts, bylined articles and blog posts
• Conduct outreach to trade, mainstream, broadcast and online media outlets
• Develop and pitch story ideas to secure placements for our clients
• Draft monthly reports for clients and work with our media relations coordinator to collect and share client clips
• Manage select social media platforms on behalf of the agency and clients
• Work with our team to develop social media strategy and provide guidance to clients on all social media services
• Meet all deadlines!

If you are as committed as we are to being part of a fun, talented and successful public relations team then we can’t wait to meet you.

Be sure to send an original cover letter that makes a persuasive case for your selection for this role, along with your resume to the attention of Rod Hughes at rhughes@kimballpr.com. The subject line must read: PR Manager Application. Also please be sure to include up to three professional writing samples and not less than three professional references.