ABOUT BPR
BPR is a full-service communications agency specializing in lifestyle clients; restaurants, wine and spirits, luxury grocers, food halls, celebrities, small appliances, spas, hotels and more. BPR is globally recognized as the leader in connecting brands with media, influencers and consumers across North America. Offering seamless support in public relations, social media, event planning, sponsorships, marketing, advertising, and beyond.
BPR is looking for a PR Manager with superior interpersonal and communication skills who thrives in a creative and fast-paced environment. You have 3+ years of experience in account management of food and lifestyle-related clients in an agency setting, a proven track record in helping win, retain and grow new accounts, managing client portfolios and motivating a team. You also thrive in designing and delivering fabulous PR campaigns that make a real impact and garner amazing results. In addition, what makes you different is not only your love of food but your passion, creativity, ambition and organization to build a bright future.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Report directly to the Director of Public Relations
- Play a leading role in managing the planning, development, implementation, and execution of the public relations and communications programs that are created for our clients
- Create thorough, well-thought-out, creative public relations and event plans for clients
- Assign, supervise, and review the activities of the BPR team
- Create, edit, deploy, and pitch press releases
- Take the lead in new business acquisitions; research, creating pitches, proposals, and budgets.
- Build and expand upon relationships with members of the media, continually positioning BPR clients as top-of-mind
- Create, monitor, and manage client and BPR budgets
- Provide new business/business development support
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years’ experience in PR in an agency setting
- Experience working with food and lifestyle brands
- Strong knowledge of US food industry media both B2B and B2C
- Strong relationships with local and national lifestyle media
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects with various scopes of work
- Ability to think outside the box
- Ability to delegate tasks
- Manage the overall strategy for accounts
- Knowledge of consumer packaged goods and the retail landscape
- Exceptionally strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and motivate yourself and the team
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and a natural problem solver
- Fluency in Spanish is a bonus