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Posted April 07, 2022
BEACH HOUSE PUBLIC RELATIONS

PR Assistant-Beauty

BEACH HOUSE PUBLIC RELATIONS
New York City, NY, USA ⚠ [Archived] No Longer Accepting Applicants

Beach House PR is an award-winning, woman-owned strategic beauty and lifestyle communications agency based in Newport Beach, with satellite teams in Los Angeles and New York. We specialize in one thing and one thing only: building beauty and wellness lifestyle brands.

You're a creative beauty PR pro who is hungry to continue to learn, grow, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment with both autonomy AND communicative collaboration, and are extremely results-driven.

You can work at home and in the office -- and do both really, really well.

You love talking the talk about your favorite eye cream, face mask, hair product, and lip balm, and understand how to communicate this to your favorite press and influencers in a way that creates campaign-driven content that is more than a one-off, but goal-driven to create a long-lasting, holistic impression.

You understand the hustle and embrace the fact that beauty never sleeps.

You love being involved in creating a great event -- especially on ensuring your network of media and influencers are in attendance, but also able to partake in exciting activations that drive increased client awareness.

You have a great eye, a unique POV, and be extremely detail-oriented with a proven ability to work on numerous clients in a very fast-paced environment while managing client communications and expectations.

You are analytical and adept at troubleshooting; assessing wins and challenges and pivoting to ensure you’re constantly moving forward.

Media Relations:

  • Work alongside Account Executives to create pitches for clients in national and regional media (print, broadcast, and online) and secure editorial placement, coordinate press opportunities and field press inquiries
  • Build strong media relationships, foster existing relationships and consistently source new contacts to build additional relationships
  • Draft/edit brand/product press releases/fact sheets

Administrative:

  • Oversee/review monthly updates to encompass all published placements, confirmed/pending and PR activities per month
  • Oversee nomination of applicable products/brands for beauty awards

Qualifications:

  • 1 year beauty PR experience; agency experience preferred; beauty AE PR experience mandatory
  • Strong media and influencer contacts
  • Possesses rich knowledge of social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, etc
  • Exemplary project management skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities, and adjust strategy and execution in the face of new information
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills -- can adjust copy to various audiences/media with ease and grace
  • Self-motivated and goal-oriented
  • Strong organizational skills, idea-driven; a history of anticipating issues and the skills to be strategic, proactive and assertive
  • Able to present to all levels of the organization and clientele
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; extremely agile
  • An enthusiastic and hands-on maker, with the ability to concept, sell and articulate a great idea
  • Some travel required
  • Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or a related field required

Benefits:

  • Competitive agency salary
  • Based in LA, Newport Beach, or NYC - flexible office schedule working mostly from home
  • Unlimited vacation
  • Medical, health, 401k, wellness, and dental benefits