Ruder Finn's Brand Experience practice is looking for a media relations powerhouse to join our team as Senior Account Supervisor helping to lead earned media strategy for a portfolio of consumer brands across parenting, food, wellness, and lifestyle. This isn't a role for someone who simply manages coverage, it's for someone who engineers it. You'll be bringing relentless pitching energy, deep reporter relationships, and a genuine love of turning ideas into headlines and brand moments into momentum
If you thrive in fast-moving environments, get a kick out of landing a tough placement, and are always one step ahead of the news cycle, you'll fit right in.
Key Responsibilities- Lead earned media strategy for your portfolio, developing angles, driving pitches, and delivering coverage that actually moves the needle for clients
- Serve as the daily client contact and strategic lead, acting as a trusted partner who brings answers, not just updates
- Pitch constantly and confidently to journalists, producers, editors, podcasters, Substack authors, and bloggers, and coach your team to do the same
- Develop creative story angles and pivot quickly when the news cycle shifts, always finding a fresh way in
- Build and nurture a robust network of media contacts across consumer lifestyle, parenting, food, wellness, and broadcast verticals
- Bring a solutions-oriented mindset to every task-turning challenges into breakthroughs, spotting opportunity where others see friction, and pushing earned campaigns forward no matter the obstacle
- Manage, mentor, and develop junior team members, sharing media instincts and helping them nurture media relationships
- Contribute meaningfully to new business by bringing ideas, instincts, and a strong pitch mentality to growth opportunities
- Collaborate with internal creative, strategy, and account teams to ensure media efforts ladder up to the bigger brand story
Qualifications- A bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, marketing, or a related field preferred
- You have 5+ years of experience in consumer media relations and a track record of placements you're genuinely proud of
- You're tapped into trends, communities, and cultural moments before they hit the mainstream, turning emerging stories into timely, ownable angles
- You've personally dreamed up pitches or stunts that others hadn't yet considered, and you've got the results to back it up
- You're known as a media relations savant, armed with a thick Rolodex and eager to pass on your knack for networking to others
- You instinctively know how to make a story sing by tapping into what makes something truly shareworthy
- You're organizationally strong you plan, delegate, and prioritize effectively so nothing slips through the cracks
- You're scrappy and nimble, thriving in fast-moving environments where priorities shift and you pivot without missing a beat
- Bonus points if you have a background as a former reporter
Benefits & More- You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
- You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.
- Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
- Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
- Professional learning and development opportunities
- Workplace flexibility
- On-site and off-site social gatherings
The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $95,000 - $120,000. The salary of the applicant selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, relevant years of experience, skills, abilities of the selected applicant, and other job-related qualifications.
