This role will be hybrid in-office in Kansas City, MO or Chicago, IL. Relocation is provided to candidates moving.

BarkleyOKRP PR believes that modern consumers are guided and inspired by trusted sources. We believe brands win with stakeholders when they lead with purpose inside their organizations and share relevant stories that build and protect their reputations.

We are searching for a collaborative and passionate Public Relations & Influencer Account Supervisor with prior experience in B2C and B2B communications, including work with clients in the financial services/banking and healthcare industries, as well as experience in influencer marketing. We desire detail-oriented team members who believe in collaboration and client service.

Responsibilities:

• Manages and leads multiple client relationships and accounts within the agency

• Builds and maintains positive working relationships with the media and influencers

• Identifies key media contacts and influencers relevant to accounts and client needs

• Provides insights, trends, and changes in the media and influencer landscapes for clients

• Executes influencer outreach and negotiations, management and measurement of influencers on behalf of clients

• Develops strong pitches and storytelling opportunities for clients; experienced in pitching and securing earned media

• Builds and delivers earned media and influencer campaigns with strategic objectives and amplification for brand channels

• Manages onsite execution of activations with influencers and media, including client, vendor, and partner relationships

• Utilizes media and influencer monitoring and research tools; identifies appropriate measures to evaluate the success of a major project, campaign or event

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of, and follows, best practices and trends for PR and influencer industries

• Provides leadership and mentoring to PR team members and agency partners

• Client needs are anticipated and met; team members are motivated and work load is balanced; client and media relationships are healthy and productive

• Develops workable budgets, strategic plans and realistic time tables

• Develops recommendations, strategy and action plans for meeting client goals

• Participates in new business as required as well as leads professional development courses/classes as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience required

• Minimum 6 years of strategic and executional PR and/or influencer work, preferably some of which has been in an agency environment

• Ability to work autonomously, lead projects and work collaboratively on a team

• Ability to provide sound and responsible public relations and influencer counseling and planning

• Ability to properly plan and execute work in all areas, producing a consistently superior end product that is client-ready

• Impeccable attention to detail and stellar organizational skills

• Excellent communication and persuasion skills, both written and oral

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Experience working with professional services clients and highly regulated industries

• Experience pitching national, regional, local and trade news media and securing interviews and earned media coverage for clients

• Conceptualizes, writes and distributes content for clients including thought leadership, awards, blogs, guest columns, op-eds, technical pieces and other long-form content

• MS Office, Outlook and Excel experience required; experience with PR platforms such as Muck Rack, Qwoted, Releasd, Sprout, CreatorIQ and others preferred