Media Relations Manager (USACanada) – Remote

We are SŌVYN an award-winning PR and marketing agency on a fast-paced journey that is growing and leading healthcare communications. We provide marketing and PR services for top health tech and life sciences companies around the world. Our experts are renowned for moving minds and driving a better healthcare ecosystem for all.

We are growing and looking for our next new team member who can join our team and contribute to our incredible innovative dynamic client services.

You are an expert in media relations who excels at overseeing public and media relations activities for clients. You have a deep media network are a captivating storyteller and dynamic pitch writer and maybe even consider yourself a bit scrappy. Sound familiar Were looking for you to be a media relations expert on our team. Type As wanted!

Sōvyn is 100% remote. If you have a reliable internet connection and are willing to keep central or eastern hours you can work from anywhere.

As the media relations manager you will:

• Own the success of media relations programs for our clients
• Craft unique and creative pitches and secure media coverage
• Author high-quality content including press releases speaking and award submissions pitches byline articles case studies and other collateral
• Cultivate strong relationships with media industry leaders clients freelancers vendors and other stakeholders
• Set media relations strategy creatively link complex issues with newsworthy coverage potential
• Manage the delivery of PR campaigns across all media platforms
• Lead proactive and reactive media relations efforts to achieve quality high-impact placements on a consistent basis
• Develop and implement evolving quarterly media strategies
• Coordinate the interview process and develop key messages and briefing sheets to prepare clients for media interviews
• Monitor media trends present and share media reports and deliverables with clients
• Organize communication project status and reporting for up-to-date information and communication between the team and client
• Create and update target media lists messaging matrices and communications strategy
• Offer new ideas and initiatives to the team
• Assist with new business research proposal writing and presentations as needed
• Demonstrate enthusiasm in client communications
• Celebrate successes with clients and the Sōvyn team

We understand no candidate checks every single box. Thats why weve divided our list into must have and nice to have.

• Bachelors degree or higher
• 7 years of PR/communications experience (recovering journalists welcome)
• Past work in health tech and pharma biotech or life sciences
• Proven proficiency managing media relations and securing earned placements (online broadcast and print)
• Robust network of traditional and online media contacts
• Ability to maintain and foster relationships with clients and media
• Strategic planner and effective implementer
• Be deadline-driven prioritize and adapt under pressure
• Knowledge of best practices in communications media and PR
• Superior writing skills
• Strong desire to work in a team and be collaborative creative and cool

• Familiar with an agency environment

• Working knowledge of software such as Muck Rack Cision PR Newswire
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance challenges for drug commercialization

• Innovative and award-winning expertise
• Diverse energetic positive culture
• Excellent benefit plans
• Generous PTO including vacation parental leave and summer Fridays
• 100% remote work
• Collaborative inclusive engaging process