Director, Media Relations – Sports

🕒 April 27

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $105k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🎙️ Public Relations (PR)

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Praytell

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51 - 200 employees

📱 Media

🤝 B2B

Media • B2B

Praytell is a global creative communications agency that specializes in public relations, digital marketing, influencer marketing, and creative marketing. With expertise in sectors such as travel and tourism, beverage, corporate reputation, tech, lifestyle, and sports, Praytell focuses on crafting 'Creative That Earns' real attention for brands. Their campaigns blend data, empathy, and creativity, engaging audiences strategically across various platforms. Praytell prides itself on its team culture, offering benefits such as health and wellness programs and a four-day work week to foster creativity and support client growth.

📋 Description

• Lead earned media strategy and execution across Sports & Entertainment practice • Collaborate closely with influencer, social, creative and analytics partners • Mentor junior staff and serve as a trusted client partner • Manage proactive and reactive media relations while mentoring junior staff in pitching, strategy and client service • Partner with account leads to co-develop KPIs, oversee reporting and monitoring

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of PR and media relations experience • Strong media relationships across channels, especially in sports and sports business outlets • Experience with AI tools for research, workflow optimization, ideation and creative development • Ability to develop and execute innovative media strategies for sports, entertainment and lifestyle clients • Capacity to create compelling angles, pitches and storytelling opportunities

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health care (Medical, Dental, Vision) • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with annual shares of Project Worldwide, our parent company • Traditional and Roth 401(k) options with an annual employer contribution based on company performance • Flexible Time Off (FTO), company holidays and mental health days • Flexible work locations within the US - remote is a-ok! We also have physical hubs and offices in LA, SF, Austin, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York • Flex Fridays, designed to keep Fridays meeting-free for focused work and to give you space to support your personal wellbeing while delivering great client service • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health, family, career, legal and financial support • Paid parental leave and fertility support • Training and team-building programs • Camp Praytell, our company offsite (eligibility based on start date) • Employee Resource Groups (BEACON, Compañeros, elevAsian, Herizon and Prism) • And more!