Media Relations Associate

🔥 14 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $74.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🎙️ Public Relations (PR)

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GiveDirectly

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1M Grant on 2018-03

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing direct cash transfers to individuals in need around the world. With a mission to help people living on less than $2. 15 per day, GiveDirectly empowers recipients to make their own financial decisions by delivering unconditional cash directly to them, leveraging mobile money technology. Their innovative approach has led to broad recognition and has been studied in numerous research projects. By bypassing traditional aid mechanisms, GiveDirectly aims to efficiently and scalably transform lives, offering targeted assistance in regions such as Bangladesh, Kenya, and the United States, among others.

📋 Description

• This position will be responsible for pitching GiveDirectly programs and research to key media and thought leaders, reporting directly to the Senior Manager of Media and Strategic Communications. • Pitch traditional media and supporting GiveDirectly’s surrogate strategy — cultivating relationships with public intellectuals, newsletter writers, podcasters, and other content creators who can serve as credible, independent advocates for cash transfers to high-value audiences. • Help build the infrastructure that makes the team smarter and faster. This includes maintaining and improving internal systems and being the in-team expert on AI-powered tools and automation.

🎯 Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in media relations, PR, communications, journalism or related fields • Compelling experience at desk research — able to make sense of opportunities and leads within an opaque industry • Strong familiarity with traditional and non-traditional media and content creators in the United States • Experience with AI tools for research, writing, and workflow automation • Exceptional project management skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple workflows simultaneously • Excellent verbal and written skills, with a focus on concise and intentional communication • Ability to “think” like a journalist — telling a compelling story and communicating why it matters without setting off their PR alarm • Comfort with systems and tools — Airtable and other CRMs — and a disposition toward building better workflows, not just following existing ones • Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity.

🏖️ Benefits

• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard • A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country) • Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take • Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development • Annual Benefits Stipend of $21,393