Job Overview:

Athletes First is seeking a self-driven PR Manager with a proven track record of pitching and securing media placements to join our growing team! The ideal candidate is a creative and proactive go-getter looking to join a positive and collaborative work environment. We're open to a range of PR backgrounds.

About Athletes First:

Athletes First is a full-service management firm that has been representing elite players, coaches, personnel and broadcasters since its inception in 2001. Based in Southern California, with satellite offices in New York City, NY, Gainesville, FL, and Atlanta, GA, Athletes First is a staple in the sports representation business. Over the years, we’ve created a culture that’s built around the two key components of our industry: exude power while remaining intimately personal.

Our Mission is simple: Do the right things, with the right people, for the right reasons

Qualifications:

• Must have great media relations skills and established media contacts
• Strong strategizing, organizational, and time management abilities
• Must be a team player
• Excellent writing and communication skills required
• Strong storytelling and editing skills required
• Attention to detail is essential
• Culturally aware and curious; you're always thinking about what we can do better
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple initiatives while meeting deadlines
• Crisis management experience is a plus
• Basic sports knowledge or sports background is a plus

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Format positive news coverage about agency and staff and cooperate with media to formulate new content
• Expand the public profile of key brand-facing executives among industry audiences, including relationship-building with key industry trades and publications
• Constantly monitor media and social media to find exciting opportunities, stay ahead of industry trends, and bring fresh ideas to increase brand awareness and earned media coverage
• Craft compelling pitches and communication materials to tell our story
• Campaign amplification planning, research, and idea generation
• Develop and distribute press releases to the media and monitor media that is released
• Secure press coverage in key media outlets
• Maintain extensive and meticulously updated contact lists and databases
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously; prioritize effectively while keeping the bigger picture in mind
• Responsible for managing projects end-to-end, from ideation to execution
• Provide creative, out-of-the-box thinking that drives business outcomes

Requirements:

• 2-3 years of full-time public relations experience (agency or in-house)
• Bachelor’s degree in related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proven success in pitching TV, print, and digital media
• Enthusiastic, ambitious, reliable and possess a strong work ethic
• Creative flair across writing and ideation, with a lens of innovative thinking
• A passion for sport and entertainment with a finger on the pulse of popular culture
• Based in Orange County, California area
• This is an in-office position