Senior PR Manager
Rokt makes e-commerce smarter, faster and better. When customers are buying online, they increasingly expect more personalized and relevant experiences. Rokt uses real time data and decisioning to deliver the next best action for each person in each Transaction Moment™.
Our brilliant team of Rokt’stars have built a unique platform to unlock the unrealized potential in every single Transaction Moment(™), for businesses and consumers alike. Born in Sydney, Rokt now operates in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, The Netherlands and Japan. We are profitable, growing fast and having great fun changing the face of ecommerce.
You’ll be a great candidate for this role if you love to be part of an extremely high performing team. You thrive leading and inspiring a team of over-achievers. International travel and domestic travel is a requirement in this role (approx 10-15% of time).
Who you are:
You are smart with humility. You are someone others look up to and you take that responsibility seriously. You are a positive force in any team and others seek out the chance to work with you. You set a clear strategy for the team to achieve their goals, and you look for opportunities to recognize their work. You collaborate well across cross-functional teams.
You are customer obsessed. You can put yourself in the shoes of the customer. You prompt others in your team to remember to do this and you build out strategies to keep this in the centre of all output. You make sure there are open channels of feedback/ communication from customers to understand their view on all we do.
You are up for a challenge. When something doesn’t turn out as planned, you’re one of the first to learn from the experience and help others find the persistence to keep trying new things. You have learned that the best way to deal with a problem is to face it quickly and efficiently. You thrive, you’re at your best, when faced with change/a new challenge.
You enjoy the ride. You are honest and have great integrity which means you contribute to the wonderful culture that Rokt has - ensuring those around you enjoy working with you. You set an example of a successful contributor with great attitude.
Requirements
- 6+ years international PR experience
- Strong relationships with US business / tech press
- Passion for writing, able to deliver high quality content in the tone and voice of senior executives
- Proven success in contributing to overall department and company goals – in house or agency
- Creative and analytical thinking
- Self- starter: highly motivated individual able to keep up in this fast-paced environment
- Team player willing to pitch in and roll up sleeves to get the job done
The role:
- Create strategic PR plans in collaboration with our VP - Brand & Communications to cover all aspects of media mix
- Manage media relationships for both ongoing press opportunities and major news announcements
- Responsible for written PR materials (e.g. press releases, Q&As, story ideas, etc.) and drafting thought leadership in the tone and voice of our executives
- Plan and implement initiatives that will ensure high and accurate media exposure (e.g. interviews, events, etc.)
- Provide analysis and reporting of PR coverage
Benefits
- Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruiting process is tough. We hold a high bar because we have a high performing culture - we only want the brightest and the best.
- Join a community. We believe in in-person, we enjoy each others’ company and we make meaningful connections with each other through global all-staff events, interest groups, sports clubs and social events.
- Accelerate your career. Develop through our global training events, ’Level Up’ investment, online training courses and our fantastic people leaders. Take your career to Rokt’speed - average time between promotions is 12 months.
- Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies.
- Stay happy and healthy. Enjoy catered lunch 3 times a week and healthy snacks in the office, join the gym on us! Receive premium health insurance for you and your whole family including a choice of 6 different Aetna health plans including 2 fully paid options.
- Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone gets to enjoy the upside.
- See the world! Along with our global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020), we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have cool offices in great cities - London, Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Boston, Sydney.
- 4% dollar for dollar 401K matching plan
- Premium health insurance for your whole family including:
- a choice of six different Aetna health benefits plans, some of which are fully funded by Rokt
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life Insurance + Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Term Disability Coverage
- Short Term Disability Coverage