We believe that that our greatest asset is our people. Whether you are a seasoned public relations professional, a journalist entering the public relations industry or a recent college graduate looking to begin your career, it is your great ideas, commitment and contribution that helps to drive our collective success and enables us to exceed client expectations. Investing in our talented people is integral to both their continued growth and development, as well as ours.
We understand that you’re looking for more than just a job – you want the chance to make a difference. In our ever-evolving industry, we believe it is important to provide opportunities for our people to learn from and about the new challenges facing us. We offer a wide variety of training programs that allow for professional enrichment with a focus on strategic client counsel, media insights, business development, team management and thinking creatively. We offer several formal and informal opportunities.
A major asset of our firm is the interaction our people have with senior executives at all levels of the organization. Even account coordinators regularly interact with senior leaders and have the opportunity to learn and grow directly from experts with decades of public relations experience.
Our learning and development opportunities are crafted with input from team members at every level. We address areas of interest are in order to assess what development opportunities can have the most impact for team members.
Here are some of the opportunities available to our team members:
Weekly Level Meetings: Every other week junior and mid-level team members are invited to meet (in person and via video conference) with their peers and our CEO. Two weeks a month are devoted to theoretical skill development, while the alternate weeks involve bringing a pitch or press release to the meeting to get feedback on how to better assist the media.
The Business of the Business: Every other week junior level team members are invited to join a video conference lead by our CEO to discuss topics related to public relations agency business. Topics are geared towards different levels and focus on everything from “what to expect on your first business trip” to “how to turn a lead into a new business opportunity.”
Journalist Roundtables: As the state of journalism continues to evolve, we bring in journalists to meet with staff in each of our offices to share the content they are looking for (both topic and format), tips when pitching them, when they preferred to be contacted etc.
Management Matters: Management Matters is a series specifically for team members who are Account Directors and above to have the opportunity to meet with our CEO to discuss account strategy, people management and questions about our industry.
Corner Table: Each Friday, our CEO takes team members for an informal lunch to talk about the public relations industry and where it is headed, as well as their personal development in the organization.
Steinreich University: Sessions led by senior management and noted industry veterans on how to manage teams in different regions, navigating client relationships and how to turn new business leads into wins. We bring in two well regarded former industry executives to serve as coaches to both our junior and senior staff. One is the former CEO of a Top Five agency and the other is a former COO of the leading mid-sized agency in the country. The other is a former senior partner at one of the nation’s leading firms.
