Associate Director of Public Relations

Associate Director of Public Relations

At Bader Rutter, we do more than build brand reputations—we create stories that connect. We’re looking for an experienced PR strategist who can lead smart, integrated communications programs, deliver results, and inspire teams along the way. If you thrive on crafting big-picture PR strategies while keeping an eye on executional excellence, let’s talk about our Associate Public Relations Director opening.

Who You Are

A creative thinker, with an ability to build off a team’s ideas to effectively garner earned attention and coverage. And at a time when consumers are becoming increasingly jaded to brands talking about themselves, you understand how vital it is for others to speak on a brand’s behalf. You have a strong understanding of media and messaging. You know how to bring strategy, ideas and content together. You’ve helped lead breakthrough work that has garnered significant earned attention. You’re experienced leading clients, managing budgets, mentoring, building plans, diving into new business, and, maybe most importantly, thriving in the unknown as ideas go through multiple twists and turns as they take shape.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development and execution of integrated PR and content strategies for key clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client marketing leaders and internal teams.
• Ensure account health by providing strategic direction, quality control and smart resource allocation.
• Guide teams to deliver results-driven work, ensuring performance is measured and insights are shared.
• Proactively monitor trends and opportunities, providing strategic counsel that adds value.
• Mentor and develop PR team members, fostering a culture of feedback, growth and collaboration.
• Manage budgets, resourcing, and financial forecasting for your accounts.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) and 10+ years in public relations, communications or integrated marketing.
• Deep experience with industry media relations, satellite media tours, innovative sponsored content programs and influencer engagement at a national level.
• Strong portfolio of successful PR campaigns and content programs.
• Experience working in an advertising or PR agency billable environment.
• Exceptional communication, leadership and decision-making skills.
• An integrated mindset—you understand how PR works with creative, media, and digital disciplines.
• Love for strategic thinking, smart execution and building lasting client partnerships.
• Experience managing and mentoring teams across multiple accounts.

Location

Must be within 60 miles of our Milwaukee or Chicago office and be in office weekly.

Salary Range

$100,000–$130,000 annually

The provided salary range is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this hire. The actual salary offered will be influenced by candidate experience and other job and market-related factors.

In addition to the base salary, our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental and vision insurance with HSA and FSA options, disability and life/AD&D, accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, pet insurance, identity theft protection, unlimited virtual telemedicine and mental health counseling, 401(k) including company matching, flexible paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave and much more.

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