Account Manager – Hybrid Cloud Sales
Cox Enterprises
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Public Relations Manager
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full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $85,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Draft and distribute press releases, pitches, and media statements; engage proactively with journalists and trade reporters; support both proactive and reactive media opportunities.
- Own the awards and rankings calendar, ensuring thoughtful submissions that highlight Cetera’s competitive differentiators.
- Develop bylined articles, executive quotes, op-eds, and speaking abstracts to position Cetera leaders as industry experts.
- Help manage day-to-day agency interactions, ensuring two-way accountability and high-quality output aligned with KPIs and deadlines.
- Partner with the social/digital team to amplify PR moments across owned channels.
- Collaborate with communications leadership on integration announcements.
- Support rapid response needs, including drafting holding statements, FAQs, and internal talking points.
- Track press coverage, awards, and share-of-voice metrics; provide regular reporting and insights to leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations or related field.
- 6+ years of public relations experience; financial services, wealth management, or investment management background strongly preferred.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, adept at both simplifying complex topics and handling a heavy writing workload.
- Experience building and maintaining media relationships, particularly in business and financial trade press.
- Proven ability to manage PR agencies and external partners.
- Comfort working across functional teams, with a collaborative and proactive approach.
- M&A or financial relations communications experience a plus.
- Willingness to travel up to 10% to support company conferences and events.
Benefits
- Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
- Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
- 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
- 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
- Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
writingeditingstorytellingmedia relationspublic relationsreportingdrafting press releasesdeveloping bylined articlescreating FAQsmanaging PR agencies
Soft skills
collaborationproactive approachaccountabilitycommunicationorganizational skillsability to simplify complex topicsrelationship buildingadaptabilitytime managementteamwork
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in communicationsBachelor’s degree in journalismBachelor’s degree in public relations
