Agency Media Relations and Communications Director

Bader Rutter

Bader Rutter is a full-service advertising and marketing agency with offices in Milwaukee and Chicago. It is both the largest agricultural marketing agency and the leading B2B marcom agency in the country. With close to 260 employees in 17 states, Bader Rutter offers a full array of advertising, digital and social media, public relations, business consulting, and branding and design capabilities. The employee-owned agency’s expertise includes core work in agriculture, the food production system, pet care and animal health, insurance and financial services.

https://baderrutter.com/


Position Details

Agency Media Relations and Communications Director
Job
Full-time
2/20/2023
Chicago Illinois
Chicago, IL

We want to talk to experienced PR/Publicity pros about leading external communications, media relations, social media and experiential marketing for the agency. In this role, you’d collaborate with other leaders to strategize, develop and activate programs and plans designed to grow awareness of our agency and capabilities.

Hey, you know a ton about PR and getting press; did you hear about the cool thing we just did? No, you probably didn’t which is why we’d like to talk to you. We tell great stories for our clients but we need someone dedicated to telling great stories about us. We want to talk to experienced PR/Publicity pros about leading external communications, media relations, social media and experiential marketing for the agency. In this role, you’d collaborate with other leaders to strategize, develop and activate programs and plans designed to grow awareness of our agency and capabilities.

Essential Functions:

  • Innovate ways to get Bader Rutter more widely known and recognized by the marketing and advertising industries as a whole, prospects, pitch consultants, and brand leaders in the food and beverage and petcare industries, and other potential clients. 
  • Create and execute an agency publicity plan. 
  • Manage thought leadership strategies for a few c-suite executives to increase brand/agency awareness, primarily agency Presidents, Chief Creative Officer and others as strategically and opportunistically needed. Build strong relationships with editorial community in outlined marketplace: advertising, business, marketing, B2B, food and beverage, petcare and agriculture. 
  • Collaborate with agency Marketing Manager and Sales team to create a process for content strategy, PR and social media marketing. 
  • Act as a driver for continuous review and optimization of the content and publicity plan. Develop high-quality content for a range of channels, including traditional PR (thought leadership articles, news releases), social media, blogs, websites, collateral and other print and digital tactics. Stay current on competitive set and marketplace activities.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) and 10+ years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Previous experience in a senior level PR role in an advertising agency environment.
  • Strong media/editorial relationships nationwide; ideally within food and beverage, petcare and/or agriculture industries.
  • Action orientated, self motivated, driver.
  • Connector and collaborator with people and ideas.
  • Writing, grammar and AP Style, but if you support the Oxford comma, that’s a-okay.

Location: Position based out of our Chicago office.

BR values its employees and is a flexible and supportive work environment. We have fabulous benefits like unlimited time off, paid maternity/paternity leave, adoption assistance and additional learning opportunities. Best of all we have empathetic team members who love to collaborate and show true passion for the amazing clients we serve and the award-winning work we produce.

We offer a hybrid in-office/work from home model with tons of flexibility.



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