Public Relations Specialist

Best Buy

About Us:

Best Buy is a leading provider of technology products, services and solutions. The company offers expert service at an unbeatable price more than 1.5 billion times a year to the consumers, small business owners and educators who visit our stores, engage with Geek Squad agents or use BestBuy.com or the Best Buy app. The company has operations in the U.S and Canada, where more than 70 percent of the population lives within 15 minutes of a Best Buy store, as well as in Mexico where Best Buy has a physical and online presence.

As for our workforce, our employees’ knowledge, passion and commitment are recognized through pay, benefits and other rewards that are among the best in the industry, including an industry-leading employee discount on the latest and greatest products.

https://www.bestbuy.com

Position Details

Public Relations Specialist
Job
Full-time
8/14/2019
Twin Cities Metro
Richfield, MN

Job Summary:

As Public Relations Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work with local and national media outlets nationwide, interact with Best Buy’s internal teams and external partners, and be part of an energetic, in-house External Communications team that drives tens of thousands of media stories a year for one of the leading retailers in the country.

You will focus on providing media relations support, including building and maintaining relationships with reporters, editors, and producers to effectively pitch and fulfill stories. As a Public Relations Specialist, you will be involved in both proactive and reactive media relations. This person will assist in creating strategic communication plans for a variety of cross-functional projects in partnership with both internal and external partners.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to manage multiple projects, be a skilled storyteller, have a passion for interacting with reporters on a daily basis and be able to quickly understand topics/issues and how to translate into news for media.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Media relations for local and national outlets 
  • Proactive and reactive support for PR activations 
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to find, strategize and tell Best Buy stories 
  • Communicate with external partners around a variety of PR activations 
  • Communication planning and project management

Basic Qualifications:

  • 1+ year of public relations and communications experience 
  • 1+ year writing content and strategic communication planning 
  • 1+ year developing and managing projects with stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism or Business 
  • Experience with meeting aggressive daily, weekly deadlines 
  • Ability to work in a team environment, working on assignments with overlapping priorities and schedules 
  • Ability to find, create and tell meaningful stories through a variety of channels

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