At PitchBook we work to provide global professionals with comprehensive data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape so they can discover and execute opportunities with confidence. We credit our success and rapid growth to our cutting-edge products, customer centered attitude and ability to embrace and drive change.
In just over a decade, PitchBook has reached over 1,000 global employees with offices worldwide, and we're not slowing down! Consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work, our culture is at the heart of our success and is driven by excellence, inclusion and fun. At PitchBook we're committed to fostering an open and collaborative work environment.
About the Role:
As the PR Specialist, you'll work across a wide range of tasks, mixing strategic thinking with roll-up-your-sleeves tactical work. You will play a critical role in increasing PitchBook's brand awareness, exposure and editorial coverage across top-tier media outlets.
The ideal candidate has strong written communication and storytelling skills to successfully translate complex themes into newsworthy material. The candidate must be able to work successfully in a team environment and build effective working relationships inside and outside of the organization. This position reports to the Director of Communications and will work closely with the communications team, in addition to key stakeholders across the organization. The ideal candidate is a go-getter and strategic thinker who is results driven. Candidate must work well both independently and as part of a team.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Build and strengthen relationships with top-tier media outlets within financial services
- Proactively craft and pitch stories to the media using PitchBook data
- Prioritize and respond to daily inbound media requests for data
- Build positive awareness for, promote and amplify PitchBook product offerings through positive media coverage in key media outlets
- Pitch editorial content with a focus on features and proactively manage media relations
- Manage and proactively maintain all internal tools (TrendKite, Asana, etc) and trackers (coverage, media lists, etc)
- Conceptualize and develop written materials, including press releases, briefing materials, pitch campaigns, FAQs, Q&As and other supporting documents
- Contribute to cross-functional marketing and lead generation campaigns
- Attend and participate in conferences and events as the face of PitchBook
- Support PR reporting, analysis and planning efforts
- Help manage administrative tasks
Skills and Qualifications:
- 2+ years of PR experience
- Written communication – exceptional writing skills, strong line-editing, copy-editing and proofreading skills, varies writing style to meet needs, presents numerical data effectively
- Oral communication – speaks clearly and persuasively; possesses ability to engage others; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; actively participates in meetings
- Strong organizational skills – ability to multi-task effectively, strong attention to detail, ability to adapt to changing conditions and meet tight deadlines
- Capacity to work across teams at the highest levels of the organization
- Research skills – ability to synthesize information from multiple sources, present evaluations and summarize key findings precisely and succinctly
- Creativity in storytelling
- Exceptional relationship building, including interacting with executives in a professional manner
- Knowledge of private equity, venture capital, and M&A is helpful but not required
- BA/BS degree
Company Overview:
At PitchBook, we provide transparency into the capital markets by organizing the world's meaningful business information and making it useful to our customers. We work tirelessly to arm global professionals with comprehensive data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape-including companies, investors, funds, investments, exits and people-so they can discover and execute opportunities with confidence. Our data and analysis are available through our award-winning flagship product, the PitchBook Platform, as well as our powerful suite of integrated tools, industry news and in-depth reports.
If you are ready to start the conversation about how you might contribute to all the happenings at PitchBook, submit your resume today! PitchBook appreciates and respects diversity, and as such, we are an equal opportunity employer.