PR & Partnerships Manager (New York)

Job Description

Since inception, Flash Pack has made significant strides in establishing our brand as a leader in the travel industry. Our efforts over the last year have resulted in coverage by esteemed media outlets such as the New York Times, BBC, and Forbes, as well as top-tier travel publications such as Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. In addition, we have successfully forged partnerships with prominent brands such as Samsung and MINI.

Now as we continue to grow and expand our presence, we're looking for someone to join our US team as PR & Partnerships Manager.

PR and Partnerships will play an essential role in our brand-building strategy globally, with a hyper-focus on US markets. As PR & Partnerships Manager you will work closely with our experienced agencies to develop and execute creative and innovative campaigns that deliver high-quality press coverage and drive innovative, strategic brand collaborations.

From day one, you will be entrusted and empowered to help us achieve our ambitious growth targets. You will report directly to our Head of PR & Partnerships in New York.

Company mission

Flash Pack's mission is to create 1 million friendships through the power of travel and technology. In a world that increasingly plays out behind screens, we facilitate authentic friendships between people at the same life-stage. We are solving a unique problem for a prominent niche with our global brand appeal.

As we strive to create one million friends through our travel experiences, your efforts in developing strategic PR and partnership initiatives will play an instrumental role in realizing our mission.

What you’ll be doing

Work with Head of PR to identify story angles and appropriate journalists, publications, influencers, and partners to engage

• Pitch and secure earned lifestyle and consumer coverage that brings to life Flashpack’s mission and customer stories

• Craft tailored, effective comprehensive media plans that are creative, strategic, and thoughtful

• Build and maintain relationships with key regional and national influencers, brands, and media outlets to create partnerships that drive brand awareness, engagement, and growth

• Maintain media lists, editorial calendars, and leadership speaking and award opportunities

• Plan and execute media events and trade events

• Prepare, analyze and refine measurement and monitoring reports

You’ll do this in line with our company values.

Who you are

We want the right person so If you don’t quite hit all the criteria, you should still apply!

• Passion for networking, relationship building, and all things public relations

• You already have an extensive network of media contacts in consumer, tech, business and marketing press and a portfolio of clips to show off

• A proven track record of forging meaningful partnerships with brands and influencers

• Strong problem-solving skills, business acumen and the ability to navigate and lead cross-functional plans

• A strong understanding of brand positioning and messaging, and the ability to develop and maintain brand standards across all PR and partnership activities

• Excellent writing and communication skills, with a knack for editing

What else

Salary: The salary range for this role is between $70,000 - $100,000 depending on experience. We also offer meaningful stock options after your first year with the company.

We have trailblazer total pay transparency and allow you to choose your total compensation plan balancing salary and options to suit your personal financial goals.

Location: You can work from anywhere in or around New York. Whilst we are building the US team, we may ask you to come to the UK to meet the team which would be covered by expenses.

Our Culture: We revolve around high performance, high conviction and humility. We value teamwork over grandiosity, great questions over corporate euphemisms and autonomy over conformity.

We care deeply about surrounding ourselves with ambitious, exceptional but humble people and believe that our culture is our greatest advantage against our competitors as well as thriving as the industry changes.

Benefits:

• You’ll get 20 days annual leave plus an extra day off on your birthday.

• The opportunity to travel and experience a Flash Pack trip If you like to travel, we’re pretty good at that. We will support you to live and work abroad for 1 month.

• Unlimited access to mental health & wellbeing therapy

• Generous Maternity leave - up to 16 weeks full pay Generous Paternity leave - up to 4 weeks

• A diverse and inclusive team, with people from all walks of life

• Quarterly company-wide socials in London, and regular spontaneous work events

• Stock options that mean something

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Interview Process:

• Shortlisting screening call

• 3 Stage interview process

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re led by a BAME, female CEO and building a diverse and inclusive team is incredibly important to us which is why we are building diversity and inclusion into the company hiring, performance and progression framework.

We see our diversity as a key competitive advantage which is why we are committed to hiring top talent regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or status as an individual with a disability.

If you have an additional accessibility or other requirement we haven’t considered, we will do our best to adapt and make sure your needs are met.

If you would like to talk to us about these efforts, or have suggestions for how we can do better, we would love to hear from you.

Once you apply, you will be sent a short EDI survey, it would help us immensely if you can complete it.

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