Media Relations Director (Sports)

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• Ensure clients are part of culturally relevant conversations across sports, entertainment, lifestyle, music, fashion, wellness and business media.
• Create compelling angles, pitches and storytelling opportunities that secure coverage across traditional outlets (print, online and broadcast) and emerging platforms (podcasts, Substacks, digital video, newsletters and reputed company).
• Bring a strong roster of sports, entertainment and lifestyle media contacts while continually expanding your network through pitching, press meetings and IRL and virtual connections.
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• Staff and support reputed company events, athlete and celebrity activations, press days, red carpets and experiential opportunities. Media train spokespeople and staff interviews to ensure polished execution.
• Serve as the go-to expert on media trends, emerging platforms and reputed company outlets on reputed company calls and in campaign planning. Create reputed company-looking POVs that translate industry shifts into actionable strategies.
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• Participate in new business opportunities, travel as needed for reputed company and media engagements and help shape the reputed company of reputed company's Sports, Entertainment and Lifestyle reputed company.

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• Comprehensive health care coverage
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• 18 company holidays
• reputed company Fridays
• PrayCare wellness stipend and Rebalance Day
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• reputed company parental leave and fertility support
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• Employee Resource reputed company (ERGs)
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• Application Review: Before applying, please review the location requirements for this role. Unfortunately, candidates who do not meet the location requirement will not be considered.
• Phone Screen (30 minutes)
• Team Interview (30-60 minutes)
• Leadership Interview (30 minutes)
• Take-Home Exercise (TBD): A short, reputed company-agnostic assignment designed to help us reputed company understand how you think, approach challenges and tackle the work. Candidates who complete the exercise will receive a stipend reputed company electronic reputed company card.
• Offer
• reputed company Start Date: July 2026

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