Media Relations Manager

**JOB TITLE**: Media Relations Manager **LOCATION:** Preferred Location: Louisville. Candidates residing in Lexington, Indianapolis, Evansville, or surrounding areas will also be considered. **STATUS:** Full-Time, Exempt **SUMMARY**: We are seeking an experienced, proactive **Media Relations Manager** to lead and execute our firm’s earned media strategy. This individual will play a key role in elevating the firm’s visibility across Kentucky and Indiana by identifying and securing media opportunities that highlight our attorneys, practice areas, and thought leadership. The ideal candidate is a skilled storyteller with a strong understanding of legal services, regional media markets, and strategic public relations. **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Assume a leading role in identifying opportunities and securing placements to generate visibility for the firm and its lawyers across targeted earned media channels. - Develop and maintain strong relationships with reporters and editors at key legal, business, trade publications, and regional law schools. - Lead the development of media and PR-focused communications plans for practice areas across the firm, firm initiatives, and special reports. - Work with stakeholders across the firm to create, edit, and disseminate news releases relating to lateral partner hires, deals, victories, accolades, pro bono successes, and other firm news and initiatives. - Lead efforts to ensure timely collection, drafting, and posting of news items regarding attorney speaking engagements, media appearances, and articles to the internal firm portal/website/social media. - Assist in the drafting of firmwide communications for firm management, as well as other high-level internal communications. - Support for the firm’s social media efforts, including assisting in the development and preparation of postings on social networking sites including LinkedIn. - Spearhead attorney credentialing opportunities with industry sources such as Best Lawyers and SuperLawyers. - As needed, provide communications and PR support for ad hoc projects across the firm. **OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**: - Demonstrate consistent, excellent work habits indicated by meeting the Firm’s deadlines related to your role and Firm needs. - Demonstrate expertise in all aspects of Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the ability to work with all portable document format (PDF) applications. - Development of effective presentation skills, including the cultivation of internal and external opportunities to convey knowledge and judgment in an engaging way. - Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong writing and editing skills. - Demonstrated ability to identify and secure visibility for high value PR opportunities. - Ability to quickly and proactively identify and analyze problems, develop solutions and deliver results. - Knowledge of and familiarity with online and electronic newswire services, media tracking, and Internet research resources. - Attendance at relevant Firm and Practice Group meetings - Follow all personnel policies and procedures of the Firm. **KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED**: - Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in public relations, journalism, marketing, business or a communications-related field - Five to seven years of experience in a similar public relations role, media relations, and/or marketing capacity; prior experience with a law firm, public relations agency or professional services firm is preferred - Consistently demonstrate personal qualities of honesty, character, leadership, integrity, maturity, and Firm loyalty. - Exhibit poise and professionalism when interacting with internal and external contacts and stakeholders. - A high degree of comfort in liaising with firm leadership and management. - Ability to prioritize and manage workload, work independently and as a member of teams, and complete tasks under time pressure as necessary. - St…