Publicity and Marketing Account Manager

Brooklyn, New York
Unison Media

Unison Media, based in New York City, is a market-leading, integrated music company with a new vision of how classical music, opera and the performing arts can be promoted. Our work ranges from publicity and branding to websites, social media and digital marketing. We also run a pair of concert series (Death of Classical) in a Crypt in Harlem and a Catacomb in Brooklyn, that have been featured everywhere from The New York Times to NPR to Vogue. We work with a broad range of incredible artists, ensembles and organizations, and have a great time doing it.

Unison is expanding! We’re looking to hire a Publicity & Marketing Account Manager to oversee media relations, social media, and outreach for a group of our clients. This involves all elements of publicity and digital marketing, from long-term planning to pitching, to running our clients’ social media channels and websites, to managing press in-person at events, and more.

COMPENSATION

This is a full-time position with salary and benefits to match qualifications and experience.

DUTIES

• Developing long-term PR strategies and story arcs
• Pitching and coordinating media features
• Maintaining our contact lists
• Monitoring and tracking media placements, and creating coverage reports
• Managing press at events
• Communicating with publicity & marketing departments
• Management of client assets
• Manage and grow all aspects of internal and client social media and digital marketing
• Write copy for press releases, email blasts, social media posts and more
• Organize creation and dissemination of client assets, including photos, videos and more.
• Manage coordinator and independent contractors, recruit and oversee interns
• Help plan and execute Unison’s Crypt Sessions and Angel’s Share concert series

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education & Experience – Bachelor’s degree plus minimum five years of relevant experience. You should be wicked smaht.
• Knowledge of Classical Music and Opera Media – You should have a solid working knowledge of the U.S. Classical Music & Opera media – print, radio and online outlets. You should know who Alex Ross is, and should have exchanged emails with him before.
• Knowledge of Classical Music and Opera – You should also know who Schubert is, and should not have exchanged emails with him.
• Social Media experience – the interwebs should fascinate you, and the power of social media should be something that inspires and energizes you (beyond just funny GIFs and cat photos)
• Adaptability, and a desire to learn new skills – We are not your granddaddy’s PR firm. We incorporate a unique mix of traditional and digital media strategies and tactics that have brought us to the top of the industry in a few short years. If you want to write press releases and snail mail them out to journalists until you collapse into a shallow grave, then this isn’t the place for you. We’re part of the future, and as such, we pivot and adapt in the directions where we find growth. If you want a 9-5 desk job doing the thing on repeat every day until oblivion sets in…then look elsewhere, friend.
• You should love all forms of writing – From Proust to press releases, you should revel in the written word like a pig in pudding.
• Laser-like attention to detail – You should be person who catches the little things that other people miss, especially when it comes to proofreading (did you catch the missing “the” at the start of this sentence? Good. Good for you.)
• Hyper-efficiency – you should get a thrill out of doing things in the quickest way possible. If you like keyboard shortcuts, you’re going to do very well here
• Tech-savvy – We’re cutting-edge and you should be too, a familiarity with all things digital and media-oriented are a must, or you should at least be a quick study
• A passion for classical music and general aesthetics – We work to bring beauty to a world that desperately needs it, so if that doesn’t excite you then you’re in the wrong place