Associate, Strategic Communications

Engagement Overview

Do you light up when you’re crafting the perfect pitch, finding the right angle for a story, or turning a mountain of information into one crisp, clear message? This Associate-level contract role is made for a communicator who’s hungry to do meaningful work at a fast-moving public affairs agency. You’ll support communications campaigns from the ground up — pitching media, drafting content, and collaborating across a high-energy team to deliver results for clients who really care about impact.

Engagement Type: Contract / Freelance

Duration: 3 Months 

Hours/Week: Full-Time (40 hrs) or Part-Time (20 hrs); please list your max availability when you apply! 

Hourly Rate: will confirm when budgets are locked, please put your desired hourly rate when you apply! 

Location: Remote (U.S.-based)

Experience Level: Junior (3+ Years)

What You’ll Own

Client Support & Execution

• Support client engagements and assist with day-to-day account activities under the guidance of senior team members.
• Help ensure projects stay on track, timelines are met, and all plans ladder back up to broader campaign goals.
• Coordinate deliverables, review work products, and participate in client meetings as appropriate.

Communications & Strategy Support

• Assist in drafting and executing communications plans across earned, owned, events, and stakeholder engagement channels.
• Support media outreach — pitching stories, tracking coverage, and maintaining media lists and reporter research.
• Contribute to the development of owned and social content to ensure alignment with broader campaign strategy.
• Draft and edit written materials such as briefing documents, press releases, advisories, blog posts, and social content.
• Support presentations for clients and identify opportunities to add value to engagements in partnership with senior team members.

You Might Be Working On

• Developing initial communications strategies for local, regional, national, and/or global audiences.
• Drafting press releases, blogs, op-eds, briefing documents, organic content, and other communications materials with limited revision needed.
• Building and maintaining relationships with influential media to secure and grow coverage.
• Pitching and securing press coverage for clients across a variety of beats.
• Planning and executing events and key moments for clients.

Team Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional team members to manage assigned tasks and workloads.
• Stay open to feedback and actively invest in your own professional development.

Required

• 3+ years of experience in public affairs, strategic communications, or public relations — agency, nonprofit, political, or corporate setting.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to write both strategically and creatively under tight timelines.
• Strong project management instincts and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of AP Style.

Nice to Have

• Media relations experience and existing reporter relationships.
• Familiarity with Cision or Meltwater.
• Experience in a fast-paced agency or political communications environment.

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the world’s biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people, swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018, We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works, with an inclusive, human-centric approach that’s better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades, including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, the Inc. 5000 2022, and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.
 

We Are Rosie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.