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Precision is an award-winning integrated strategy and marketing agency based in Washington, DC and New York, NY. Powered by data, we bring world-class experts in each of our service areas to conceive, develop, and run campaigns that help our clients seize opportunities and solve their biggest challenges.

We’re at the center of today’s biggest debates and defining moments, inside the Beltway, across New York’s media and financial worlds, and in state capitals across the country. Our work sits at the intersection of politics, business, and culture, helping leaders and organizations make an impact when it matters most. We hire people who are the best at what they do, and who like to have fun doing it; we don’t just break through. We break new ground.

Our team is seeking a principal to join our Strategic Communications team in New York, NY or Washington DC executing communication strategies for clients ranging from corporate leaders to advocacy groups.

What You Will Be Doing:

Client Management

• Assist client leads with administrative components of account (e.g. agenda, notes, clips, project tracking).
• Able to support projects and work streams, taking ownership of defined tasks and contributing to team deliverables.

Communication Specific

• Content Development: Develop high-quality first draft of communication materials, including press releases, pitches, opeds or other thought leadership.
• Media Engagement: Constantly monitors and stays current on broad media industry trends, emerging platforms, and the evolving media landscape. Assist in media relations efforts, including compiling media lists, pitching reporters, tracking coverage, and coordinating interview logistics.
• Strategic Messaging: Research and drafts clear, compelling messaging and narratives that demonstrates an understanding of the client's vision.

Collaboration

• Engages across teams and works respectfully and effectively with others.
• Communicates effectively in 1:1 or small groups and can deliver presentations to small internal audiences.
• Contributes to team learning by sharing knowledge with peers and supporting new team members. Provides direction to interns as needed.

Project & Time Management

• Owns assigned tasks (e.g. updates trackers, meets deadlines without reminders, organizes documents for team sharing, and understands how work ladders up to the larger goal).
• Meets deadlines set by client lead.

Strategy

• Drafts content (e.g. presentations, emails, client material, social content, and/or presentations) with little to no writing errors. Seeks feedback and incorporates it into written work.
• Knows resources to use when gathering information and is resourceful in finding answers on their own.
• Conducts research to support problem-solving and strategic goals, knowing when to escalate issues.

What We Are Looking For:

• 1+ year of experience in a communications role either in-house, agency, political campaign, government or consultancy environment. Internship experience considered.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A strong interest in the media and corporate, advocacy and political campaigns, experience in press relations, message development and strategic planning.
• Creativity, energy, detail-orientation, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

What We Will Give You:

• Competitive salaries
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Flexible hybrid remote/in office plan
• Retirement plan with automatic 3% safe-harbor contribution from Precision
• Healthcare coverage - medical, dental and vision with 90% of costs covered by Precision
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Floating holidays
• Professional development stipend

We are currently working in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of the working days in the month.

The salary range for this role is $58,500-60,000.

Precision is committed to building a diverse team that will positively and authentically impact the communities we serve. Centering our strategies around the authentic voices and cultures of the communities we are engaging with is paramount to our work – and our work can only be as inclusive as our team is representative. We strongly encourage women, Black, Latino, Hispanic, AAPI, and Indigenous people, LGBTQ+, gender expansive or GNC folks, people of all ages, disabled people, and veterans to apply.