Media Relations Associate

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As a Media Relations Associate for the Asset Wealth Management team you will report to the Private Bank Head of Media Relations for the Americas. In this role, you will manage regional communications and media relations for the U.S. Private Bank, which has offices across the country.

Job responsibilities:

• Develop and execute comprehensive public relations strategies that align with our business themes and objectives.
• Manage media relations and provide external communications support for the U.S. Private Bank's offices and executives across the country.
• Achieve visibility in trade and local publications, and top-tier mainstream media for our key themes and thought leadership; and collaborate with our social media team to extend coverage to LinkedIn.
• Create content for contributed pieces, draft press releases, and coordinate media events; coach U.S. Private Bank executives to effectively communicate with the press.
• Support organized scheduling for a variety of spokespeople.
• Manage and develop productive relationships with wealth management, markets, and investment beat reporters.
• Monitor, analyze, and showcase media coverage and results in a disciplined and strategic fashion.
• Represent J.P. Morgan U.S. Private Bank PR at internal business meetings.
• Develop and maintain client relationships at senior leadership levels, ensuring effective communication and strategy alignment.
• Contribute to strategy development and execution, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
• Partner closely with the firm's Regional Corporate Communications team to execute in-market media activity and promote cross-line of business storytelling.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• 4 years of media relations experience – in an in-house or PR agency setting (Account Executive or similar level) – with experience in the financial services space.
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, or a similar degree.
• Experience in all aspects of Public Relations: from creating and presenting a strategy, to writing pitches, pitching, securing opportunities, managing interviews or events, monitoring, and presenting results on a regular basis.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills required, including the ability to strategically prioritize multiple assignments.
• Ability to proactively pursue and achieve press activity.
• Strong writing and editing abilities, strong eye for detail, and strong communication skills.
• Ability to create and sustain productive relationships with the media, coupled with an uncompromising commitment to ethics and treating journalists with respect.
• Comfortable working in a corporate, business professional environment, with the ability to manage clients at senior leadership levels and work across a large and complex corporation.
• Enthusiastic, keen to learn, self-motivated individual, with an excellent work ethic.
• Happy to be part of a small but industrious in-house team which serves a diverse client base, a collaborative team player.

J.P. Morgan Private Bank has offices across the United States, providing a broad network for media relations and communications activities. This role offers an exciting opportunity to manage and enhance the visibility of our Private Bank's presence nationwide.