Associate Public Relations Manager

TL;DR

Associate Public Relations Manager (PR/Animal Health): Supporting day-to-day PR tactics for global animal health accounts with an accent on building and maintaining veterinary and consumer media databases, monitoring coverage, and producing monthly/quarterly impact reporting. Focus on drafting baseline messaging and foundational PR materials while coordinating assets and vendor inputs for global PR campaigns and product launch toolkits.

Location: Kansas City, MO, United States

Salary: $40,000–$100,000 USD

Company

hirify.global (part of WPP) is a creative agency combining brand experience, customer experience, and commerce.

What you will do

• Build, update, and maintain targeted global veterinary trade, pet, and pet food industry media lists, plus additional consumer/niche media lists as needed.
• Run monthly and quarterly PR coverage tracking, analyze metrics, and generate impact reports for global stakeholders.
• Conduct pet health industry research to draft baseline messaging documents and related derivative materials.
• Support PR writing by drafting media alerts, pitch angles, media briefs and bios, and responses to media inquiries.
• Maintain PR status grids, take detailed meeting notes, and share clear actionable status updates with clients and internal teams.
• Coordinate vendor and assets, support execution of global PR campaigns, and help with product launch toolkit materials.

Requirements

• 1+ years of relevant experience in a PR agency or in-house communications; highly relevant internships are acceptable.
• Strong earned media experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• Strong interest in animal health/pet health/veterinary science (agriculture and large animal health, especially equine, is a plus).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong attention to detail for data gathering and reporting.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced global agency environment and take direction well.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work approach with teams in the office an average of four days a week.
• Competitive benefits package (details provided via WPP benefits portal).
• Fast-paced, global agency environment with emphasis on learning and proactive execution.

Hiring process

• Interview process includes discussion of accommodations or flexibility needs if required.