Respect. Inclusion. Empowerment. These core tenets drive how we operate and interact at LaunchTech. We hire individuals who, like we do, believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity regardless of their background or personal journey. We encourage each other to learn and grow beyond the traditional responsibilities of their roles to empower career development and advancement.
Benefits & Perks
When you work hard, you deserve benefits that work equally as hard for you. At LaunchTech, we offer an industry-leading compensation package.
Health, Wellness & Retirement
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Long & Short Term Disability insurance, Life Insurance & AD&D
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Generous PTO and Holiday Policy
Perks
- Mobile phone stipend
- Company provided MacBook
- Free parking at our headquarters
- Summer hours from Memorial Day to Labor Day
Job Openings
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR (Baltimore, MD)
*Submit your resume and a writing sample below*
About the Role
The Account Director at LaunchTech manages client relationships and ensures goals are met. This role will continuously look for new and different ways to bring value to the client and set challenging goals for themselves and the team. This person will serve as a mentor, manager and lead example to all on client management, quality assurance, staff development and strategic guidance. They will have advanced media relations skills and a strong understanding of technology issues and trends.
Responsibilities
- Client Relations: Responsible for all account activities to include client service, retention, strategic material and results. Ensure accounts are being served effectively and with purpose. Creation and management of strategic client PR plans. Drive the agenda during external client calls and meetings.
- Management: Support Account Coordinators & Account Managers in their development of goals, deliver annual reviews and conduct bi-monthly check ins. Foster and contribute to a collaborative and team-first environment within each client account team.
- Content Development: Ability to write and ensure quality on all strategic account materials, including press releases, byline articles, case studies, messaging exercises, PR plans, etc.
- Media Relations: Direct and oversee media relations strategy across accounts. Create media opportunities; maintain and cultivate a network of reporters, influencers, analysts, etc. Use creativity and storytelling to strengthen proactive media outreach and drive results. Meet coverage goals. Provide impactful feedback to thought leaders following interviews to strengthen their performance.
- Analyst Relations: Direct and oversee analyst relations and management strategy across accounts. Develop and give feedback on analyst decks. Provide impactful feedback to clients to strengthen their analyst presentation.
- Social Media: Direct and oversee social media strategy and implementation to meet expected growth goals.
- Speaking and Awards: Build compelling speaking submissions, including panels with industry experts. Provide impactful advice to clients regarding the value of different awards programs and events.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- BA/BS in related field (Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism)
- Experience 3-5 years in public relations
- Expert on the IT industry and client businesses/technologies
- Clearly demonstrated related management experience
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to work efficiently (both independently and with a team) in a fast-paced environment, while exhibiting patience and diplomacy
- Attention to detail and a high level of organizational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite and Google Suite
ACCOUNT Manager (Baltimore, MD)
*Submit your resume and a writing sample below*
About the Role
The Account Manager at LaunchTech manages day-to-day activities of assigned accounts, and seeks new and different ways to deliver value to the client. This role will continue to refine advanced media/analyst relations skills and will evolve into a leader and mentor within the company. This person will have a good understanding of technology issues and trends.
Responsibilities
- Client Relations: Manage at least one account with little oversight from senior staff, including providing day-to-day counsel to the client. Stay on top of trends and issues that might impact clients and proactively address them. Contribute meaningful input both strategically and tactically to clients; think a few steps ahead of the client and beyond what they have asked of us.
- Content Development: Able to write a full range of documents with minor editing to support senior staff, including press releases, briefing materials, media pitches, blogs, and others. Edit and provide direction on writing work of other team members. Contribute to writing and development of higher-level strategic documents, byline articles, including messaging platforms and PR plans.
- Media Relations: Create media opportunities for clients, possess strong media relations skills and solid reporter relationships. Craft proactive pitches that drive results and handle reactive inquiries. Able to manage interviews with little oversight. Uses technical knowledge to become a storyteller.
- Analyst Relations: Manage and implement outreach to industry analysts, including scheduling of analyst briefings and prep work for sessions between analyst and client.
- Social Media: Provide strategic oversight of social media planning and implementation for clients; develop compelling social media content; populate that content within social media channels.
- Speaking and Awards: Draft award and speaking submissions; manage calendar of speaking and awards opportunities; provide research to teams as needed. Exhibit knowledge of events and opportunities relevant to clients’ respective industries, and indicate an understanding of those that client may not be familiar with.
- Account: Finalize status reports; develop insightful metrics reports for clients; build and maintain a strong team environment, demonstrating by example the ability to be a committed team player. Act as a collaborator to senior staff and mentor to Account Coordinators.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- BA/BS in related field (Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism)
- 2-4 years of experience in public relations, or internal corporate communications
- Must have firm understanding IT industry and client solution
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Able to identify problems and bring solutions to their manager
- Ability to work efficiently (both independently and with a team) in a fast-paced environment, while exhibiting patience and diplomacy
- Attention to detail and a high level of organizational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Sprout Social, and Cision
ACCOUNT COORDINATOr (Baltimore, MD)
*Submit your resume and a writing sample below*
About the Role
The Account Coordinator at LaunchTech plays a key role in providing support to the client teams. Responsibilities will focus on media/analyst outreach, content creation and tactical account support.
Responsibilities
- Media relations: Research and recommend editorial opportunities, reporters, publications that align with a client’s media strategy. Design creative media pitches that will grab a reporter’s attention. Compile media lists for pitching and draft briefing sheets in advance of interviews.
- Media monitoring: Scan for client media coverage and compile coverage reports for clients.
- Analyst relations: Research and identify analysts that align with client’s technology and market. Draft briefing sheets in advance of analyst calls. Disseminate notes to client teams following briefings.
- Content development: Draft press releases and blogs on behalf of clients. Conduct research to ensure that content is technically correct.
- Social media: Conduct research on, and draft content for client social media platforms
- Speaking and awards: Create and update yearly calendars with speaking and awards opportunities. Draft awards submissions. Manage awards submission process on behalf of client company or product.
- Account: Support the account team by maintaining an up-to-date report of all account activities and projects. Compile metrics reports using Cision and PowerPoint.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- BA/BS in related field (Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism)
- Experience/Internships in public relations, corporate communications or content marketing a plus
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to work efficiently (both independently and with a team) in a fast-paced environment, while exhibiting patience and diplomacy
- Attention to detail and a high level of organizational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite and Google Suite