Employment Opportunities

Currently Schwartz has the following US job openings.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist – Boston/San Francisco

We have an excellent opportunity to join our rapidly growing digital team as we continue to enhance and diversify our services and clients. The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist’s primary function will be to accomplish our clients’ SEO goals, which range from improving organic search ranking to generating sales leads. The individual will also build out processes to support the Agency’s own SEO work.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Designing and executing on strategies that will help accomplish Schwartz clients’ SEO goals
• Designing and executing search engine strategies for inbound marketing and lead generation
• Contributing to the Agency’s new business proposals
• Conducting ongoing training of Schwartz Communications staff ensure they possess a strong understanding of SEO and can integrate that understanding into their work
• Building out internal processes to support the Agency’s SEO efforts
• Monitoring SEO and online marketing blogs for changes and new happenings in the search industry
• Conducting keyword research as needed for Schwartz and its clients
• Analyzing competitors of Schwartz clients to better understand their SEO strategies and then making appropriate recommendations to clients
• Regularly reporting to clients on SEO work and making recommendations on strategy adjustments as needed over time

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience working in a related role at a digital agency or an in-house marketing group
• Superb communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to set and meet deadlines, proactively identify problems/improvements in accounts, juggle multiple projects and be comfortable communicating with a wide variety of clients (including C-level executives) and colleagues
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of SEO best practices, concepts and trends
• Strong technical background and/or understanding of website architecture
• Web development skills, including JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Flash
• Web platform experience, including CMS and web server configuration
• Previous experience with web analytics packages such as Google Analytics, HubSpot, Coremetrics or Omniture
• Strong quantitative skills and analytical abilities
• A track record of success and increasing responsibility

Schwartz Communications is seeking a Vice President/Sr. Vice President to lead the Consumer practice.

Opportunity to join a public relations industry leader in healthcare, technology and cleantech as it rapidly diversifies services and clients. This position is responsible for the planning, oversight, growth and profitability of the Consumer practice group agency-wide. The candidate must demonstrate outstanding ability to generate clients and revenues, deliver strategic counsel on brand and reputation management, and develop and execute creative media campaigns that garner results. The right candidate will have an outstanding rolodex of industry contacts and clients.

This is a high-level, senior management position, and the candidate must be open to relocating to California, Massachusetts, or possess the skills and drive to open a new strategic agency location.

Responsibilities:

• Expand, lead and grow the Consumer practice group
• Grow agency billings and relationships
• Develops innovative and creative plans and programs to help clients achieve business objectives
• Participate and contribute to agency new business efforts
• Manages, coaches and motivates teams
• Crisis management, media coaching
• Responsible for account profitability

Skills:

• BA degree
• 12+ years experience in a senior role (agency or mix of agency and corporate)
• Outstanding client and industry rolodex
• Extensive experience in brand building, reputation management, paid/earned/social/digital media
• Experience managing multiple account teams and priorities simultaneously
• Superb communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal

Account Executive (AE) Waltham, MA

Relationships

• Secure tight relationship with peer inside client company; second back-up person to the Senior Account Executive, Supervisor or Director.
• Develop and maintain successful liaison with assigned media and analysts
  

Responsibilities
Media Relations

• Execute steady flow of proactive outreach for assigned publications
• Identify, pitch and ensure follow-up with editorial opportunities
• Identify new media opportunities
• Pursue and implement the product review process
• Placement and writing of user stories
• Conduct analyst relations activities as appropriate
• Attend in-person press meetings with client, when appropriate

Writing

• Write press kit documents as well as news releases, user profiles, pitch letters
• Develop press tour schedules, appointments; secure meetings at trade shows
• Research, develop and place abstracts for speaking opportunities
• Proofread every document/release to ensure product quality
• Develop tactical plans, e.g. product launches, for client, as needed

Learning

• Develop solid understanding of client products, competition, markets and technology
• Thorough knowledge of top-tier trade publications, dissect to uncover various client opportunities
• Learn top analysts who follow client’s market(s)
• Oversee gathering information and review of monthly PR report
• Keep abreast of competitive developments and coverage
• Attend training and workshops

Other

• Demonstrate excellent work quality, productivity, organization, implementation, teamwork, dependability and initiative

Note:Responsibilities will vary depending on the requirements of individual accounts.

Currently Schwartz has the following job opening in London, UK

Account Manager, Healthcare

Sick of commuting into central London? Come and join our growing team of fun-loving professionals in Richmond and take a walk along the river during your lunchbreak! Schwartz Communications is a leading technology and healthcare agency, headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, London and Stockholm. The London office, established in 2007, has recently expanded and moved out to Richmond and we are now looking to recruit an account manager for our healthcare team with around five years of PR experience. We have a range of healthcare clients, some UK only and some international, drawn from the consumer, medical device, diagnostics, charitable and professional body sectors. The ideal candidate would be comfortable dealing with medical clients, surgeons, microbiologists and NHS managers and have a proven track record in packaging stories at both national print and broadcast level and for medical trade journals. You would be expected to work both as part of a team, often on global accounts liaising with teams in other offices, but also be happy to lead and manage projects autonomously, answering directly to the client. The role will include an element of new business work and occasional international travel.

You:

• Approximately 5 years of experience in healthcare PR
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of and be interested in different fields of healthcare and be familiar with typical campaign strategies
• Experience of dealing with and promoting peer-reviewed articles
• Excellent medical press release and feature writing skills
• Super organised, with fine-tuned attention to detail and proven ability of ‘pulling together’ all strands of a PR account, allocating tasks and managing upwards and downwards
• Experience of new media formats such as blogging and Twitter
• Creative idea development & strategic plan generation
• Strong pitching skills
• Adaptive to working with teams in other offices, across different cultures
• Healthcare contacts at the nationals and contacts at medical publications are preferable
• Ability to speak a second language preferable, but not essential

Account Executive

The account executive will work on multiple accounts and is responsible for day-to-day media relations, generating written press materials and preparing client reports.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Polished and professional appearance
• Good knowledge of media: print and broadcast
• Calmness under pressure and ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Experience of producing and maintaining reports
• Professional and approachable telephone manner
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
• Familiarity with social media platforms
• Responsive, proactive, reliable and flexible attitude
• Proven ability to keep abreast of current affairs and relate them to client situations

Experience

1-2 years of agency PR experience (ideally from a high-tech PR background)

Specific Tasks

• Generate a steady flow of proactive media and analyst opportunities
• Identify, pitch and ensure follow-up with forward features
• Develop press tour schedules, secure meetings at trade shows
• Draft press releases, pitch letters and case studies
• Identify, write and submit speaking abstracts and awards
• Prepare client reports, including agendas, status reports and cuttings books
• Assist the technology team with new business pitches

Holiday & Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year, plus national and bank holidays
  
• Paid day off on your birthday
  
• Office closes at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays in summer
  
• Contributory pension scheme
  
• Two hours paid leave per month for community service
  
• Spot bonuses for outstanding achievements
  
• Ongoing training programme
  
• Base salary commensurate with experience
  

Additional Information

• Local candidates only, no relocation (Twickenham, United Kingdom).
  
• No third party applications.
  

Currently Schwartz has the following job openings in Stockholm, Sweden

Intern

At Schwartz, we are always looking for new talent and we have an ongoing intern program. On several occasions, people who have started out as interns have gone on to become Schwartz employees, so there definitely opportunities for the right person!

Wanted are skillful communicators (both in writing and speech), in Swedish and English. Other additional languages are considered a big plus.

As a Schwartz intern you will gain an understanding for how PR works while sharpening skills within communication. Needless to say, you will also gain valuable work experience.
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Note:Responsibilities will vary depending on the requirements of individual accounts.

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