Content Public Relations Assistant

ID, the largest full-service communications agency in the entertainment industry, seeks exceptional individuals to join our innovative team of strategists representing the era’s most acclaimed and influential artists, performers, filmmakers, authors and athletes.

Job Description

ID’s Film & Television Team represents individual projects for theatrical film, television, and streaming services alongside production companies and a number of other entertainment entities. We spearhead everything from release campaigns, festival launches, unit publicity and awards campaigns for our projects. In each case, ID employs a specialized, results-driven approach to each campaign, highlighting the individual strengths and unique characteristics of each new work.

Film Publicity Assistant Sought

This is an exceptional entry-level opportunity for a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join this high-performance team. Candidates must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, maintain the highest level of confidentiality and thrive in a fast-paced environment. This is a challenging, exciting career-track position designed to train future entertainment publicists in all aspects of the profession and media landscape.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Heavy administrative support for teams, including managing all client documents, scheduling, confirmations, and coordination of press opportunities, events and junkets.
• Monitoring and servicing of client press, maintenance of assets, and media lists.
• Participating in team client strategy ideation and execution with increasing responsibilities and opportunities commensurate with experience. In success and with the guidance of your Manager, participating in pitching efforts, beginning to form industry relationships as a result of mentoring and valuable introductions.
• Compensated out-of-hours work is sometimes required for industry and client events such as screenings, red carpet coverage and junkets. 

Requirements:

• Interest in entertainment publicity as a career
• Strong writing, research, organizational, and proofreading skills
• Detail-oriented
• Self-starter with ambition, able to work independently and collaborate on teams
• Strong ability to prioritize, problem solve and be resourceful
• Ability to work well on deadlines and take direction
• Professional demeanor with a positive attitude
• Pop culture/Film expert a plus

Job Type: 

• This is a full time job requiring presence in either our LA or New York office. At the time of this posting we work remotely on Fridays, however we reserve the right to require five days, Monday through Friday, in office in future.

Salary/Benefits: 

• This role is offered at $21.63/hour (non-exempt; annualized at $45,000) with an excellent opportunity for paid overtime. Excellent benefits include comprehensive medical/vision and dental benefits; 401K plan and more.

Due to a high volume of applicants, no phone calls please.

ID is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and to evaluating applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, veteran’s status, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.