Padilla Speer Beardsley is an employee-owned company that strives for excellence, offers generous benefits and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Vice President, Agribusiness, Minneapolis
Padilla Speer Beardsley is seeking a strong, experienced leader to help us grow our already successful Minneapolis-based agribusiness practice. Padilla is one of the country's most respected independent public relations and integrated communications consulting firms, known for delivering strategic, results-oriented programs to a wide range of clients across the country.
If you have more than 10 years of strategic communications experience (strong agency background preferred) and possess a passion for business growth and client service, this is an excellent opportunity. We have a great team in place and deep agency resources at your disposal. Our ideal candidate will have deep background in agriculture, agribusiness or closely related fields and a track record of excellent client service, account management and staff development. We offer a high-energy, rewarding environment for those with a drive for developing business and building lasting client relationships.
Administrative Assistant, Health Care, Minneapolis
Are you bored with your repetitive administrative job and looking for more variety? There's never a dull moment working at Padilla Speer Beardsley. We need an organized and detail-oriented person with three to five years of experience as an administrative assistant to support our public relations professionals. If you have excellent administrative skills -- including grammar, spelling, proofreading and multitasking -- this may be the job for you.
Candidates must be able to type 60 wpm and have strong skills in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience working with mail merge and creating/editing PowerPoint presentations are also musts.
Public Relations Summer Intern, Minneapolis
Padilla Speer Beardsley is looking for college students and recent graduates with public relations or other communications-related experience to work full-time in our summer internship program. This is a paid internship and a great opportunity to work inside the public relations industry. Summer interns work on a wide variety of projects and with different practice areas across the company.
Responsibilities may include: writing news, product and personnel releases; research; onsite event support; vendor coordination; creating and editing media lists; making media verification calls; organizing clips; and tracking incoming trade publications.
Candidates must have excellent writing skills and media relations experience, as well as one or two previous internships or volunteer experiences in public relations, journalism, or marketing communications. Please apply for this position by March 26, referencing this job.
Intern, Health Care and Investor Relations, Minneapolis
Padilla Speer Beardsley has an opening for a full-time public relations intern to work on a variety of projects in our health care and investor relations practices. This is a paid, three-month internship. The work will involve basic public relations skills, including writing, media relations, media list development, research, production coordination and some administrative tasks.
Candidates need six months of experience in public relations, communications or newspaper reporting. Experience may be professional, internships or volunteering. Excellent writing skills, media relations experience and an interest in working with financial information are required.
Account Executive, Agriculture and Environmental Science, Minneapolis
If you have a passion for writing and an interest in the agricultural industry, we want YOU. Padilla Speer Beardsley is looking for an account executive (AE) to join our agriculture and environmental science practice.
Candidates need three to five years of public relations experience, plus excellent writing skills, media relations experience and strong project-management skills. Public relations agency experience is a plus.
As an AE, you would be responsible for day-to-day public relations activities, including writing case histories, bylines, feature articles and news releases, as well as planning and implementing trade shows and client events. The AE will also conduct media calls, schedule editor interviews and assist with research.
Intern, Manufacturing and Technology, Minneapolis
Padilla Speer Beardsley has an opening for a full-time public relations intern to work on a wide variety of projects. This is a paid, six-month internship. The internship will focus on business-to-business marketing for clients of our manufacturing and technology practices.
Responsibilities include: writing news, product and personnel releases; creating and editing media lists, media relations work, organizing clips, and tracking incoming trade publications and research. Candidates must have excellent writing skills, as well as one or two previous internships or volunteer experiences in public relations, journalism or marketing communications.
Senior Research Analyst, Minneapolis
Padilla Speer Beardsley is looking for a senior analyst to join its in-house communication research team, working three to four days a week. Projects include large-scale opinion and attitude surveys, qualitative studies to develop messages and campaigns, and marketing research for brand and product development.
The senior analyst will help plan and execute projects, including the selection of research and analytical methods, the preparation of tables and charts, and the writing of final reports. The senior analyst is also responsible for controlling project budgets and conducting day-to-day oversight and client contact on research projects.
To be considered, candidates must have a minimum of five to seven years of experience in a research-related field and a master's degree with research thesis in a social science or related field. The senior analyst needs a working knowledge of descriptive and multivariate statistical techniques, and experience with analytical software such as SPSS and Excel. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, writing and relationship-building skills. The senior analyst also must be experienced in conducting library research with online databases and synthesizing results into written reports.
Please e-mail a cover letter and resume, referencing the job opportunity, to Stephanie Grogg at resumes@psbpr.com or mail to: Stephanie Grogg, Padilla Speer Beardsley, 1101 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55415.
Account Executive, New York
Padilla Speer Beardsley is looking for an account executive (AE) with public relations experience to join our New York City office. Candidates must have excellent writing skills, media relations experience and strong project-management skills. Account executives are responsible for the many day-to-day public relations activities including writing case histories, bylines, feature articles and news releases, as well as planning and implementing trade shows and client events. AEs also conduct ongoing media calls, schedule editor interviews and assist with research. Experience working at a public relations agency is a plus.
If you are interested, please send your resume and a cover letter referencing the job opportunity via e-mail to cdodd@psbpr.com or mail to: Cindy Dodd, Padilla Speer Beardsley, 950 Third Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022.