Director of Public Relations_

**About Specialty Program** **Group:**Our goal is to partner with industry-leading specialty businesses to provide them with the ability to achieve their goals and optimize their businesses. Specialty Program Group offers access to capital and investment, deep carrier relationships, creative thinking, product development and broad distribution, while allowing our businesses to maintain the essence of what makes them successful. Specialty Program Group delivers leading-edge specialty expertise backed by transformative digital capabilities and sophisticated data and analytics.**About** **Squaremouth:**Squaremouth was launched in 2003 with the core goals of becoming the best workplace for its employees and the best place for customers to buy travel insurance. In 2014, we utilized our travel insurance expertise to develop and launch Tin Leg, a travel insurance brand with policies designed to address our customer’s most common and pressing travel concerns. Tin Leg quickly became one of the most popular travel insurance providers on squaremouth.com and continues to offer some of the most comprehensive products in the travel insurance market.We’ve grown from a small team to a company of over 50 employees, gaining national and international recognition along the way as one of the best customer service teams and best places to work. Widely recognized for our company culture, we are proud of most recently being named one of the Best Workplaces in America in 2023 by Inc. Magazine!Continuing to strive toward its goal of being one of the most innovative companies in the field, Squaremouth was acquired in April 2023 by Specialty Program Group (SPG), a leading operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities. Today, Squaremouth.com, and its multi-award winning customer service team, has helped over 3 million travelers save time and money to find the best travel insurance policy for their trip.Squaremouth is looking for a Director of Public Relations to join its Marketing team. In this role, you are expected to become an expert in our business and vertical to grow Squaremouth’s public image as an innovative company and travel insurance industry leader.The Director of Public Relations should be capable of developing and implementing strategic external communications with key media contacts, including but not limited to media pitches, press releases, and interviews. They must possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills. They should be able to actively identify topics and events that are newsworthy and should be able to meet strict deadlines to capitalize on media opportunities.**Responsibilities**+ Identify key public relations contacts and opportunities+ Secure media placement in trade and business publications+ Ability to interact successfully, build relationships, and influence national and local media representatives, reporters and editors+ Build out editorial content strategies based on industry events and consumer trends+ Research, draft, distribute, and pitch content to key media targets+ Execute frequent, engaging press releases, from concept to completion+ Act as company representative, with the ability to speak confidently and informatively to media+ Ability to communicate concisely and translate complicated topics into lay language+ Strong writing skills, ranging from technical to creative writing+ Ability to analyze and report on results, and establish improvements+ Self-motivated individual with the ability to work autonomously, without close supervision, while maintaining our team approach+ Keep a constant pulse on current events and industry changes that impact business, with the ability to develop relevant and newsworthy content**Qualifications**+ 5+ years in PR, marketing, agency, or relevant experience required+ Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or equivalent+ Video production and editing experience a plus+ Experience using Wordpress, MailChimp, Salesforce, Muckrack, and Hootsuite a plus+ Able to handle constructive criticism and accept different points of view and feedbackDisclosure required under applicable state or municipality regulations: The expected salary range for this position is $60,000 and $62,000 and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, FSA, HSA and 401(k) accounts, paid-time-off benefits, and eligible bonuses, equity and commissions for some positions.Department MarketingRequired Experience: 2-5 years of relevant experienceRequired Travel: Up to 25%Required Education: Bachelor's degree (4-year degree)HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran's status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement is available here at ol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm .EEOAA Policy (obs/eeo/)E-Verify ProgramWe endeavor to make this website accessible to any and all users. 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