Pr Manager

10+ years of experience in Public Relations and/or Publicity, preferably in entertainment and consumer tech
- Experience executing highly successful, creative and complex media campaigns and events
- Bachelor’s degree

Job summary
Amazon is seeking a highly-intelligent and experienced public relations professional to support our rapidly growing and evolving global digital video business. Amazon Prime Video is changing the way people watch movies and TV shows. Our mission is to build the widest selection of digital video content and make it trivially easy for customers to enjoy wherever and whenever they want.

Prime Video is seeking a talented, experienced and driven PR Manager to join the Mexico PR team who will partner and collaborate with global PR teams and key business leaders to imagine, develop and execute communications programs and events designed to support the global digital video business and its rapid growth in Mexico. You will be responsible for the proactive communication of our successful streaming service and promotion of our major award winning original and exclusive content, as well as supporting the local execution for regional and global campaigns and initiatives. As a local PR manager, you will be relied upon as a project lead and key advisor to senior business leaders and international PR colleagues, as well as support global campaigns taking into consideration cultural nuances for impactful regional media strategies.

You must have extraordinary high-judgment, excellent communications skills and exemplary writing ability in both English and Spanish, exceptional initiative, solid project management skills and a talent for effectively managing projects across international teams with complex communication challenges. You should have experience working with high standards under tight deadlines and be flexible to manage ambiguity as priorities change.

Key job responsibilities
- Devise and implement comprehensive communication tactics that build buzz and awareness for the digital video service and its content
- Development, contribution to, and implementation of PR strategies and campaigns for the in-house productions of Amazon Studios, and the extensive movie and TV portfolio of Prime Video
- Development and execution of premieres and other activations relating to Prime Video, including interviews with talent, set visits, press junkets and stunts for original, exclusive and first run content
- Direct coordination with, management and/or support of talent and creatives on press-facing tactics throughout productions and PR campaigns
- Close co-operation with fellow PR associates from across Latin America and worldwide, as well as international colleagues from Amazon Studios
- Work with key stakeholders across many regions including business leads, content teams, marketing teams, social media teams and external PR agencies
- Provide strategic counsel to senior business leaders
- Ensure consistency of company-wide communication, share worldwide best practices, capitalize on opportunities globally and develop impactful regional media strategies
- Keep current on trends, issues and news about both the business and consumer worlds of media and entertainment
- Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant local and regional media
- Conduct proactive and reactive media relations
- Crisis Communications: handling and supervising short-term reactive communications skills in order to assess the situation, create a plan and act quickly
- Manage external public relations agency on strategy and day-to-day matters

About the team
Amazon Prime Video is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what you watch on your TV. Our service is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world watches audiovisual content.
- Experience managing a current network of media contacts, as well as talent and creatives on productions and publicity campaigns
- Demonstrated understanding of the consumer and media landscape in Mexico and Latin America
- Exceptional verbal and written communications skills in English and Spanish
- Solid knowledge and experience in publicity preferred
- Solid collaborative skills, experience working with teams across different functions and timezones
- Desire to work with the media proactively to generate awareness
- Passion for pop culture, TV, film and entertainment
- Willingness to work hard and roll up sleeves to get work done, even when at times it is outside the scope of the job
- Ability to develop creative, effective strategies for difficult communications challenges
- Painstaking attention to detail
- Excell