Public Relations & Partnerships Strategist

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

The PR and Partnerships strategist is a results-orientated and experienced PR professional responsible for all Public Relations and partnership activities for brands under the Grocery Post Consumer Brands portfolio. This individual will partner with PCB’s lead PR agency to facilitate the development and execution of innovative PR marketing strategies and initiatives. With a PR background, the PR and Partnerships Strategist will be the lead educator on PR initiatives to the broader organization, own all day-to-day agency management and lead the development and execution of brand partnerships.  The role is based in Lakeville, MN and will have a Hybrid Office / Work-from-home schedule (3 days in the office).

Job Activities & Duties –

• Alongside PR agency, manage the strategy and planning of all PR activities across Grocery Post Consumer Brand portfolio
• Review and approve all proposed PR and influencer activations while educating the broader organization on PR efforts. This includes press releases, media talking points, influencer social media content and mailers.
• Facilitate reporting of PR and partnership efforts with agency and internal PCB analytics team
• Manage PR and partnerships budgets including new vendor and agency set up and invoice tracking
• Review incoming partnership requests and facilitate vendor meetings
• Manage day-to-day agency communication and program approval process with marketing brand teams, performance marketing, the creative studio and legal

• 3+ years of Public Relations experience either for a brand or at an agency
• 1+ year of experience with influencer marketing
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Comfortably lead meetings with external partners and PCB leaders
• Knowledge of social media content best practices
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams