A good pitch email gets read in the first eight seconds, or it gets deleted. If you already know that instinctively — if you've felt the small win of watching a story you placed actually run — this remote Media Relations Specialist role is probably worth your time.
The position is full-time, fully remote, and pays $85,000 a year. You'll sit close to leadership on messaging decisions, but the daily work is hands-on: writing, calling, pitching, tracking coverage, and occasionally putting out a fire when a story doesn't go the way anyone hoped.
The Shape of the Job
Two things drive this role — people and words. On the people side, you're maintaining real relationships with reporters, editors, and a handful of influencers who cover topics we care about. On the words side, you're the one turning a fairly ordinary company update into something a journalist wants to run. Job seekers scanning
Naukri Mitra for remote PR openings will notice this one sits at the intersection of strategist and writer rather than being purely one or the other.
What You'd Actually Be Doing
- Working with leadership to build out a media strategy, then adjusting it as coverage trends shift.
- Keeping an eye on what's happening in the news cycle so pitches land at the right moment, not two weeks late.
- Managing a media contact list — adding people, updating beats, pruning stale entries.
- Reaching out directly to press contacts with pitches, not just blasting a release and hoping.
- Writing press releases, media kits, and briefing docs that hold up under a skeptical editor's read.
- Sending out a regular newsletter so media contacts hear from us even when there's no big news.
- Pulling together coverage reports — what ran, where, and what it means — for stakeholders who don't have time to read every clip themselves.
- Helping run press events: logistics, invite lists, and being the person media can find on-site.
- Drafting statements fast and coordinating responses when something goes sideways publicly.
What Gets You In the Door
The non-negotiables first:
- Bachelor's degree, minimum.
- 3 years or more doing media relations, PR, or something close enough to count. Remote experience helps but isn't required.
- Evidence you can pitch and actually get placements — not just draft pitches that sit unread.
- Writing that doesn't need heavy rewriting before it goes out the door.
- The ability to run three or four things at once without any of them slipping.
- Comfort with media monitoring tools, a PR database or two, and the usual office software.
- A working sense of how social platforms shape press coverage today.
Not Required, But We'll Notice
- Time spent handling communications during an actual crisis, not just training for one.
- Some grasp of how search visibility affects digital press coverage.
- Experience working with press contacts outside your home region.
- Enough data comfort to build a simple coverage chart without help.
- An existing rolodex in a field relevant to our work.
Who Fits Here
Nobody's checking in on you every hour, so this works best for someone who doesn't need that. You'll set your own priorities most days. That said, it's not a job done in isolation — you'll be in regular contact with marketing, sometimes legal, occasionally the CEO's office when something urgent comes up. The people who do well here stay calm when a story takes an unfavorable turn and remain curious about the news even when nothing's on fire.
Pay and Perks
- $85,000 base, plus bonus tied to performance.
- Fully remote with real flexibility on hours — output matters more than a clock-in time.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage included.
- Paid time off and standard holidays.
- Money set aside for courses, certifications, or conferences that keep your skills current.
- A defined path forward if you want to grow past this role over time.
Applying
Send your resume, and instead of a generic cover letter, tell us about one placement you got that you're genuinely proud of — what the pitch was, why it worked. That tells us more than a list of past titles ever could. Working remotely here doesn't mean working in a bubble; it just means you can do the job from wherever you do your best thinking.
