PR & Communications Specialist
Hoffman Estates, ILJobPosted 3w agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Atom.com is seeking an entry-level PR & Communications Specialist to support media outreach in a startup environment. The role works with marketing and leadership to organize outreach, manage media lists, and support pitching for announcements, product launches, and brand storytelling. It is suited to someone early in a PR career with some exposure to media outreach or communications who is ready to develop stronger practitioner skills.
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Job description: Atom.com is looking for a PR & Communications Specialist to support our media outreach efforts and build real PR experience in a fast-moving startup environment. This is an execution-focused, entry-level role. You will work closely with the marketing and leadership team to organize outreach, manage media lists, and support pitching efforts across startup announcements, product launches, and brand storytelling. It is ideal for someone early in their PR career who has some exposure to media outreach or communications work and is ready to grow into a stronger practitioner. What You’ll Do Media List Building
- Research relevant journalists, editors, and outlets across business, tech, and startup media
- Maintain and organize media lists in a shared tracker
- Segment lists by topic, beat, and campaign
Outreach Support
- Send pitches and follow-ups using pre-written messaging and templates
- Track outreach activity and journalist responses
- Help ensure consistent and timely follow-up cycles
Press Materials
- Assist in updating press releases, pitch templates, and briefing documents
- Provide light writing and editing support
Campaign Execution
- Help coordinate media outreach around product launches and announcements
- Support scheduling and logistics for PR campaigns
Tracking & Reporting
- Maintain spreadsheets tracking outreach activity and coverage
- Log responses, opens, and placements
What We’re Looking For We are not looking for senior PR strategists or agency leaders. We are looking for someone early in their career who is ready to build strong fundamentals.
- 1-3 years of experience in PR, communications, or journalism
- Exposure to media outreach, pitching, or content creation through an internship, agency, or in-house role
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Comfortable working in Google Sheets and Docs, and highly organized
- Interest in startups, tech, or branding
- Willingness to learn, take feedback, and execute consistently
About Atom Atom.com is an AI-first domain marketplace and ICANN-accredited registrar helping entrepreneurs discover, evaluate, and secure the right domain. Atom combines millions of domains with AI-powered discovery that matches names based on meaning, positioning, style, and brand potential. Atom serves more than 100,000 startups and businesses and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list five times. Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
How this job compares
Set against the 926 open Public Relations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$124–180K/yr584 salary ranges
- US median$23–26/hr46 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Public Relations jobs in Illinois and 926 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- American Medical Association2 open
- ATOM (this employer)2 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Public Relations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 755 postings).
- Education
- 344 of the 926 open Public Relations jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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