Atomic PR is hiring experienced teammates at virtually all levels
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Please forward this to anyone you feel is a good fit for our team.
We're hiring
In Q4 of last year, Atomic won several reviews for large brands including Polaroid and Intuit's personal finance group of products. In the first 6 weeks of 2010, we added several more exciting new clients, we've been added to the short list of half a dozen reviews for prominent brands and the queue of potential clients contacting us is growing each week. We added staff in advance of Q4 last year, so we still have reasonable bandwidth, but now it's time to add a few more key teammates to be able to comfortably take on new accounts in Q2.
Growth plan
We promoted several experienced directors to team leader positions last year. Now, several veteran team leaders are growing their teams, while a few others are branching out and starting brand new teams. The new teams are starting with a small core of Atomic people and growing by adding experienced new teammates. That's how we've always done it, and it's worked well for both the new teammates and for maintaining the quality of work and client service Atomic is known for.
This is a good time for new teammates to apply all the things they've learned so far while learning cutting edge techniques inside the lively, supportive culture one of the country's top Tech PR firms.
Qualifications
The right candidates need to be experienced in managing PR at another top agency or in house, for well-regarded technology related brands in deep tech, consumer tech, digital entertainment and Web 2.0. Candidates need to hold a title at, or just below the level they'd like to apply for. They need to have all the experience and skills you'd expect. And they need to be smart, happy, well-spoken, team-oriented self-starters who colleagues and clients love to work with.
Open positions
SF Office
- 2 Account executives
- 2 Senior account executives
- 2 Account supervisors
- Social media campaign specialist
- 2 Account coordinators
- Graphic design intern
Los Angeles
- Account supervisor
- Account executive
- Account coordinator
- Intern
New York Office
- Vice president
- Account coordinator
More about Atomic's unique practice approach here:
http://www.atomicpr.com/#content/method-different-approach,
and more about Atomic's culture here:
http://www.atomicpr.com/#content/about-careers.
To chat or apply, please get in touch: work@atomicpr.com.
Atomic's "Hollywood sign" stunt for the Trust for Public Land. More coming...
Friday, 12 February 2010
Atomic LA and Atomic Digital Ops have had to keep mum about this project for some time, but now we're public with our efforts and the news is making headlines around the globe. So far we've seen hundreds of major press hits, broadcast pickups, and social media chatter (1,750+ Facebook fans in 36 hours, a Top 10 trending Twitter keyword in LA, etc).
We're helping the Trust for Public Land in their campaign to save Cahuenga Peak, the land surrounding the Hollywood Sign. Owned by private developers, the land is at risk of having a number of mansions built atop it, forever marring the iconic view of the Hollywood Sign and preventing the public access to the land which people have enjoyed for decades.
Much more to come soon - in the meantime check out our microsite for the latest updates, and feel free to share the widget below and encourage support!
First Trimester Report: Atomic PR | Europe
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Setting up a European business during what has arguably been one of the worst downturns for over 50 years may seem like a daunting task. The Bellweather Report from the IPA (Instit. of Practitioners in Advertising, UK) reported a decrease of 7% in Q4 2009, the ninth successive quarter.
So how much notice do you take of the broader macro-environment? Having a strong 'mother ship' with explosive US growth, major client wins and new relationships clearly opens doors in other geographies. The next step is to grab 'low-hanging fruit' whenever the opportunity arises. Miss this, and you might be waiting another 9 months.
The final piece in the jigsaw means that you have to be ready to respond and be sure you're hiring the right people in the right places. Recession often focuses the mind and those with strong business value propositions will flourish. Well, six months on, Atomic Europe is on a roll of sorts. After winning a global account in the first few weeks of our existence, Atomic PR Europe now has several clients, a growing footprint in London, Paris and Munich and a European team with strong sector expertise gained working with the likes of Dell, HP, Microsoft, Symantec and others.
In February, we'll be trotting off to Amsterdam, to launch an innovative large format touch screen technology developed by a little known Portuguese company to an array of European media. Did I mention that you also have to be lucky?
Sandeep Kalsi is Managing Director of Atomic PR | Europe
Atomic PR named Agency of Record for Intuit's Personal Finance Products
Friday, 15 January 2010
Atomic has been named AOR for the Personal Finance Group at Intuit, following Intuit's acquisition of Mint.com; extending our responsibilities to include Quicken's range of personal financial management solutions. We're working with Intuit's Personal Finance Group on umbrella strategy, positioning, messaging, media relations, social media and video, event support and product promotion. We can't talk about budget, but the scope of work has increased significantly.
According to Atomic's co-founder Andy Getsey, "We're incredibly excited to partner with Intuit's Personal Finance Group to increase adoption of personal financial management software - this is a time when making the most of your money, setting and sticking to budgets, and getting financially fit is more important than ever."
Atomic was selected as Mint.com's agency of record prior to the company's launch in 2007. Atomic's collaboration on initial positioning, competitive messaging, and spokesperson coaching helped Mint.com win "Best in Show" at TechCrunch40 - and momentum built quickly from there.
A thoughtful authority program established CEO and founder Aaron Patzer as a recognized expert on topics ranging from finance to entrepreneurship; social media and SEO thinking helped Mint.com grow more quickly than any other financial software brand, and orchestrated outreach to traditional consumer and lifestyle media made the product more successful with young people and women than anything that has come before.
Since the acquisition of Mint.com by Intuit, a combined communications effort for Mint and Quicken has continued to generate strong media, blog and social media traction and user adoption of both products has accelerated significantly.
A Holiday donation from our clients to the Zeum
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
We're sincerely grateful to our clients for their business this year. That thankful sentiment really counts, but gift baskets and such probably don't matter that much. We think that the funds normally spent trading gifts of snacks, beverages and such between relatively affluent professionals during the holidays could be put to a higher use that might make a difference to someone. So this year, in addition to the pro-bono work we did for a variety of causes, we took the $ five figure sum we would have spent on a client party or gifts and donated it to the Zeum in the name of the Clients of Atomic.
The Zeum is a SF-based foundation, museum and workshop environment whose mission neatly overlaps the fields represented by our client list. The Zeum promotes computer, multimedia, arts & entertainment industry literacy to under served youth. So thanks to all of our clients for their business and camaraderie this year, and best wishes for a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.
