What are the responsibilities and job description for the TrailRunner International, Analyst position at TrailRunner International?
Founded in 2016 by Jim Wilkinson, TrailRunner International is a global strategic communications firm headquartered in the U.S.A. TrailRunner provides crisis communications, financial communications, and ongoing corporate communications support to the world’s top enterprises, institutions, and individuals. TrailRunner has a broad and diverse group of global clients headquartered in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
The Role
Working directly with TrailRunner leadership and senior advisors, Analysts help clients in all industries leverage strategic communications to achieve their objectives in special situations (IPOs, M&A, restructurings, investor issues, regulatory matters, litigation, crises, etc.) and in longer-term engagements focused on priorities including corporate reputation, executive visibility, media relations, investor relations, and issues management.
In addition to strong writing, research, and analytical skills, success as an Analyst -- and in every role at TrailRunner -- requires an unwavering commitment to helping clients and teammates win. The ability to maintain poise and good humor in dynamic, high-intensity situations is highly valued, given the nature of the work and the firm’s inclusive, collaborative culture.
Ideal candidates will typically have Less than three years of relevant work or internship experience and possess a combination of personal drive, emotional intelligence, and intellectual curiosity required for career advancement with the benefit of experience and mentoring from senior colleagues.
Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day execution across the full range of client assignments
- Draft well-written briefings based on analysis of financial disclosures, legal filings, media coverage, social media activity, and other sources
- Ensure situational awareness for clients through real-time monitoring of media, social media, analyst, investor, ratings agency, and other signals
- Drive high operational tempo in all interactions with clients and colleagues. This routinely requires handling client needs outside of normal business hours
- Coordinate and support media relations, investor relations, social media, and other tactical outreach efforts. With guidance, engage directly with journalists and other influencers
- Support the development and execution of project plans encompassing media relations, conferences and events, content creation, social media activation, crisis response, issues management, and other workstreams
Requirements
- Strong work and personal ethics, and commitment to learning and excellence
- Ability to be a builder who can actively contribute to TrailRunner’s entrepreneurial culture
- Strong writing, analytical, and research skills
- Experience/comfort working with complex financial, legal, and corporate concepts
- Commitment to mastering the details in every situation
- Ability to organize and prioritize work across multiple simultaneous projects, including working well with others -- especially when time is short, and the stakes are high
- Less than three years of relevant work or internship experience in public relations, corporate communications, journalism, law, finance, or politics/public policy (relevant agency experience strongly preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, finance, business, or another related field
