About Global Situation Room

The Global Situation Room®, Inc is an elite, full-service public affairs agency that provides clients with sophisticated counsel that helps them navigate their most Complex Communications® challenges. Our areas of expertise include counter-crisis management, thought leadership, and global engagement strategies. We ensure clients are able to not only survive, but thrive amidst the regularity of today’s risks, drive the debate on key issues, and effectively engage both globally and locally. GSR has prominently placed clients on every major national and international media outlet, helped them navigate through their most complex crises, and gained strong, sustainable support for their brand amongst key audiences. 

Our clients include Fortune 100 companies, large philanthropies, and high-profile individuals. We have refined cutting edge tactics and tradecraft for protecting and promoting brands. The Counter-Crisis Management methodology GSR pioneered has become the gold standard in public relations, with the nation's leading communications agencies turning to GSR when they need to protect their own reputations. PR News also dedicates a monthly column to our crisis strategies and has GSR run crisis simulations at their conferences. The thought leadership campaigns developed by our team drive the debate for our clients on the national stage.

GSR is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff. We recognize that our continued success depends on hiring and retaining creative professionals, and encourage those with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Current Positions Open & How to Apply

Please email a résumé and cover letter to careers@globalsitroom.com, and indicate which position you are applying to.

If there are currently no available openings, we encourage you to email us your resume and cover letter for future consideration.

As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for several major clients, helping to develop and operationalize ambitious plans and programs.  At GSR we focus on achieving impact.  From high-profile media engagements to intimate roundtables with industry leaders, the work provides myriad opportunities to go beyond the superficial stuff.  We create content that moves the needle and will look to your expertise in helping realize that optimal outcome.  Your role is central to aligning their story with a crowded, constantly changing newscycle.  Clients will turn to you for counsel on maximizing emerging opportunities and to address their most complex challenges. The role will be diverse, dynamic, and offers exciting opportunities for development. 

Responsibilities:

• Serving as day-to-day primary client contact across multiple accounts

• Overseeing a team that consistently delivers exceptional, client-ready work

• Leading strategic planning process on behalf of multiple clients

• Tracking news developments relevant to clients

• Writing compelling press releases, op-eds, and speeches

• Present persuasively and drive meetings towards desired outcomes

• Propose new and innovative ideas for stories, thought leadership, events, partnerships, and other methods for helping clients grow their public profile

• Finding information and resources that can support our work

• Identifying and addressing emerging issues, risks

• Building relationships with media, influencers, policy experts, and others

• Forging and cultivating relationships with potential clients and partners

• Mentoring and training colleagues  

• Identifying potential business opportunities

  Qualifications

• A BA/BS degree 

• A minimum of 5 years experience, 1-2 years of client management

• Strong strategic vision, coupled with an acute ability to chart its execution

• Can work well under pressure and with limited guidance, support colleagues

• Drafting diverse and persuasive written materials with little input or editing required

• Strong knowledge of the media and policy issues

• Ability to successfully multitask and guide a team towards goals

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills

Benefits

• Year-end bonus eligibility based on work review

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full 

• Eligibility after 1 year of full-time employment in company retirement plan

• Personal technology subsidy

• Opportunity to travel, including internationally

• Business development bonus

This position would be hybrid in-person at our Alexandria, VA office but candidates must be located in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and references to careers@globalsitroom.com. 

Global Situation Room®, Inc. (GSR) is looking to hire an Account Supervisor to play a crucial role in assisting in managing client relationships and accounts, developing PR strategies, and executing effective campaigns. They will also be responsible for collaborating closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of PR initiatives. The role will be dynamic, and offers exciting opportunities for development. Our firm strongly believes in building up the personal brands and the thought leadership of team members, encouraging them to write, speak, and seek out their own media opportunities. At GSR, you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in contributing to some of the most important conversations taking place today.

Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to junior team members, including interns and entry-level staff.

• Review work produced by junior team members to ensure it meets quality standards and aligns with client expectations. Give feedback when necessary.

• Serve as day-to-day client support assisting account managers across multiple accounts. 

• Proactively suggests media outreach and strategy ideas for multiple clients across industries, sharing ideas with the team that will demonstrate value to the client.  

• Seamlessly coordinate requests from media and bloggers. 

• Propose story ideas (scope, timing) and educate on key news themes. 

• Assist with media interview preparation and provide clients with useful briefing materials prior to the interview.  

• Draft diverse and persuasive written materials accurately and in a timely fashion with little input or editing required.

• Leverage prior media relationships on behalf of clients and the broader team.  

• Idea generation at weekly new business meeting.

• Provide guidance and assistance in revising and improving work as needed.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

You’re perfect for this job if you have:

• BA/BS degree in journalism, communications, public relations or other related field is required.

• A minimum of 4 years of experience is required, along with 6+ months of client management experience. 

• Previous agency experience is a plus.

• Demonstrated understanding of news media.

• Experience facilitating media interviews and pitching stories as well as developing robust communications plans.

• Experience writing and developing press materials.

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.

• A collaborative, positive attitude and you are self-motivated.

• A highly adaptable personality across countries and cultures.

• Capable and confident by commanding respect through presence and poise.

Benefits:

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full

• Year-end bonus eligibility based on work review

• Eligibility after 1 year of full-time employment in company retirement plan

• Technology subsidy

• Opportunity to travel

• Business development bonus

This position would be hybrid in-person at our Alexandria, VA office but candidates must be located in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and references to careers@globalsitroom.com. 

As a Communications Associate, you will support several clients, helping to create high-quality products and opportunities to elevate their message.  Central to our work in the Situation Room, from where we monitor news developments around the world.  We will look to your keen insights and analysis to identify emerging trends.  The role often involves the creation of compelling written content, along with the intricate organization of events, and precision outreach to journalists.  At GSR, you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in contributing to some of the most important conversations taking place today.

Responsibilities:

• Serving as a key member of the account team, developing core components from a client’s strategic plans

• Exceeding client expectations with exceptional work

• Independently managing multiple deliverables while working closely with internal teams on overall execution

• Drafting written materials in a timely fashion with little input or editing required by account managers

• Effectively engaging media on behalf of clients, including pitching stories, organizing interviews, and preparing background briefings

• Compiling daily and weekly media monitoring reports for clients with insightful media summaries and analyses

• Keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest news trends

• Conducting in-depth research and analysis

• Executing extraordinary client events, meetings, and virtual engagements

• Working collaboratively with our business development team to identify potential clients

You’re perfect for this job if you have:

• A BA/BS degree

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a public relations /  communications agency, or relevant in-house experience

• A demonstrated understanding of news media

• Experience writing and developing press materials, including media pitches

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Familiarity with social media marketing strategies and analytics

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills

• A collaborative, positive attitude and you are self-motivated

Benefits:

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full

• Year-end bonus eligibility based on work review

• Eligibility after 1 year of full-time employment in company retirement plan

• Technology subsidy

• Opportunity to travel

• Business development bonus

This position would be hybrid in-person at our Alexandria, VA office but candidates must be located in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and references to careers@globalsitroom.com. 

As a Communications Assistant, you will support several client accounts, helping our team in the creation of high-quality products and opportunities to elevate their message. A typical day might include crafting a pitch, compiling media monitoring, or conducting market research. The role will be dynamic, and offers exciting opportunities for development. Our firm strongly believes in building up the personal brands and the thought leadership of team members, encouraging them to write, speak, and seek out their own media opportunities. At GSR, you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in contributing to some of the most important conversations taking place today.

Responsibilities:

• Support proactive and reactive media strategies led by the account manager across multiple client accounts, including compiling media lists, drafting and sending pitches, tracking outreach and results reports.  

• Compile daily and weekly media monitoring reports for client accounts with insightful media summaries and analyses.  

• Conduct and provide insight on industry research, news / media research and competitor research audits / vetting.  

• Draft in-depth research briefs in a timely fashion with little supervisor input or editing required.  

• Assist in the organization and coordination of events for clients and GSR.

• Assists in identifying potential leads and conducting initial outreach.

• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

You’re perfect for this job if you have:

• A BA/BS degree in public relations, crisis communications, media relations or a related field

• A minimum of 1 year of experience working in a public relations /  communications agency, or relevant in-house experience

• A demonstrated understanding of news media

• Experience writing and developing press materials, including media pitches

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Familiarity with social media marketing strategies and analytics

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills

• A collaborative, positive attitude and you are self-motivated

Benefits:

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full

• Year-end bonus eligibility based on work review

• Eligibility after 1 year of full-time employment in company retirement plan

• Technology subsidy

• Opportunity to travel

• Business development bonus

This position would be hybrid in-person at our Alexandria, VA office but candidates must be located in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and references to careers@globalsitroom.com. 

As a Research Assistant, you will support podcast client accounts, helping our clients address their most Complex Communications challenges by researching episode topics, conducting market research, compiling media monitoring reports, and pitching potential guests. The role will be dynamic, and offers exciting opportunities for development. Our firm strongly believes in building up the personal brands and the thought leadership of team members, encouraging them to write, speak, and seek out their own media opportunities. At GSR, you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in contributing to some of the most important conversations taking place today.

Responsibilities:

• Draft in-depth research briefs in a timely fashion with little input or editing required.

• Lead proactive and reactive media outreach and strategy on behalf of podcast team.

• Moderate podcast interviews and provide constructive performance feedback after the interview.

• Manage scope, track deliverables, create a strategic plan with the team, and assist in the execution.

• Schedule and coordinate meetings with podcast guests and hosts.

• Research and propose episode ideas. 

• Podcast guest ideation and outreach.

• Generate compelling social media content for the podcast.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

You’re perfect for this job if you have:

• A BA/BS degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or another related field

• Strong background in research, either in an academic or professional setting.

• Experience facilitating media interviews and pitching stories.

• Experience writing and developing press materials.

• A demonstrated understanding of news media

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills

• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills

• A collaborative, positive attitude and you are self-motivated

Benefits:

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full

• Year-end bonus eligibility based on work review

• Eligibility after 1 year of full-time employment in company retirement plan

• Technology subsidy

• Opportunity to travel

• Business development bonus

This position would be hybrid in-person at our Alexandria, VA office but candidates must be located in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and references to careers@globalsitroom.com.