Associate

Associate

Firehouse Strategies is seeking a full-time associate to join our rapidly growing public affairs firm. Associates at Firehouse play an integral role in supporting the firm’s client servicing teams while working in a fun, collaborative, and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate for this position has 1-2 years of professional experience and superb writing skills.

This position is based out of Firehouse’s Washington, D.C. office where the firm’s employees work in the office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and remotely Monday and Friday.

Responsibilities

• Support the firm’s client servicing teams in developing and executing strategies and tactics that effectively reach and persuade clients’ targeted audiences
• Draft client reports, memorandums, and presentation materials
• Draft opinion content, such as op-eds and letters to the editor
• Closely monitor day-to-day media activities related to the firm’s clients
• Work alongside the firm’s political team in managing clients’ grasstops advocacy campaigns

Preferred Qualifications

• 1-2 years of professional experience
• Ability to successfully draft memorandums, op-eds, and letters to the editor
• Proven ability to complete assigned tasks on time and manage competing deadlines
• Strong research skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite platforms, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Superb health and dental insurance benefits, with Firehouse paying 100% of the Carefirst Gold-tier reference plans offered by the firm
• Excellent retirement benefits, with Firehouse providing a 401(k)-plan featuring a 3% employer contribution for all employees
• Employer-sponsored financial planning services, with a dedicated financial planner offered by the firm to all employees
• Flexible Spending Accounts, offering employees a way to set aside pre-tax pay for qualifying health care expenses, dependent care expenses, and commuting or parking expenses
• 15 days of paid time off vacation per calendar year
• Monthly stipend for cellular phone usage
• Monthly firmwide social events
• A fun and collaborative environment to develop and expand your career

If interested and to learn more about the role, please send an email with a copy of your resume to [email protected].