PR Managing Director - Fractional

Disrupt PR$75.00 – $100.00 per hourUnited States only

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Disrupt PR | Up to $75-$100/hr DOE | Part-time contract, Mon–Thu This isn't a coast role. We need a senior PR operator who still writes the pitch, chases the follow-up, lands placements every week, and makes the team around them better everyday.

ABOUT DISRUPT PR

We're an Austin-based boutique PR agency, named #1 Best Boutique PR Agency 2025. We were journalists; now we win at PR. Our team pitches newsrooms we used to work in, and our campaigns have generated enough coverage to crash client websites.

We work with ambitious brands in biotech, health media, proptech, manufacturing, cannabis and financial advisory. Our team is fully remote and small: CEO, COO and an Account Manager. Every person on it moves the needle. Let's Disrupt!

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Crisis calm. When it hits, stay calm: write the simple narrative and the holding statement fast.
Roadmaps. Keep a short, actionable 4–8 week roadmap for each account. Plans should drive action, not sit in a doc.
Your Account Manager. Edit their drafts, explain the edits, and coach them on angles and follow-up. Nothing should wait on you.
Visibility. Pitch from shared Disrupt PR systems and accounts so the team sees every outbound pitch and reply. No single-person logins, no black-box inboxes.
MUST-HAVES (non-negotiable)
8+ years of client-facing PR, across at least two agencies, or running your own shop.
You've run an agency, or run 5+ accounts at once while managing multiple clients and account managers.
You're still pitching and landing now. We'll ask for links to 3 placements you personally secured in the last 90 days.
A strong pitch writer with a proven follow-up system. You can name a placement you won on the third touch.
Senior enough to lead client calls and push back.
You like editing and coaching junior work.
Deep hands-on skill in media list building, client communication, and spotting timely angles.
You're fast and an exceptional communicator: you answer the same day, write tight, and lead with a recommendation.
Reliable, consistent availability of 10–12 hours a week, Mon–Thu, overlapping with US Central business hours. The team shouldn't have to schedule around you.
NICE-TO-HAVES
Former journalist or producer.
Placements in health/biotech trades and business press (think STAT, Fierce, Bloomberg, Fortune), or in tech and finance.
Relationships with podcast bookers, and broadcast booking chops.
You've run an awards and speaking program.
Crisis comms and media training experience.
Fluent in Muck Rack, Podchaser and AI tools.
PROBABLY NOT A FIT IF…
Your most recent placements are more than a few months old.
You pitch volume and skip the follow-up.
You'd rather manage the people doing the pitching than pitch yourself.
Your strategy docs are long but don't lead to action.
You need a 24-hour runway to react to news.
You want a retainer you can coast on.
SCHEDULE & RATE
Fractional: 10–12 hours a week, typically Monday–Thursday
Remote (US)
$75-$100/hr, independent contractor
Steady weekly hours, not project-to-project

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