Archive for the ‘Love Your Job, Live Your Life’ Category

There are some great new job opportunities popping up over SoCal. Check them out:

Los Angeles

Internship Opportunities on PRSA LA Website

Account Executive, JMPR Public Relations

Social Media Strategist, Color Image Apparel

Orange County

Public Relations Specialist, Molina Healthcare, Inc.

Communications Manager, FamilyIQ

Marketing/Communications Specialist, The Consortium for International Development

San Diego

Senior Account Executive, BERKMAN

Intern, BERKMAN

Public Relations Manager, California Center for the Arts

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This is one of the most hilarious, but creative job postings we have ever come across and had to share it with you!

At FOX 5 TV in San Diego we are assembling an army of blood thirsty assassins armed with creativity and fortified with a “can do” attitude to join our sales force.  We provide the tools, training, and environment to achieve unlimited income and live the life less ordinary by offering the most innovative TV, Mobile and Web marketing solutions ever conceived.  You provide the brilliance, passion, commitment and willingness to laugh at failure then bask in victory which will aid us in our quest of becoming the best media organization in the history of the universe.  If you are an “order taker” with a fancy degree and “proven track record” you should have stopped reading by now.  However, if you are that one in a million, forged from the fires of hell, ass kicking, name taking lunatic that we are looking for, please contact Mike Martin at 858-496-0267or email mgmartin@tribune.com.

Allison & Partners is one of the largest nationwide PR agencies and has a number of openings in its San Diego office. We have a range of clients, from global burger chains to technology providers, boutique hotels, national park concessioners and non-profits.

We are looking for a number of experienced travel and tourism/hospitality PR rock stars to work on our rapidly expanding roster of consumer and hospitality clients. You must have a great grasp of travel trends and have relationships with editors at all key publications. Ideally, you’ll have worked with tourism boards as well. Spanish language skills are a bonus. Please email your resume and cover letter to Tim Wheatcroft.

Just imagine, showing up to work on the assignment desk and thinking it’s going to be a routine shift. You’ve handled breaking news before, but this time you are the news.

That’s what it’s like for Jacki Wells Cisneros who works at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, and her husband Gilbert, who are the winners of Tuesday’s multi-state Mega Millions draw. The ticket was purchased at an L&L Hawaiian Barbecue on Pico Rivera.

Check out how the story unfolded in the newsroom here.

The Official PR Salary & Bonus Report – 2010 Edition, recently released by PR executive recruiting firm Spring Associates, reported PR salaries were down in 2009: Agency salaries decreased an average of 10.6 percent and in-house corporate communications decreased by 11.3 percent. As a comparison, in 2008 agency salaries increased 2.7 percent.

Across the board billing rates decreased: down seven to ten percent for independent agencies, versus five to seven percent for holding company owned agencies.

What was your experience like in 2009 and how is 2010 treating you so far?

Arika Anderson Daniels is a founding partner of Scatena Daniels Communications, a boutique marketing communications agency focusing on connections, creativity and results based out of San Diego, Calif., as well as one of the founding editors of SoCalPRBlog. Follow her on Twitter.

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I started out like many in the PR field, as a generalist account executive at a mid-size PR agency pre-Internet bubble.  Once the sky started to fall and tech clients disappeared overnight, I was moved to start supporting large financial firms involved in venture capital and leveraged buyouts.

It was a rewarding job, working with these masters of the universe and becoming immersed in the financial media and learning how no news sometimes was a good thing. Two years later, I was lured to the wonderful world of Wall Street, working in PR for a large brokerage firm, promoting financial advisors in their local markets. It was great to travel across the country and drive media interest in local markets help build their brand. Read the rest of this entry »

A very wise man I adored once said, “The only thing worse than too much work is no work.” He knew what he was talking about.

His job was physical, and he had a wife and two kids to take care of. His job took a physical toll on him, but that didn’t worry him a bit. Now, suggest to him that his job might not be there tomorrow, and I’m sure the sweat came pouring from his brow.

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The Public Relations Intern assists with the development and execution of a communication plan to support Mission Federal ArtWalk 2009, San Diego’s largest and best-known art festival, attracting more than 100,000 visitors to Little Italy during the weekend of April 25 and 26, 2009. The intern role offers an educational opportunity to learn how a large scale event is publicized in its local and target markets to attract visitor participation.  The intern will work under the guidance of Mission Federal ArtWalk’s outside PR consultancy and will receive on-site support. Read the rest of this entry »

Every year the tax season shows up out of nowhere.  If you are like me, you are a control freak and do your taxes yourself. Or you are smarter than me, and have your accountant do them. Regardless of who prepares them, it is never fun. I recently spoke with a Kathryn Carlson of Carlson Accounting Services and she provided the following 2009 tax tips to help ease the pain:

The IRS estimates it will take taxpayers using Form 1040 an average 21.4 hours to complete their taxes this year. That includes record keeping, tax planning and completing and filing the return. The more complicated your return, the more time it will take to complete. Make this year less stressful, by being ready when it is time to prepare your 2009 tax return.  Read the rest of this entry »