Media Relations Lead

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Jabil is hiring for a Media Relations Lead to work onsite in our corporate headquarters located in St. Petersburg, FL.  The salary range for this position is $105,000–$120,000 commensurate with experience.

How will you make an impact? 

As the Media Relations Lead with Jabil, you will be responsible for developing and strategically managing innovative, results-driven public relations and media relations initiatives that elevate Jabil’s brand reputation, support business priorities, and strengthen visibility across media covering the company’s key focus areas.

If you’re a PR and media relations professional with experience crafting compelling narratives for manufacturing, supply chain, or B2B technology companies that cut through the noise of a cluttered media ecosystem, we invite you to apply. 

What will you do?

• Develop and implement strategic public relations campaigns that support Jabil’s business priorities and enhance Jabil’s brand reputation and visibility. 

• Interface regularly with key leaders and subject matter experts to formulate and manage PR and media relations strategies, content, and timing. 

• Respond to media inquiries and proactively build relationships with journalists, editors, and producers, including in the Tampa Bay media market. 

• Draft, edit, and distribute press releases, media alerts, thought leadership content, talking points, and other PR collateral. 

• Coordinate media interviews and collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure media presence at appropriate events. 

• Prepare senior leaders and subject matter experts for interactions with the press through media training sessions and written briefings. 

• Monitor, analyze, and report on media coverage and PR campaign effectiveness using Meltwater; evaluate PR and media relations initiatives to measure their performance and ensure they are meeting/exceeding goals/objectives. 

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to support the management of external-facing issues and crisis communications swiftly and thoughtfully, maintaining Jabil’s reputation in challenging situations. 

• Stay up to date with trending stories in Jabil’s key industries, competitor activity, and emerging content channels to find new areas of opportunity for Jabil. 

• Support continuous improvement of the global external communications function to include resources, tools, and lessons learned/best practices. 

• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. 

How will you get here? 

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, English, or a related field. 

• At least 5 years of proven experience in public relations and media relations, preferably at a B2B company or in an agency setting working with customers in B2B, manufacturing, supply chain, or high technology industries. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: 

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information into clear, engaging messages, demonstrated in a portfolio and/or work samples. 

• Effectively builds relationships within the organization to help achieve business outcomes. Demonstrates expertise in dealing with business partners at a strategic level, coaching and counseling them, and influencing how leadership thinks about PR. 

• Demonstrated success securing coverage in top-tier business press and trade outlets covering manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, technology, and Jabil’s key businesses (such as data centers, robotics, and healthcare). A solid network of relevant journalist contacts is a plus. 

• Experienced in crisis management and the development of proactive response strategies. 

• Strong news sense. 

• Provides superior communications counsel to senior leaders and subject matter experts, enabling them to confidently navigate media opportunities. Coaches executives and helps them relate to their audience. 

• Exacting attention to detail, project manage