English-speaking Communications & PR Manager

San Francisco Agency is an award-winning international comms & PR agency, with a growing client base in Europe and the US. Our mission is to help companies and brands spread stories to the world by leveraging the PR industry’s best practices and our own technology. We’re a team that values our company culture highly. We appreciate a good laugh, but we take our work seriously. Before applying, read our Code of Conduct to see if you’re on the same page as us.  We are the agency that Nordic and global businesses trust when they have a story that deserves to be told.

Local relevance matters just as much as international reach, which is why we operate with local teams and languages across all Nordic markets and global English-speaking markets, with no copy-paste solutions. We exist to set the standard for tech PR and communications.  We work with leading companies with exponential growth potential and a positive impact on the world. We help them create messages that travel far and earn thousands of media hits annually.

Our clients include the hottest technology startups, publicly listed global companies, private equity investors, and multinational expert organizations and research centers.  In 2025, we served 120 companies from 10 different countries, helping them with a variety of strategic communication services, from PR operations to crisis communications and building key messaging assets that stick. Our clients got over 5,400 media hits globally, and gave us an NPS of 76 – well above the industry standard.  Now, we’re looking for a new English-speaking colleague to join our multinational team: we have colleagues from six different countries.

We have a fully remote work policy, but if you want to, you can work in our office in Kaivokatu 10, right opposite the Helsinki Central Railway Station.  You get to: Help our clients tell their newsworthy stories to the global, English-speaking audience and media. Work with both innovative Finnish companies and multicultural global companies that want us to execute their PR on the highest level of expertise. Write content that dives deep into current hot topics, our clients’ industries, and tech applications, often explaining complex concepts in a simple and clear way.

This could be in the form of press releases or editorial-level opinion and thought leadership articles. Lead client teams, as well as work with your colleagues in a supportive role.  Engage with clients to create effective PR and communications strategies, as well as help them in cases of crisis communications or other urgent communications needs. Develop and maintain relationships with journalists and media. Work together with the whole team to attract the best clients and talent.

Work with our team of 10+ international PR and communications professionals.

What we offer:

• An opportunity to focus on PR while working directly with a variety of industries and building long-term client and media relations, with the support of your team.
• Working with some of the most exciting clients  – our clientele includes rapidly growing startups, big IT companies, innovation units of larger corporations, and research organizations.  Possibilities to be part of new client acquisition and earn sales commissions on top of your competitive base salary.
• You get to work with an international and diverse team that is, quite frankly, awesome.
• MacBook laptop, phone benefit, and home internet up to 100€ a month The possibility to work remotely as much as you want, or come to our office in downtown Helsinki!
• We only expect to see you once a month for our monthly team day.  External training sessions with top experts.
• We have extensive occupational health and travel insurance, as well as an annual ePassi benefit for 400 euros that can be spent on well-being, culture, and sports.
• Our agency has transparent salary ladders.
• For this position, the base salary is 4000–4600 euros a month.
• On top of your base salary, everyone gets a team bonus plus a personal sales commission.
• Want to learn more about our way of working, team, or company history?
• Visit our website.
• What we are looking for: You are expected to produce flawless content in English for our clients and check the work of others.

You have

the know-how of the global, English-speaking media landscape. 

You have

experience with a variety of public relations and communications tasks – from leading strategy projects to multi-channeled implementation, from building thought leadership to handling day-to-day PR operational tasks. You are creative in coming up with solutions to our clients' communications issues.  You have 5+ years of experience in PR and communications. You are open and honest with your team members and clients, and you love to work as part of a team.

You have

great organizational skills and are able to lead client accounts and balance multiple client cases simultaneously.

You have

a proven track record in sales (if your background is in an agency), and you are enthusiastic about helping us gain new clients. 

Nice to have:

• Proven track record of selling professional communications services to clients.
• Good written and oral skills in other languages in addition to English.  Know-how in AI tools and implementing them in your workflow without compromising the quality.
• What we really want from a colleague is to be a great project manager and writer who stays curious while having an amazing attitude towards our clients and team.
• We do our work in a way that’s positive, bold, and optimistic, but we’re serious about what we do.
• We remain true to who we are, which is an energetic and playful bunch.
• We prove our professionalism from the first impression with new clients.
• We are looking for someone who fits our company culture, but who also brings something new and fresh to the table.
• We encourage people from all different backgrounds and cultures to apply.  Please apply by the 27th of August, at the latest.
• We might kick off interviews within the application period, so apply now.
• When a good fit is found, we will hire as soon as possible.
• In case you want to ask something about the job or San Francisco Agency, you can give us a call on the 18th of August, from 9:30 AM to 11 AM or 2 PM to 4 PM.
• Please avoid calling outside of the given call time.
• Reetta Ilo Gilbert, CEO +358 44 987 6641