Public Relations Lead (Contract)

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Mill Valley, CA
In-Office or Remote
Mid level
Consumer Web • Professional Services • Real Estate • Design
Yardzen is the leading online landscape design and build company.
The Role
The PR Lead is responsible for developing and executing a PR strategy, managing press relations, driving organic growth through content, and creating strategic brand partnerships.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Yardzen, we believe people are at their best when they’re outside.

Our mission is simple: help people envision the outdoor spaces of their dreams, entirely online, and connect them with trusted local contractors to bring those designs to life. Since our launch in 2018, we’ve empowered thousands of homeowners to transform their outdoor spaces, make sustainable choices, enhance property value, and enjoy life outdoors.

We’re transforming the $200 billion outdoor renovation industry with AI, data, and technology—offering a modern, seamless, and transparent design-build experience. Recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company and named to Inc. Magazine’s Best Places to Work, our work has been featured in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Sunset Magazine, House Beautiful, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. And we’re just getting started.

Yardzen is looking for a hands-on PR, Organic Growth & Brand Partnerships Lead to help build brand awareness, credibility, and demand through earned media, organic content and strategic brand partnerships. This is a contract role ideal for someone who can both develop the PR strategy and execute - pitching, writing, building relationships and testing what works. You’ll help shape how our brand shows up in the world, drive high-intent organic traffic, and unlock new distribution channels through thoughtful partnerships.

PR Responsibilites:

  • Develop and execute a PR strategy focused on brand awareness, thought leadership and demand generation
  • Pitch stories to relevant media outlets, journalists and industry publications
  • Draft press releases, contributed articles, media briefs and executive talking points
  • Identify timely story angles tied to company milestones, trends and data
  • Manage relationships with journalists, editors and brand influencers

Organic Growth Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate on organic growth initiatives across content and brand storytelling
  • Collaborate on blog content, case studies and thought-leadership pieces
  • Identify content themes that drive qualified traffic
  • Partner with internal teams to surface customer stories and insights
  • Track performance and iterate based on what’s driving impact

Partnership Responsibilities:

  • Identify and pursue strategic brand partnerships that expand reach and credibility
  • Build co-marketing programs (joint content, promotions, contests, etc.)
  • Manage relationships with partners from outreach through execution
  • Test new partnership ideas quickly and scale what works

About You:

  • 3+ years experience across PR. Bonus points for content, organic growth or brand partnerships experience (agency or in-house)
  • Proven ability to secure earned media and tell compelling brand stories
  • Strong writer and editor -  comfortable owning content end-to-end
  • Experience building and managing partnerships that drive measurable results
  • Scrappy, proactive and comfortable in ambiguity
  • Data-informed mindset with the ability to connect effort to impact
  • Experience with consumer or DTC  is a plus

At Yardzen, we’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunities to succeed. We are looking for people that will add to our culture, not just fit in.  So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, or veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply!

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the application or the recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected].

Yardzen is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states. If you are not located in a state where Yardzen is registered, you will not be eligible for employment.

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The Company
HQ: Sausalito, CA
166 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Yardzen, the online landscape design and build company, is on a mission to help people live a better life outside. Yardzen’s expert team connects homeowners with talented landscape designers and contractors for the easiest, most delightful outdoor renovation experience available. Leveraging plant science, data, and modeling software, Yardzen’s remote design team creates custom, executable landscape designs that reflect a homeowner’s budget, style preferences, unique site conditions, and how they want to live in their space. The design phase includes a thorough round of revisions through a state-of-the-art online studio, allowing for homeowners to collaborate at their convenience and on their schedule. Then, to facilitate the transfer from the studio to the field, Yardzen’s team works with every homeowner to pair them with a local, vetted contractor in our Pro Network, ensuring a timely and highly communicative bidding and installation experience. Yardzen remains involved throughout the build phase, and beyond, guarantee that every client loves their new outdoor space.

Why Work With Us

At Yardzen, we’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunities to succeed. We are looking for people that will add to our culture, not just fit in.

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