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Public Relations Manager roles are among the stronger options for F-1 OPT students with degrees in communications, journalism, or marketing. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B visa sponsorship, and your 12-month OPT window (29 months with STEM OPT extension, if eligible) gives you real time to build the media relationships employers value.
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Accepting Resumes Only. This full-time role at Hotwire is hybrid and open to our office locations – San Francisco or New York.
At Hotwire the role of Account Manager may be titled Account Supervisor at other agencies.
About you...
You love being the ringleader and working as part of a high functioning team. You are generous with your time, your skills, and in sharing credit with your compatriots. You can see what needs to be done, and you can rally people to join you in the cause. You know that words are just one way to express stories, and as a result your campaign ideas go broader, including things like graphic storytelling, videos, online vehicles, and events. Results matter to you. You are diligent about measurement, metrics, and insights. You are competent, creative, trustworthy, engaging, organized, and passionate about communications in all of its many forms. If this sounds like you, please read on...
About Us...
We are the pre-eminent global tech communications and marketing consultancy. We are a group of expert communicators and marketers who are fanatical about tech and are here to help businesses ignite their possibilities. Our local experience and global scale allow us to deliver bold but pragmatic guidance to tech companies all over the world. When you work with us, we connect and support you in a way that allows you to achieve limitless success and career growth. For years now, we’ve been named a Best Place to Work by PR Week, PRNews and Crain’s New York. We are curious, ambitious and connected, but most of all we are one team working together to be the global alternative.
We are looking for an exceptional person to join our team as an Account Manager
Account Managers are the heart of any client team. They make sure things are done properly, that the team is delivering on campaign plans – short and long term – and that the client is happy. They are organized, thorough and motivating. The best Account Managers go above and beyond expectations, taking on important supporting roles in new business and agency life and thinking up targeted and creative ideas for their clients. The Account Manager is a role model for their junior staff and is seen as their day-to-day point of contact and ‘go-to’ person for clients. They lead client calls, oversee all client programs and initiatives and know when to escalate or flag something up to leadership when the situation calls for it. As an Account Manager, you may also manage one or more direct reports, helping shape their career and providing guidance for reaching personal and professional goals.
Daily, you will:
- Manage 5-6 accounts successfully, consistently meeting or exceeding client goals and receiving positive feedback from clients
- Act as the day-to-day team lead, communicating with the client contacts and divvying up tasks amongst the team
- Generate results, putting together work back plans and ensuring the team meets deadlines
- Mentor and manage junior team members and be an effective skills trainer
- Develop strong relationships with clients, the media and influencers
- Manage your own time, and your team’s time, aligning budget to the scope of work for each team
- Be an expert in your client's business, understanding the technology, their business goals, providing strategic recommendations and helping plans come to life
You'll Bring
- Recent agency experience
- Traditional communications experience (media relations, content, social media, etc.) and clear examples of campaigns you’ve worked on and the results generated
- Experience in the B2B tech industry such as adtech/martech, clean tech, data & analytics technology, SAAS, fintech, security, etc.
- Hands on experience not just managing, but truly mentoring, direct reports and cross-functional teammates
- Integrated communications/marketing experience preferred, but not required
- Curiosity about how the business works how you contribute to the organizations success
- A drive to produce excellent work
- Pragmatic and goal oriented mindsets
- Strong written and presentation communication skills, with the comfort to present ideas and make a case to clients and partner agencies
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Why Us
- Flexibility – We understand that life doesn’t always fit around the 9-5; and that work/life integration is crucial
- Global Reach & Opportunity - You will have the opportunity to work within global teams and travel within the US and globally to connect with clients and colleagues.
- Great Benefits - Strong benefits package includes paid time off, holidays, sick leave, cultural celebration days off, paid time off for community involvement, medical, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, 401K match and a paid 6-week sabbatical after every 4 years of continuous employment. Hotwire offers a variety of bonus opportunities to include business development, annual company bonuses and referral bonuses. Additional benefits include wellness allowance, internet, and phone reimbursement.
- Development Opportunities – A strong learning and development program with training opportunities at all levels.
- Autonomy – The freedom and support to be limitless, and the opportunity to own your career and create the future you want.
- Variety – No day is the same as the last. Both within our own walls, and with our clients, we navigate change daily and there’s always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, seek out a new challenge, and gain expertise.
- Our Amazing Team – We are connected, ambitious, and friendly. We don’t step on toes to get ahead, we build each other up, develop and teach each other and understand that each person’s individual success is a win for all. We engage in Thoughtful Working, empowering our talent to determine the best way to work for our clients, our team and Hotwire every single day.
Compensation Range: $77K-$100K, depending on level of experience. The range listed is just one component of Hotwire’s total compensation package for employees, which includes bonus opportunities and a variety of benefits mentioned above. Hotwire takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected work to be performed, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. A potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
INTRODUCTION
Accepting Resumes Only. This full-time role at Hotwire is hybrid and open to our office locations – San Francisco or New York.
At Hotwire the role of Account Manager may be titled Account Supervisor at other agencies.
About you...
You love being the ringleader and working as part of a high functioning team. You are generous with your time, your skills, and in sharing credit with your compatriots. You can see what needs to be done, and you can rally people to join you in the cause. You know that words are just one way to express stories, and as a result your campaign ideas go broader, including things like graphic storytelling, videos, online vehicles, and events. Results matter to you. You are diligent about measurement, metrics, and insights. You are competent, creative, trustworthy, engaging, organized, and passionate about communications in all of its many forms. If this sounds like you, please read on...
About Us...
We are the pre-eminent global tech communications and marketing consultancy. We are a group of expert communicators and marketers who are fanatical about tech and are here to help businesses ignite their possibilities. Our local experience and global scale allow us to deliver bold but pragmatic guidance to tech companies all over the world. When you work with us, we connect and support you in a way that allows you to achieve limitless success and career growth. For years now, we’ve been named a Best Place to Work by PR Week, PRNews and Crain’s New York. We are curious, ambitious and connected, but most of all we are one team working together to be the global alternative.
We are looking for an exceptional person to join our team as an Account Manager
Account Managers are the heart of any client team. They make sure things are done properly, that the team is delivering on campaign plans – short and long term – and that the client is happy. They are organized, thorough and motivating. The best Account Managers go above and beyond expectations, taking on important supporting roles in new business and agency life and thinking up targeted and creative ideas for their clients. The Account Manager is a role model for their junior staff and is seen as their day-to-day point of contact and ‘go-to’ person for clients. They lead client calls, oversee all client programs and initiatives and know when to escalate or flag something up to leadership when the situation calls for it. As an Account Manager, you may also manage one or more direct reports, helping shape their career and providing guidance for reaching personal and professional goals.
Daily, you will:
- Manage 5-6 accounts successfully, consistently meeting or exceeding client goals and receiving positive feedback from clients
- Act as the day-to-day team lead, communicating with the client contacts and divvying up tasks amongst the team
- Generate results, putting together work back plans and ensuring the team meets deadlines
- Mentor and manage junior team members and be an effective skills trainer
- Develop strong relationships with clients, the media and influencers
- Manage your own time, and your team’s time, aligning budget to the scope of work for each team
- Be an expert in your client's business, understanding the technology, their business goals, providing strategic recommendations and helping plans come to life
You'll Bring
- Recent agency experience
- Traditional communications experience (media relations, content, social media, etc.) and clear examples of campaigns you’ve worked on and the results generated
- Experience in the B2B tech industry such as adtech/martech, clean tech, data & analytics technology, SAAS, fintech, security, etc.
- Hands on experience not just managing, but truly mentoring, direct reports and cross-functional teammates
- Integrated communications/marketing experience preferred, but not required
- Curiosity about how the business works how you contribute to the organizations success
- A drive to produce excellent work
- Pragmatic and goal oriented mindsets
- Strong written and presentation communication skills, with the comfort to present ideas and make a case to clients and partner agencies
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Why Us
- Flexibility – We understand that life doesn’t always fit around the 9-5; and that work/life integration is crucial
- Global Reach & Opportunity - You will have the opportunity to work within global teams and travel within the US and globally to connect with clients and colleagues.
- Great Benefits - Strong benefits package includes paid time off, holidays, sick leave, cultural celebration days off, paid time off for community involvement, medical, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, 401K match and a paid 6-week sabbatical after every 4 years of continuous employment. Hotwire offers a variety of bonus opportunities to include business development, annual company bonuses and referral bonuses. Additional benefits include wellness allowance, internet, and phone reimbursement.
- Development Opportunities – A strong learning and development program with training opportunities at all levels.
- Autonomy – The freedom and support to be limitless, and the opportunity to own your career and create the future you want.
- Variety – No day is the same as the last. Both within our own walls, and with our clients, we navigate change daily and there’s always an opportunity to stretch your skills, learn something new, seek out a new challenge, and gain expertise.
- Our Amazing Team – We are connected, ambitious, and friendly. We don’t step on toes to get ahead, we build each other up, develop and teach each other and understand that each person’s individual success is a win for all. We engage in Thoughtful Working, empowering our talent to determine the best way to work for our clients, our team and Hotwire every single day.
Compensation Range: $77K-$100K, depending on level of experience. The range listed is just one component of Hotwire’s total compensation package for employees, which includes bonus opportunities and a variety of benefits mentioned above. Hotwire takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected work to be performed, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. A potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Public Relations Manager
Target agencies over in-house roles first
PR agencies hire in higher volume and are more accustomed to sponsoring international talent. Getting agency experience on your resume also makes you a stronger candidate when you later pursue in-house roles at companies with established immigration support.
Frame your multilingual skills as a business asset
Fluency in a second language makes you valuable for multicultural campaigns and international media outreach. Highlight specific languages and the markets they open up. Employers who need that reach are far more motivated to sponsor your visa long-term.
Build a media list before your interviews
Hiring managers for PR roles want proof you can execute, not just strategize. Coming in with a sample targeted media list for their industry shows initiative and shortens the ramp-up time employers worry about when sponsoring international candidates.
Get your OPT employment authorization card before applying
Apply for your EAD at least 90 days before your program end date. You cannot legally start work until USCIS approves it. Having it in hand removes a common employer hesitation and lets you accept offers without delay.
Focus applications on PR roles tied to your degree field
USCIS requires OPT work to be directly related to your major. A communications degree supports most PR Manager roles clearly. If your degree is in a less obvious field, prepare a brief explanation of how your coursework connects to the position.
Identify H-1B sponsors early using disclosure data
Companies that have previously sponsored H-1B visas for PR or communications roles are more likely to do it again. Prioritize these employers in your outreach. Migrate Mate surfaces sponsorship-friendly employers so you can focus where it matters most.
Public Relations Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Public Relations Manager role qualify for OPT work authorization?
Yes, if your degree is in communications, journalism, marketing, or a closely related field. USCIS requires that OPT employment be directly related to your major area of study. Most PR Manager positions at agencies and corporations meet this requirement clearly, but roles at smaller firms with vague job descriptions may warrant a closer review with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Can I work as a Public Relations Manager on a STEM OPT extension?
Only if your underlying degree is a qualifying STEM field. Most communications and PR degrees do not appear on the STEM Designated Degree Program list, so the standard 12-month OPT period applies. If your degree is in a qualifying field like data analytics or information science and you're working in a PR role with a technical component, speak with your DSO to assess eligibility.
How do I find Public Relations Manager jobs that sponsor visas?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and surfaces PR Manager roles at employers with a demonstrated history of visa sponsorship. General job boards don't filter by sponsorship willingness, which means you spend time applying to roles that won't support your long-term status. Searching on Migrate Mate narrows your list to employers who are actually open to sponsoring international candidates.
What happens to my OPT status if I'm laid off from a Public Relations Manager role?
You have a 60-day grace period from the date your employment ends to find new OPT-qualifying work, transfer to a different visa status, or depart the United States. During this window you cannot work. Report the employment change to your DSO promptly so your SEVIS record stays current. If you secure a new PR role within the grace period, you can continue working under your existing EAD.
Do Public Relations Manager roles typically lead to H-1B sponsorship?
Many do, particularly at mid-size and large agencies, corporations, and nonprofits with HR infrastructure familiar with immigration filings. PR Manager positions generally qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B rules because they require a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Employers who already sponsor other international employees are the most realistic targets. Your OPT period is your window to prove your value and make the sponsorship case before the H-1B deadline.