The Company:

Vivid Seats is a high-growth company that enables fans to get out and see their favorite live
events in the way that works best for them. As more and more people move around the world with their heads
down, noses buried in their screens - we believe that live entertainment is the antidote to what ails us. Now don’t
get us wrong, the people who work at Vivid Seats are huge fans of the Internet. In fact, we’ve used the Internet
to build and scale our own business. We just happen to think that the experience of feeling a stadium vibrate
with sound in a way that fully involves your ears and your heart is different than watching somebody’s Facebook
post about that show. Some of us may have followed Phish for a summer or two; others may have used Vivid
Seats to send our parents the gift of tickets to a show. Still others obsess about football stats for our fantasy
sports league and use our marketplace to attend exciting sports events all over the US and Canada.

We are building an Internet platform that is for fans, by fans. We love live events and are committed to building a
business that makes attending those events easier and better than ever before. Our mission is to help fans attend
all their favorite live events with the highest satisfaction and savings in the industry. The people who work at
Vivid Seats are the kind of people that are smart enough to know the limits of binge-television. We are the kind
of people who encourage all of us to get off the couch and go see a show. We are looking for people with a
healthy disregard for the impossible. We’re hoping that’s you!

The Job Description:

Vivid Seats is seeking a Director, Public Relations to build and lead the right public relations
strategy for a high-growth company that is looking to tell its story. The right candidate will develop, plan and
execute media relations programs for all aspects of our brand. Supporting our brand strategy is a key element of
our upward trajectory. You must have strong, effective influencing skills and be great at gaining consensus,
navigating across the organization and build like a pro. The right candidate will have some experience managing
outside agency resources toward defined results.

Responsibilities:
• Build a messaging framework that is consistent with our brand strategy; executing through your own
creativity and leverage of the right resources
• Proactively develop, nurture and maintain effective relationships with company executives in key
functional areas
• Develop, plan and execute effective media relations programs including but not limited to press releases,
bylines, trade show visibility, press tours and social media content
• Establish, nurture and proactively manage relationships with target media outlets and contacts
• Track and announce wins and successes in press releases and other company-supported mediums and
channels including potentially (TV, radio, print and social media)
• Build positive relationships with public relations counterparts and executives at partner organizations in
order to facilitate joint visibility
• Manage company relationships and drive deliverables with public relations agencies
• Identify appropriate vehicles for and manage agency resources toward cumulative and qualitative results,
and measurement in metrics tools
• Drive the development of creative briefs for major PR initiatives in collaboration with creative, marketing,
SEO, SEM, etc.

Skills and Experience:
• You should have a minimum of 8+ years' experience in a PR leadership role
• Work history in B2C space; driving awareness in the consumer space; ecommerce/consumer web is most
relevant
• Demonstrated past experience partnering with corporate functions and business leadership teams and
operating in a player-coach environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence at the executive and individual levels. Ability to form productive
relationships within all levels of the organization
• Ability to leverage social media to educate and engage audiences
• Critical thinking, strategic consulting and conceptualization skills – ability to offer relevant solutions
Vivid Seats is the fastest-growing online marketplace for sports and concert tickets. We were recently listed as
one of Chicago’s fastest growing internet companies and coolest offices by Crain’s Chicago Business and named
one of the city’s top digital employers by Built In Chicago. We offer a work environment that feels like an
entrepreneurial start-up; but one supported by the scale, stability, and resources of over a decade of profitable
growth.

What We Offer:

Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, individual bonus opportunities and a variety
of workplace amenities. Specifically, staff has access to discounted event tickets, frequent in-office catered
meals, monthly happy hours, team outings, discounted gym memberships, subsidized healthy meal and snack
programs, and summer sports leagues. Standard benefits are also offered such as medical/dental/vision/life
insurance, 401(k) matching, unlimited time off, and transit plan discounts.
Vivid Seats is an equal opportunity employer. Vivid Seats prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.