Source: https://deftridge.com/job/story-pitching-round-canada-dt-9627275/ Title: Story Pitching Round for Agency, remote, Canada | Deftridge Summary: Story Pitching Round for a manager PR & Communications, remote in Canada. CA$69-CA$85 an hour, 8 to 14 hours a month. Starts next week. Bundle Posted Oct 23 · DT-9627275 # Story Pitching Round · Agency Manager · PR & Communications · Remote · Canada **CA$69–CA$85** / hour About CA$620–CA$1,080 a month. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Performance marketing agency for healthcare · 5,000+ employeesCL-67212 · based in Toronto - **Where** Remote · Canada - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 8–14 h a month - **Start** Starts next week - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async2 h a week overlap with ET **3** professionals have asked about this task **908** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This performance marketing agency for healthcare (5,000+ employees) is looking for a manager PR & Communications for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–14 h a month. Personalised pitches to named journalists, with follow-ups and a log of replies. The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It is an agency, so work is organised around client campaigns and approval rounds. The work is fully remote. Any location in Canada works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (ET). ## What you deliver - Pitch a new industry survey to 30 journalists with tailored emails and report outcomes. - A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week - A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result ## What a month looks like - Start of month: the company shares the items and the priorities - Mid-month: progress check of 15 minutes - Month end: hours used against the cap, results and open items **Duration:** 8 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price. ## Tools Muck Rack Gmail ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as a PR & Communications, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Muck Rack and Gmail - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Used to short written handovers - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Travel or work at a fixed location - Managing other contractors or employees ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in CAD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager PR & Communications - **Experience** 7-12 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Muck Rack, Gmail - **Offers** 11 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** CA$77 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, CA$77 an hour, is **above** the median manager PR & Communications rate in Canada (CA$75). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median CA$75 This task CA$77 CA$51 CA$101 [All PR & Communications jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/pr-and-communications/canada/) · [PR & Communications rates in Canada](https://deftridge.com/rates/pr-and-communications/canada/) · [Marketing & Content jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-and-content/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-67212 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Story Pitching Round · Agency is noted. 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