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Title: Story Pitching Round, remote in Texas | Deftridge
Summary: Story Pitching Round for a director PR & Communications, remote in Texas. $78-$92 an hour, 8 to 14 hours a month. Starts within 2 weeks.

Bundle Posted Nov 3 · DT-9026935

# Story Pitching Round

Director · PR & Communications · Remote · Texas only

**$78–$92** / hour About $680–$1,190 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** Hospitality operator with city hotels · 11–50 employeesCL-13505 · based in Eagle Pass

- **Where** Remote · Texas only

- **Format** Task bundle

- **Time needed** 8–14 h a month

- **Start** Starts within 2 weeks

- **Level** Director · 10-15 years

- **When you work** Flexible hours, async

**908** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This hospitality operator with city hotels (11–50 employees) is looking for a director 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.

A named list of recurring items keeps the month predictable for both sides. It works in travel and hospitality, where demand is seasonal.

The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in Texas, so this one is for residents there. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.

## What you deliver

- Pitch a new industry survey to 30 journalists with tailored emails and report outcomes.

- A month-end summary with hours used against the cap

- A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week

- The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result

## What a month looks like

- Week 1: intake call and a list of what is due this month

- Weeks 2 and 3: items completed in short sessions

- Week 4: month-end summary and the list for next month

**Duration:** 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

## Tools

Muck Rack Gmail

## Who fits

- 10-15 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

- Has worked with a distributed team across time zones

- Used to short written handovers

## Not included

- Travel or work at a fixed location

- On-call availability outside the agreed window

- 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 USD 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** Director PR & Communications

- **Experience** 10-15 years in marketing & content

- **Tools** Muck Rack, Gmail

- **Offers** 11 hours a month, weekday evenings

- **Rate** $85 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $85 an hour, is **above** the median director PR & Communications rate in Texas ($80). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $80

This task $85

$55 $111

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## 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-13505 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 is noted. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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**$78–$92 / hr** I'm interested
