FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access
to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.
Your Teams Impact
As a Senior PR & Project Specialist at FactSet, you will play a central and multifaceted role, wearing two hats in a dynamic, small team environment. Reporting to the Head of External Communications, you will leverage your demonstrated earned media and PR expertise to lead project and stakeholder management, while executing key initiatives that transform sophisticated financial data and industry insights into engaging stories for diverse media audiences. Your work will directly enhance FactSet’s brand perception, market leadership, and media presence.
Your attention to detail, organizational skills, and willingness to complete administrative tasks will be critical. At the same time, your ability to amplify launches and creative thinking—particularly in pitching, securing, and executing media coverage—will be instrumental in amplifying FactSet’s voice in the market, balancing strategic storytelling with seamless project execution.
What You’ll Do
Responsibilities:
- Drive high-impact content and campaigns: Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including product, marketing, and sales—to create and deliver content that secures media attention, informs stakeholders, drives engagement, and positions FactSet and its executives as trusted sources for influential publications and online platforms.
- Project management and operations: Oversee the end-to-end administrative tracking of external communications and PR projects, including trafficking press materials (press releases, pitches, contributed articles) for review and approval, ensuring version control, calendaring, and accurately uploading and organizing files on internal servers.
- Collaborate and coordinate: Work closely with agency partners and internal teams to develop executive briefing documents, track successes and timelines, and monitor impact to ensure project milestones are met.
- Maintain accountability: Monitor progress against key initiatives, proactively communicate status updates and potential risks to head of external communications, and support optimal execution of campaigns and communications strategy.
What We’re Looking For
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Communications, Journalism, Business, or related field.
- 4+ years of experience in external communications, PR/earned media, project management, or B2B financial communications within financial services—preferably in a tech, finance, fintech, or SaaS environment.
- Proven ability in developing and pitching complex financial and technology concepts to journalists, editors, and external audiences, resulting in positive media coverage.
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with attention to detail and a solutions-oriented approach.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration platforms.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and relationship management skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Experience with FactSet products/data or other financial databases and visualization tools strongly preferred.
- Willingness to perform data entry and other administrative tasks necessary for your own and the wider team’s project management workstreams.
What's In It For You
At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:
- The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.
- Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.
- Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.
- A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
- Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development.
- Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging. Learn more about our benefits here.
The budgeted salary range for this position in the states of Connecticut and New York is $85,000-$98,000.
The budgeted salary range for this position in Toronto is $70,000-$100,000 CAD.
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify
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