public relations manager
Key facts
Shape public perception and build strong reputations as a Public Relations Manager. This role is central to how organizations communicate with the world, ensuring a positive image and fostering trust with stakeholders.
As a Public Relations Manager, you're the voice and guardian of an organization's image. Your days involve crafting compelling narratives, managing media relations, and orchestrating events to promote a desired perception among the public and key stakeholders. You'll be responsible for ensuring consistent and positive messaging across all communication channels, responding to public inquiries, and proactively addressing potential reputational challenges.
- • Developing and implementing public relations strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- • Managing media relations, including writing press releases, organizing press conferences, and responding to media inquiries.
- • Creating and distributing content across various platforms, such as social media, websites, and internal communications.
Where this occupation is in demand
Reported labour shortages and surpluses, by year. Published for occupation groups, not for individual job titles.
Deeper colour: reported the same way in more consecutive years.
Figures cover Administrative and commercial managers — 69 jobs including this one.
In shortage: Czechia, Italy.
Longest-running shortage: Italy, 3 years.
Select a place on the map to see its figures.
About this source›
Source: ELA/EURES labour shortages and surpluses. Readings are published at occupation-group level, and cover Europe. Editions differ in annex layout and country coverage, so a change between years does not always mean the labour market changed. Countries in grey were not reported, which is not the same as being in balance.
What these words mean
The four things this section reports
- Reported demand
- Whether employers report needing people in this job — a judgement published by a national or EU body, not a count.
- Where it is heading
- Which way employment in this job is expected to move over the coming years, from an official projection.
- Openings
- Roughly how many openings arise — from growth and from people leaving the job.
- Typical pay
- What people in this job typically earn where the source publishes it. Blank does not mean unpaid; it means nobody publishes it for that place.
A measure is left out when nobody publishes it for that place, rather than shown as zero.
Which way the market leans for you
- In your favour
- More openings than people looking — employers are competing for candidates.
- Balanced
- Openings and candidates are roughly matched.
- Competitive
- More people looking than openings — expect to compete.
- Mixed evidence
- Sources disagree, or the same occupation group is short in one part and oversupplied in another.
Every source resolves to one of these four, so there is a single vocabulary to learn. What differs is the evidence behind it, which is printed underneath each verdict — a measured ratio of openings to jobseekers, or an assessment published by a national body.
How this job compares with other jobs in the same country
- Strong
- Among the strongest in that country
- Good
- Stronger than most jobs in that country
- Mixed
- About typical for that country
- Weak
- Weaker than most jobs in that country
This is a rank within one country, not a score you can carry across borders — the registers behind two countries count different people, so the same number means different things in each. It is also why a job can be among the strongest in a country and still show as Competitive: it leads the field in a market that is crowded overall.
Where these come from
Every figure is published by a national statistics office, a public employment service or an EU body, and each card names its source and the period it covers. Some places are counted monthly, others assessed once or twice a year, so two places on the same map can be describing different moments — the date is always shown.
None of this predicts one person's chances. It describes a market.
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Future Outlook for public relations manager
The outlook for public relations manager reflects a balanced mix of automation exposure and durable, human-led work.
How are these scores calculated?
The Resilience Score (0–100) estimates how structurally protected this occupation is from automation and AI disruption, based on task-level analysis. Higher scores mean more human-judgment-intensive tasks. AI Exposure shows the estimated percentage of task hours that current AI capabilities could affect. These are model-derived structural indicators, not predictions about individual job security.
How could public relations manager change as AI adoption grows?
This role is likely to change gradually, with AI supporting selected tasks rather than replacing the whole occupation.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
How could public relations manager change as AI adoption grows?
This role is likely to change gradually, with AI supporting selected tasks rather than replacing the whole occupation.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
How AI may change this role
Deterministic, model-based interpretation of current role signals — not a guarantee of replacement.
What still depends on people
- protect client interests
- liaise with local authorities
- build community relations
Where AI may become a co-pilot
- analyse external factors of companies
- prepare presentation material
- give interviews to media
Tasks most exposed to automation
- draft press releases
Vital Signs & AI Vectors
AI Exposure Vectors
0-100%Exposure to content generation, creative augmentation, and large language model tools
Exposure to workflow automation, decision-support software, and process digitisation
Exposure to AI-assisted analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modelling tasks
Exposure to physical automation, robotics, and sensor-driven task displacement
Technical Details
NexFuture v3.0 estimates automation exposure natively from ESCO essential-skill groups, weighted by skill mass and calibrated against expert anchors. Scores are probabilistic estimates, not guarantees. See the NexFuture Methodology White Paper for full details.
Measures automation exposure. It does not measure pay, demand, or how many jobs exist near you.
What people in this role usually do
Marketing & Sales
A typical day as a public relations manager
09 09:00 · Morning conduct public presentations
10 10:30 · Mid-morning establish relationship with the media
12 12:00 · Midday advise on public image
14 14:00 · Afternoon advise on public relations
15 15:30 · Late afternoon analyse external factors of companies
17 17:00 · Wrap-up build community relations
Task order is illustrative. Individual days vary.
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corporate social responsibility
The handling or managing of business processes in a responsible and ethical manner considering the economic responsibility towards shareholders as equally important as the responsibility towards environmental and social stakeholders.
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company policies
The set of rules that govern the activity of a company.
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ethics of sharing work through social media
The ethics around the appropriate use of social networks and media channels through which to share your work.
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European Structural and Investment Funds regulations
The regulations and secondary legislation and policy documents governing the European Structural and Investment Funds, including the set of common general provisions and the regulations applicable to the different funds. It includes knowledge of the related national legal acts.
- communication principles
- diplomatic principles
- forming of public opinion
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integrate strategic foundation in daily performance
Reflect on the strategic foundation of companies, meaning their mission, vision, and values in order to integrate this foundation in the performance of the job position.
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develop communications strategies
Manage or contribute to the conception and implementation of an organisation's internal and external communications plans and presentation, including its online presence.
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protect client interests
Protect the interests and needs of a client by taking necessary actions, and researching all possibilities, to ensure that the client obtains their favoured outcome.
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build community relations
Establish affectionate and long-lasting relationships with local communities, e.g. by organising special programms for kindergarden, schools and for dissabled and older people, raising awareness and receiving community appreciation in return.
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advise on public relations
Advise business or public organisations on public relations management and strategies in order to ensure efficient communication with target audiences, and proper conveying of information.
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advise on public image
Advise a client such as a politician, artist or another individual dealing with the public on how to present themselves in a way which would gain most favour from the general public or a target audience.
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develop media strategy
Create the strategy on the type of content to be delivered to the target groups and which media to be used, taking into account the characteristics of the target audience and the media that will be used for content delivery.
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develop public relations strategies
Plan, coordinate and implement all the efforts required in a public relations strategy such as defining the targets, preparing communications, contacting partners, and spreading information among stakeholders.
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prepare presentation material
Prepare the documents, slide shows, posters and any other media needed for specific audiences.
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liaise with local authorities
Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.
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organise press conferences
Organise interviews for a group of journalists in order to make an announcement or answer questions on a specific subject.
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use different communication channels
Make use of various types of communication channels such as verbal, handwritten, digital and telephonic communication with the purpose of constructing and sharing ideas or information.
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Similarity scores based on skill overlap from ESCO data.
Frequently asked questions
- What industries typically hire Public Relations Managers?
- Public Relations Managers are needed across a wide range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, finance, non-profits, government, and entertainment. Any organization needing to manage its public image and communicate effectively with stakeholders will likely have a need for this role.
- How does this role differ from a marketing manager’s responsibilities?
- While both roles involve communication, Public Relations Managers primarily focus on building and maintaining an organization's reputation and managing its public image. Marketing managers, on the other hand, concentrate on promoting products or services and driving sales. Public relations is often about perception and trust, while marketing is about persuasion and conversion.
- What skills are most important for success as a Public Relations Manager?
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, as is the ability to think strategically and manage crises effectively. Building relationships with media contacts, understanding social media platforms, and possessing excellent organizational skills are also crucial for success.
- Public Relations Manager — is there a shortage in Europe?
- No. In the 2025 ELA/EURES edition, a surplus was reported in 7 of the 9 European countries that assessed this occupation group: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark and 3 more. 2 countries reported a shortage. These assessments are published per occupation group rather than per job title.
- Public Relations Manager — what does it pay in the United States?
- $138,520 a year at the median, as of 2025-05. State medians run from $72,290 to $197,600. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a United States figure and not a projection for Europe.