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public relations person

public relations person

2 3.6
Someone who manages how an organization looks to the public and talks to the media
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌblɪk rɪˈleɪʃənz ˈpɜrsən/
translation icon : relacionista público
  • She is the public relations person for the nonprofit organization, focusing on community engagement.

Examples

  • No business worth its salt will hire a public relations person whose only skill is to write good press releases.

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  • To get mentioned in the media, a public relations person needs to know how to pitch the news story, how to find data to back up their claims, and how to identify subjects for media interview requests.

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  • The public relations people told him not to use that word.

    Academic text (1994)
  • At Eric Mower + Associates, public relations people work side by side with the best creative talents in the industry.

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  • She was the St. Benedict Hospital/Ogden Regional Medical Center public relations person for a very long time and still works there.

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  • The public relations person organized a successful press event to promote the new product.

  • During the crisis, the public relations person managed communications to maintain the company's image.

Synonyms

publicist
vspublic relations person
69 5.0

A person who gets news and media attention for someone or something

focuses more on managing and maintaining a favorable public image
press agent
vspublic relations person
6 3.7

A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person

focuses on long term reputation building and image maintenance
PR man
vspublic relations person
1 4.4

A man who helps a person or company look good in the news

is the gender neutral name for the same public image role
public relations man
vspublic relations person
1 3.2

A person who manages how people see a company and talks to the press

is the gender neutral term covering image promotion and maintenance
publicity woman
vspublic relations person
  • Archaic
1 5.8

A woman who works to get news about someone or their company in the media

is less focused on long term reputation management than the key role
PR woman
vspublic relations person
4.6

A woman who helps a company or person manage their public image and deal with the media

is the gender neutral name for the same public image role
publicity man
vspublic relations person
  • Archaic
4.4

A man who makes a person, company, or event known to many people

covers broader promotion and ongoing image maintenance beyond single publicity
publicizer
vspublic relations person
6.3

A person or group who makes something known to many people to promote it

focuses more on building and protecting a favorable ongoing public image

How Senior

public relations person
2 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

public + relations + person

The phrase is fully compositional: 'public' (the community/audience) + 'relations' (interactions) + 'person' yields someone who manages interactions with or the image presented to the public. This logical combination maps directly onto the job description and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

Public relations person gives a simple picture: someone who stands between a company and the people, the public, and works on their relations by telling good stories and fixing problems. That's why it means a person whose job is to promote and protect a group's 'image' with the public.