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# Associate at Orchestra

- **Company:** Orchestra
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchestra/jobs/8687377002

## Job description

## ABOUT ORCHESTRA

Orchestra is a new communications company that helps brands and organizations reach audiences in a more effective and precise way. Its growing team of 700+ storytellers and strategists is shaping what's next in communications, with experience that spans consumer, technology, climate and sustainability, education, healthcare, philanthropy, real estate, sports, travel, hospitality, and arts and culture, to name a few. Since 2022, it’s acquired nine firms, including: [BerlinRosen](https://www.berlinrosen.com/), [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.civitaspublicaffairs.com/), [Derris](http://derris.com/), [Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/), [Inkhouse](http://inkhouse.com/), [M18](http://m18pr.com/), [Message Lab](https://messagelab.com/), [Onward](https://thisisonward.com/) and [Small Girls PR](https://www.smallgirlspr.com/). It also launched [Brightmode](http://www.brightmode.com/), a talent acquisition firm for communications professionals. Learn more at: [www.orchestraco.com](http://www.orchestraco.com/).

People of all backgrounds and abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Orchestra is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high-quality creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow.

## ABOUT THE GLEN ECHO GROUP

[Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/) seeks an Associate to join our fast-growing, DC-based team. As one of the leading storytellers for the internet-enabled world, this role will combine passion, industry and policy knowledge and creative communications expertise to tell the stories of innovation and how it can move the world forward as a force for good.

## ABOUT THIS ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and work every day with the leading brands and innovators of the new economy. Our ideal candidate will be a strong team player with a demonstrated commitment to client service, as well as an excellent track record in executing on integrated communications campaigns.

Role location: This role is available in our Washington, D.C. office on a hybrid basis. The team is in-office at least 2-3 days per week.

## ACCOUNTABILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

As an Associate at the Glen Echo Group, you will…

- Assist in the development and execution of integrated creative communications campaigns and managing client relationships
- Cultivate in-depth knowledge of client businesses and industries and the ability to anticipate, respond to and maximize opportunities, challenges and threats
- Grow broad and trusted relationships with national, political, technology and trade media across all media platforms including print, broadcast, online, etc
- Craft strategic messaging on behalf of our clients including press releases, fact sheets, web content, speaking abstracts, editorials, etc
- Demonstrate knowledge of best-in-class industry tools for client service, including data and analytics, social tools and metrics and business and industry development
- Establish processes for maximizing, tracking and analyzing print, broadcast and online coverage
- Be a leader and brand ambassador inside and outside Glen Echo Group

Essential Skills:

- One to three years of public relations and strategic communications experience, translating complicated issues into simple, compelling messaging strategies
- A background, and strong interest, in public policy issues as they relate to the internet and technology
- Strong media relations and excellent writing skills as well as a solid understanding of and experience working with digital platforms and tools
- The ability to take initiative and work independently and in a highly collaborative environment
- A “team-first” approach with an ability to contribute to client teams and be seen as a trusted contributor
- The ability to function at a high level on tight deadlines and with changing priorities and serve as a day-to-day resource
- Attention to detail, enthusiasm, creativity and desire to work hard and contribute to a great team

## WORKING AT ORCHESTRA

Salary range (commensurate with experience and skills): 55,000-70,000 annually.

## #LI-BM1

#LI-Hybrid

Orchestra is the first communications company built for today’s media landscape. Since 2022, it’s acquired nine firms, including: [BerlinRosen](https://www.berlinrosen.com/), [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.civitaspublicaffairs.com/), [Derris](http://derris.com/), [Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/), [Inkhouse](http://inkhouse.com/), [M18](http://m18pr.com/), [Message Lab](https://messagelab.com/), [Onward](https://thisisonward.com/) and [Small Girls PR](https://www.smallgirlspr.com/). It also launched [Brightmode](http://www.brightmode.com/), a talent acquisition firm for communication professionals. Learn more at: [www.orchestraco.com](http://www.orchestraco.com/).

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## About Orchestra

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orchestra is a strategic communications and marketing company that combines C-suite advisory, integrated strategy, and multichannel execution to help brands navigate today’s fragmented, fast-moving media landscape.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held – no disclosed funding rounds; formed through mergers and acquisitions)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024 (as Orchestra; constituent agencies such as BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse have deeper histories)
- **Key Leaders**: Jonathan Rosen (CEO), Jesse Derris (President), Ben Worthen (Chief Product Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Public Relations and Communications Services (integrated marketing, earned media, public affairs, influencer, SEO, paid media, creative)
- **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise, and high-profile organizations (C-suites, brands, nonprofits, policy stakeholders) that need coordinated, advisory-led communications
- **Mission/purpose**: “We shape what’s next” – turning uncertainty into action by uniting advisory, strategy, and execution to earn and sustain the right kind of attention.

## Products & Services
- **Strategic Advisory & C-Suite Counsel**: Working alongside senior leaders to diagnose problems, clarify what matters (customers, employees, policymakers, investors), and design integrated strategies.
- **Integrated Communications Execution**: Coordinated delivery across earned media, content marketing, SEO, influencer, paid media, creative, and public affairs under a single “One Orchestra” model.
- **Prompt Fuel 360 (Answer Engine Optimization)**: A repeatable product that optimizes brand visibility on generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT) by combining earned media, technical SEO, owned content, influencer engagement, and analytics.
- **Intelligence Infrastructure & AI Automation**: Systems that capture data from hundreds of client engagements, standardize delivery playbooks, and embed AI into workflows to make the entire offering smarter over time.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Headcount ~700+ (website claim includes all collective team members; LinkedIn reports 156 employees under the parent entity, with a -68.6% YoY headcount change – likely reflecting restructuring after acquisitions)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No outside funding disclosed; orchestrated through acquisitions of Civitas Public Affairs Group (Sep 2024) and Small Girls PR (Oct 2024). Constituent agencies include BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse, Glen Echo Group, Brightmode Talent, Antenna Group.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 35 active job postings (up 3,400% YoY, but down 30% quarterly)
  - Launch of product organization and Chief Product Officer role (Ben Worthen)
  - Prompt Fuel 360 already in use across consumer and B2B engagements
  - Active in 6 countries (USA, Serbia, Spain, UK, Canada, Colombia)
  - LinkedIn followers: 10,112 (130.8% yearly growth)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated “One Orchestra” model**: Breaks down silos between earned, owned, paid, and creative – a structure that competing agencies typically cannot offer within a single P&L.
- **Product-driven approach**: Codifying repeatable playbooks and measurement frameworks (e.g., Prompt Fuel 360) that compound knowledge with every engagement, making delivery consistent and scalable.
- **AI-first infrastructure**: Process standardized before automation; each automated workflow feeds data back into intelligence systems, creating a learning loop that gets stronger over time.
- **Depth of talent**: 700+ advisors, strategists, and storytellers from a diverse set of acquired agencies, covering public affairs, consumer PR, creative, and digital.

## Strategic Focus
- **Building the Product organization**: Scaling standardized, repeatable offerings that integrate all disciplines (earned, owned, paid, creative, AI).
- **Embedding AI into client delivery**: Moving from foundation-building (AI tools & training) to embedding AI directly into how work is done – with a focus on automation, intelligence, and compound learning.
- **Expanding Prompt Fuel 360**: Taking the Answer Engine Optimization product to more clients and refining its measurement framework.
- **M&A integration**: Continuing to unify acquired agencies under one operational and cultural umbrella (“One Orchestra”).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Positions itself as a place for “changemakers” – people energized by complexity and collaboration across disciplines. Emphasizes curiosity, transparency, and a forward-looking mindset.
- **Work model**: Headquarters in New York with offices across North America and Europe. Likely hybrid in-office presence given client-facing nature. Not remote-only but flexible locations.
- **Engineering/product culture**: Rapidly building a product organization that values standardization, data, and AI. Offers role of “Account Director, Product” and other innovation-focused positions.
- **Perks & environment**: Not detailed explicitly; however, the blog post highlights an “AI-forward” culture where learning and experimentation are encouraged. Large agency network provides exposure to high-profile clients and complex challenges.
- **Growth trajectory**: Despite headcount fluctuations, the company is investing in product, AI, and integrated delivery – a signal of ambition to lead the next generation of communications.

## Sources
1. [orchestraco.com](https://www.orchestraco.com/)
2. [orchestraco.com/careers](https://www.orchestraco.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com/company/orchestraco](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orchestraco)
4. [orchestraco.com/leadership](https://www.orchestraco.com/leadership)
5. [orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm](https://www.orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm)

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