We are looking for a Account Director to add to our growing Team. The ideal candidate will need to drive high-level media results and demonstrate consistent strategic thinking across a range of accounts.
Responsibilities include:
- Serve as day-to-day account point person across multiple clients across agency divisions
- Have a strong understanding of the media landscape and cultural relevancy to drive the moment and mediagenic narratives for clients
- Primary resource for drafting and preparing PR materials and delivering to supervisor in client-ready format
- Procure client coverage across trade and consumer outlets – crafting pitches inclusive of founder positioning, news, announcements and trend stories
- Assist and contribute to client strategies and programming, subsequently managing programming from start to finish
- Provide out of the box thinking as it relates to media narratives and ideas that allow clients to stand out in the marketplace, that support our client’s overarching goals
- Proactively anticipates and address client needs, and can respond in an appropriate manner
- Supervise junior team members including Account Executives and Coordinators
- Proactively provide internal feedback on how we can improve the agency’s success through optimized customer engagement and process improvements
- Minimum of five (5) years working with clients in the consumer and/or technology spaces
- Must have PR agency background, or relevant in-house experience
- Proven network of a broad range of earned media contacts (online, print, podcast, broadcast and radio) Strong research, writing and editing skills
