Foxglove Communications is seeking an earnest and hardworking Senior Account Executive to join our team. In this position, you’ll work closely alongside Account Coordinators, Account Executives, Supervisors, and Directors on a rapidly growing list of acclaimed hospitality clients that span hotels, bars, restaurants, spirits brands, and culinary events across the country. In New York, our roster includes best-in-class talent, organizations, and properties like The Dead Rabbit, Dear Irving, Companie de Vin Surnaturels, Bar Madonna, Whoopsie Daisy, GERTIE, and Freehand and Generator, to name a few. The ideal hire excels at consistently providing thoughtful communication in a fast-paced, autonomous environment. Those who enjoy a small-company feel and who are drawn to a service-based and hospitality-driven culture should apply.*
*Note: Candidates must be based in New York or New Jersey. You will work remote and will be required to have on-site presence at frequent client meetings, media appointments, and events.
Who We Are:
Foxglove is a communications consultancy with expertise in brand strategy, PR and marketing. Foxglove was founded by Gia Vecchio, a strategist and storyteller with over a decade of experience across hospitality, travel, beverage, and fashion brands that range from savvy startups to global, household names.
What We Do:
Brand Positioning • Marketing Strategy • Media Relations • Media Training • Activation • Content Creation • Social Strategy • Partnerships • Hospitality Consulting
Responsibilities:
- Thoughtfully manage client business for a robust roster of accounts; collaborating with the Project Manager and/or serving as a Project Manager or Day-to-Day lead as assigned
- Oversee and support assigned direct reports, including employees at the Account Executive, Account Coordinator, and/or Intern levels; collaborate with manager on reviews and growth path for direct reports as well as addressing performance challenges
- Developing internal tools and resources, and fostering the company culture
- Cultivate and maintain media relationships, visiting clients and making beneficial new relationships for Foxglove overall; with a strong focus on national media
- Media industry immersion and monitoring of key media outlets; reading and researching local media, relevant lifestyle + food magazines, online outlets and influencers; ensuring media lists are current and effective
- Oversee PR initiatives and in-market activations, including deskside appointments, interviews, FAM trips, media events in markets across the U.S.
- Manage lists, invitations, and run-of-shows for events
- Research, write, edit and distribute press materials; and mentor direct reports in doing the same
- Draft and disseminate agendas, press kit materials, client bios, website copy and curated pitches
- Oversee and maintain account reporting and thoughtfully share results
- Develop and maintain client relationships, staying in tune (alongside Project Managers) with the goals and results against the scope of work
- Support ideation and execution for campaigns, strategic events, and partnerships
- Recognize and bring significant issues to supervisor’s attention with a proposed solution(s); ability to navigate smaller client issues independently
- Establish trusted partnerships with peers, clients, and media; create channels of communication to keep them informed
- 3-4 years PR agency experience, directly related to the hospitality field, is a must
- Bachelor’s degree
- Based in New York or New Jersey
- Passion for hospitality and travel
- Active, demonstrable, and strong existing media relationships in the hospitality sector and dedication to developing new media relationships, visiting clients & making beneficial new relationships for Foxglove
- Effective pitching skills and results garnered from proactive pitching efforts
- Energetic, self-directed, and self-motivated
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Displays a sense of urgency, ownership and drive to get things done
- Ability to thrive in an environment with multiple pressing obligations and urgent deadlines, deftly navigating shifting priorities
- Excellent presentation skills and ability to connect and work collaboratively with a client team to find creative story angles and target media
- Willingness to visit clients and travel for company obligations and to develop new media relationships
- Experience successfully driving media relations and thought-leadership campaigns
- Strong time management and project management skills
- Management experience and track record of successfully training and developing junior-level employees
- Must be able to occasionally work night/weekend hours for client events
- Experience with relevant industry software: Google Suite (Drive, Sheets, Docs, Slides), MuckRack, Asana, etc.
- Social media literacy (past social experience is a plus)
To Apply:
Email a cover letter and resume to gia@foxglovecommunications.com and andrea@foxglovecommunications.com.
