Senior Account Executive - Travel Public Relations

Location: New York, NY
Field: PR/Communications
Min. Experience: 3-4 year(s)
Basis: Full-time

Description:

Bullfrog + Baum, the award-winning Hospitality Marketing and Consulting Group, is looking for a savvy Senior Account Executive with a minimum of three years of travel-related agency experience to join our public relations team. We are looking for a seasoned, creative team player and manager with proven media relationships and placements within the travel and lifestyle realm; a keen understanding of social media and solid client management experience. He/she will work with roster of clients while managing the daily operation of an account team.

As a Senior Account Executive at Bullfrog + Baum, you will:

• Serve as a lead client manager, focusing on program development, planning as well as day-to-day campaign and project management and execution
• Maintain and consistently develop relationships with top-tier media across genres and platforms; mentor junior staff in providing constructive guidance in terms of effective pitching techniques
• Ideate marketing and digital tactics that will help achieve client goals and lead a team in its execution
• Manage and provide strategic counsel on digital influencers events and programming as it relates to the overall strategy for clients
• Supervise and contribute to the logistics related to media events and other campaign programming, ensuring all activities ultimately serve the client’s objectives
• Manage deadlines, prioritizing the team’s work load as needed while keeping an eye on quality
• Work directly with Bullfrog + Baum’s social media and marketing departments to develop plans to execute in line with client’s goals/needs
• Assist Bullfrog + Baum with proposal development for new business opportunities and maintain active involvement in the industry

Requirements:

• Minimum of three (3) years of related agency experience with demonstrated success in travel-focused media relations, influencer relations, event/programming ideation and team and client management
• Local, regional and national media contacts across new and traditional media (print, broadcast and online portals)
• An interest in all genres of media that touch the hospitality industry including lifestyle, travel, business, design, and entertaining
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, the ability to write and edit effectively and to convey creative ideas in an intelligent manner
• The ability to think (and act) strategically
• Outstanding follow through and proven attention to detail
• Must bring a sense of accountability and commitment to excellence
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment with a dynamic range

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