Account Director, Cybersecurity & Enterprise

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end cybersecurity and enterprise tech PR programs for a diverse client portfolio, shaping strategy, narratives, media outreach, and team execution.

  • Build messaging and thought leadership
  • Drive media relationships and new business ideation

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee a portfolio of Cybersecurity and Enterprise Tech clients; leading end-to-end execution of PR campaigns and programs, teams and stakeholders.
  • Be a trusted strategic partner to your clients and a motivating team leader to your account teams.
  • Synthesize complex technical concepts into compelling narratives and storylines that resonate with business, trade media, and new media alike.
  • Draft strategic deliverables, including campaign plans, media pitches, speaking and award submissions.
  • Engage with traditional and non-traditional media to drive awareness and secure coverage for clients.
  • Seek out creative ways to connect the dots between news cycles and client opportunities.
  • Serve as a key contributor in new business, including ideating and conceptualizing narratives, strategies and storylines, in partnership with senior leaders, and overseeing junior team members on building out content.
  • Cultivate the agency’s sphere of influence with agency peers, VCs, etc.
  • Manage 1-2 direct reports.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 10 years of communications or agency PR agency experience, preferably with cybersecurity companies or related industries.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, directing, and executing strategic communications programs that blend PR, content marketing, social media, and data storytelling.
  • Experience helping disruptive technology companies develop compelling messaging, storylines, and thought leadership platforms.
  • Are passionate about how these technologies are redefining how we live and work.
  • Established relationships with key media and influencers who cover cybersecurity, AI, and broader enterprise technology.
  • Experience running integrated PR programs to amplify narratives and storylines across multiple channels and platforms.
  • Experience working with household names and emerging/disruptor brands in B2B technology, including data and cloud infrastructure, applied AI, cybersecurity, business process optimization, SaaS and other key elements of the modern business technology stack.
  • Self-motivated.
  • Holds self and teams accountable to deliver premium quality work.
  • Experience pitching new business is a plus.

Benefits

  • a competitive compensation package , profit sharing, 401K matching program, professional development stipend, and comprehensive benefits.
  • healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.
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Mission North is a strategic communications agency for influential companies to build, protect, and renew their impact. Our stories about breakthrough innovations and movements—and the iconic teams behind them—have influenced hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. A benefit corporation, Mission North is committed to making a positive difference through our work, culture, and community investments.

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