Account Manager, Beauty

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own communications strategy and client-facing leadership for a multi-account PR practice with strong media relations and creative direction across a beauty-focused portfolio.

  • Client relationship ownership: serve as the primary liaison and strategic counselor for clients and teams.
  • Account management and outcomes: run daily workflows for 3 to 6 accounts while driving media results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Client correspondence: you are the first point of contact for the client, therefore serving as both the mouthpiece and the ear for your teams.
  • Manage & Multitask: you must effectively manage the daily workflow of three to six accounts simultaneously, while also driving consistent media results.
  • Media relations: you manage high level media relationships, identify strategic media opportunities, and provide counsel to clients in response to those opportunities.
  • Creative lead: Account Managers are faucets of creativity not just for their own clients, but for the agency-wide portfolio. You are expected to generate breakthrough ideas and concepts that maintain the firm’s position at the industry’s cutting edge.

Requirements

  • 6+ years running PR and communications activities from a supervisory perspective
  • Extensive knowledge of the Beauty industry
  • Awareness of SHADOW’s clients in the space
  • Strong relationships with media, influencers and potential industry partners
  • Ability to supervise, mentor, and inspire reports and create cross-functional teams
  • Ability to manage daily workflow of three to six accounts simultaneously
  • Strong communication skills to be the first point of contact for clients

Preferred

  • Proven track record of breakthrough campaigns, activations, and placements personally led
  • Established industry connections with media, influencers and potential industry partners
  • Strong understanding of the media landscape and pop culture
  • Ability to advise clients from a place of personal knowing
  • Leadership and ability to mentor and inspire teams

Benefits

  • Medical + dental + vision insurance
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Dedicated mental health days
  • Unlimited sick time
  • Give Back. We want SHADOWs to extend their hearts and give back to their various communities and interests, on the clock! We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually (voluntary time off)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching
  • Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
  • 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
  • Individualized career mapping
  • Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)

SHADOW

SHADOW is a creative marketing and communications agency with integrated disciplines across media relations, influencer marketing, experiential and event production, social media management and content development. Using these services, we shape insights and ideas into stories, animate stories into moments and engineer moments into movements.We are also connectors – we create inter-client synergies to maximize opportunity as well as leverage industry relationships for introductions, partnerships, business development and more. With a robust portfolio of brand campaigns, cross-categorical experience, and a deep rolodex of industry relationships, we have captured the loyalty of some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including luxury and lifestyle brands, retailers, tech start-ups, publishers, personalities, non-profit organizations and hospitality groups. We are a New York-based agency, with a west coast presence made possible through our SHADOWest suite of services.

Founded in 2007
New York, New York, USA
324 employees (64 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.6%
Direct
53.4%
Referral
6%
Social
12.6%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~330

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3