PR Account Manager, Hospitality and Lifestyle

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $95K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive PR leadership for hospitality and lifestyle clients in an agency setting, shaping strategy, storytelling, and programs.

  • Own media relations, story development, and program execution across clients.
  • Must-have: 5–6 years PR agency experience in hospitality/lifestyle spaces.
  • Standout: Established influencer/editor networks with proven media results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Consistently pitch and secure media coverage for clients
  • Produce high-quality internal and external communications content, including writing, proofreading, and editing PR and marketing materials
  • Develop compelling stories and narratives for clients
  • Lead client communications, programs, events, and campaigns from planning through execution, ensuring adherence to budget
  • Collaborate with various agency divisions to leverage network-wide expertise for clients.
  • Cultivate strong connections with leading and emerging editorial talents.
  • Develop and manage relationships with press contacts, key commentators, industry spokespeople, and beauty and wellness influencers
  • Oversee junior team members in reviewing client agendas, recap reports, and clips
  • Provide strategic counsel in collaboration with account leadership as needed
  • Work in-office a minimum of 3 days per week

Requirements

  • 5 - 6 years of PR agency experience in the hospitality, lifestyle and personal finance spaces
  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field is preferred
  • Comprehensive knowledge of relevant brands, culture and the local landscape, including trends, market dynamics, media
  • Demonstrated success in securing impactful media placements
  • Strong networking abilities with a proven capacity to build relationships with key influencers, media, and industry leaders
  • Exceptional project management skills, with a focus on organization and strategic planning.
  • Superior written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal abilities to foster collaboration and maintain strong professional relationships

Preferred

  • High energy, enthusiastic individual with a passion for communications and PR
  • Results orientated
  • Strong project management skills, ability to multitask, excellent time management and organization
  • Outstanding written and oral communications abilities; including the abilities to elicit information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas effectively, highly comfortable public speaker
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Exceptional relationship building skills, collaborative, able to work well with others.

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