Responsibilities

• Builds media lists with minimal oversight
• Strategic pitch writing and targeting
• Relationships with press contacts developed to a point where regular contact should result in hits for clients
• Feature story pitching
• Client management
• Professional, client-ready, and timely communications -- internally and externally
• Effectively communicates progress against program deliverables
• Other duties as assigned
• AE’s at our agency work collaboratively as core members of the account team, while taking responsibility for their own tasks and delivering on quantifiable goals. Such goals include securing media coverage for our clients, securing appropriate attendees for events and seminars, event planning and staffing, organizing press trips, and forming relationships with beverage industry members at all levels.
• AE's have client-facing responsibility within their accounts and are expected to interact with clients on calls, in meetings, and at events. AE responsibilities on their accounts will expand over time, in some cases including account leadership.

Requirements

• Can build strong media lists with little need for review from supervisors
• Can proactively conduct outreach to potential clients and promote agency
• Strong written/verbal communication, including the ability to successfully pitch to top tier journalists
• Has strong relationships with industry contacts and proactively networks to increase connections
• Can provide effective customer service including: leading client meetings, completing deliverables on time, managing expectations, and driving strategy
• Events - can build strong trade lists with little need for review from supervisors and is able to communicate key benefits of the event to invitees
• AE responsibilities and client-facing requirements as described in Description
• Proficient in Google Workspace and Microsoft office tools (Excel, PPT, Word)
• Qualifications- Desired Skills and Experience

Preferred

• Knowledge of the spirits industry is a plus
• Desire to continuously refine skills and/or learn new ones
• Proficient in Google Workspace and Microsoft office tools (Excel, PPT, Word)

Benefits

• Clients: Our client list is incomparable, across a range of countries, regions, and categories.
• Opportunities for Advancement: We are growing within all of our categories every year, affording every employee potential for promotion and career advancement.
• Fun!: Happy hours, events, product tastings both in the office and outside.
• Diversity: We strongly believe the diversity of our staff – made up at all levels of people from all backgrounds, from 12 countries, speaking 8 languages – is our strength, not only because of the vibrant intellectual and cultural working environment but because it reflects the diversity of the marketplace in which we make our appeal and the diversity of our clients.
• Work-life balance and generous PTO: We believe employees who are happier outside of work are happier at work, and vice versa, so we have created a culture that prioritizes work-life balance. We have a flexible PTO system and we take off the week between Christmas and New Year's.
• Expertise: We are the largest fine wine and spirits-focused integrated communications agency in the U.S.
• Learning Programs: The collective wine and spirits knowledge of our staff is unparalleled. You will have the opportunity to learn from others, both formally and informally, and through our in-house educational programs share your knowledge.
• Prestige: Our reputation in the industry, among both media and trade, is second to none, and an email address from our domain is afforded certain respect and a second look.
• Pay & Benefits: We offer competitive salaries within our category and full benefits - health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, and a generous PTO policy.