Account Coordinator - Consumer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$50K/yr – $55K/yrEntry LevelFull time

Posted 13 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own monitoring of breaking news and trends for clients, translate insights into media and social opportunities, and coordinate execution across the team while producing client reports and briefs.

  • Track breaking stories and trends relevant to clients
  • Develop pitch ideas and messaging for earned media and social
  • Coordinate logistics, reports, and client events

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be the eyes and ears of the team to track breaking news, issues and trends relevant to your clients in the media and across all social media.
  • Make informed recommendations on opportunities to help clients shine in the media, on social media or both.
  • Keep your team’s wheels on track. Act as a logistical quarterback to make sure things happen when and where we need them to happen.
  • Be on point to create all client reports and attend client events as needed.
  • Research and maintain accurate databases on targeted shows, speaking venues, and awards programs. Write killer submissions that help our clients shine.
  • Writing – from media alerts, to pitches to social content.
  • Prepare briefing materials for and actively participate in team brainstorming.
  • Keep the foundational materials (narrative, messaging, etc.) current for each of your clients.
  • Learn the fundamentals of earned media pitching and begin to engage the press on behalf of your clients.

Requirements

  • Some internship experience – preferably in an agency environment – tech experience a plus
  • Ridiculously strong oral, written and interpersonal communications.
  • An insatiable curiosity combined with an innate ability to think critically that translates into creativity, founded in strategy, that you can apply to our programming day in and day out.
  • The self-discipline to take direction, focus on tasks and deliver on commitments.
  • A genuine thirst for learning, self-improvement and personal growth.
  • A fierce competitive spirit that compels you to play to win at whatever you’re doing.
  • The ability to work independently while working collaboratively towards a common goal.
  • A willingness to actively contribute to making our agency a better place to work.

Preferred

  • The ability to work independently while working collaboratively towards a common goal.
  • A willingness to actively contribute to making our agency a better place to work.
  • Have a fierce competitive spirit that compels you to play to win at whatever you’re doing.
  • A genuine thirst for learning, self-improvement and personal growth.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, annual increases & performance bonuses
  • Generous PTO package & paid holidays
  • Annual paid recharge shutdown the last week of the year
  • Employee referral and new business incentive bonuses
  • Flexible and hybrid work environment
  • Summer Fridays
  • Technology stipend to set up your home office with the tech you need
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • 401k contribution that starts and vests 100% on day one
  • Comprehensive healthcare, dental & vision coverage
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SHIFT

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SHIFT specializes in creating services that sell and is fully committed to supporting our clients’ business growth. We provide comprehensive IT solutions to help realize a smart, efficient society with no waste.Through software testing, we deliver safety and peace of mind in a world increasingly driven by IT. Beyond that, we help our clients achieve “services that sell,” contributing to Japan’s delayed digital transformation (DX) and the improvement of labor productivity.

Founded in 2005
Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN
849 employees (13 in marketing)
95% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
237.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
70.4%
Direct
20.2%
Referral
8.3%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~877

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$9.8M
Last Raise
$4M
Series A, 13 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2013
    Series A • $4M
  • Mar 2012
    Series Unknown • $5.7M

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