Account Director

New York, USA (On-site)

$90K/yr - $144K/yr (Est.)Senior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead global B2B tech PR programs in a fast-growth agency, managing 4–6 account teams and shaping high-level strategy.

  • Own or oversee multi-disciplinary campaigns and ensure client targets are exceeded.
  • Must-have: 7+ years of PR, with 50%+ in B2B technology, in an agency.
  • Standout: Extensive relationships with top-tier business and technology media and active new-business involvement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Producing multi-disciplinary, global communications campaigns that stretch beyond PR
  • Lead roles in a fast-growth business and take on leadership responsibilities
  • Manage 4-6 account teams and ensure account targets and client expectations are consistently exceeded
  • Participate actively in new business and agency marketing activity and demonstrate previous success in these areas
  • Mentor and manage team members and support their development
  • Develop high-level strategy and messaging for clients
  • Build extensive relationships with top-tier business and technology media
  • Create a wide variety of content with exceptional writing and editing skills
  • Utilize new technologies within workflows to maximize impact

Requirements

  • 7+ years of PR experience, with at least 50% of that time spent working with B2B technology companies, most recently in an agency role
  • A genuine interest and deep knowledge in B2B technology
  • Experience developing high-level strategy and messaging for clients
  • Extensive relationships with top tier business and technology media
  • Exceptional writing skills and editing skills with the ability to create a wide variety of content
  • The ability to manage 4-6 account teams and ensure account targets and client expectations are consistently exceeded
  • Experience working on highly creative and integrated campaigns
  • A desire to participate actively in new business and agency marketing activity and the ability to demonstrate previous success in these areas
  • An eagerness and ability to mentor and manage team members
  • Excellent attention to detail as well as project management, organization and time management skills

Preferred

  • Willingness to use new technologies within workflows to their greatest impact.
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Brands2Life

We’re an award-winning, founder-led, communications agency based in London, Minneapolis, New York and San Francisco with an extensive global capability. In December 2023 we were acquired by Paritee for whom we will become the cornerstone of their new EMEA platform.Our clients range from corporations who are transforming with purpose, industry disrupters and online leaders and the pure tech players who are powering these transformations. Our BETTER STORIES I BIGGER IMPACT approach enables us to deliver exceptional creativity and outstanding results whether it’s a PR programme or a multi-discipline, multi-channel campaign. We run many of these campaigns all around the world, led out of our offices in London and San Francisco. We are global leaders in technology and digital with in-depth expertise in AI, fintech, online leaders, healthtech and cleantech. Outside the tech sector we have experts in business services, energy, financial services, health & well-being and retail & leisure. Our talented team of 100+ are made up of strategists, creative thinkers, media experts, public affairs specialists, marketers, digital and social media gurus, storytellers, developers and content creators with unrivalled depth of knowledge to craft truly integrated campaigns and a commitment to delivering tangible business impact day-in, day-out. To find out more, visit www.Brands2Life.com

Founded in 2000
London, England, GBR
225 employees (39 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
11.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.6%
Direct
37.9%
Referral
7.7%
Social
3.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~225

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
28 (12% of company)