Account Director

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive senior-level account leadership and strategic PR programs for multicultural clients, aligning narratives with news cycles and managing budgets and teams.

  • Own senior-level planning and supervision for designated clients and teams.
  • Must-have: seven+ years in PR with national/regional campaigns for global brands.
  • Standout: Multicultural audience focus with cross-functional leadership and budget control.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide senior-level account and program-specific planning and supervision for designated clients, managing the development of strategic plans and reports for those account teams.
  • Counsel and work with account teams to develop unique narratives to clarify each client’s value proposition and align their corporate, executive, and/or brand story with the news cycle.
  • Frequently advise and engage clients based on the external environment and their business goals, and empower teams to take immediate action on client feedback.
  • Serve as a strategic liaison among clients, account teams, and agency management, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of clients’ businesses and an ability to anticipate and address client needs across the group.
  • As needed, lead high-level media, influencer and/or partner relations by leveraging existing relationships, developing new ones, and managing contacts, with a focus on multicultural audiences.
  • Lead staff by mentoring, motivating, coaching, consistently providing feedback, holding them accountable and sharing ongoing feedback to aid in their professional development.
  • Partner with the Senior Director to lead operational and financial performance of account teams, ensuring quality work, effective processes, and that client requests are handled in a timely and strategic fashion.
  • Work with the Senior Director to supervise the management of account finances including accurate budget creation, allocation, and control; ensure budgets are accurate when presented to clients, manage our scope of work to those budgets and the budget tracker to ensure we stay on track.
  • Attend client meetings and staff virtual and in-person events like movie premieres, press junkets, film screenings, celebrity meet and greets, influencer activations, and more - often at night and on the weekend, and sometimes on holidays.
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H&M Communications

One of the Holmes Report’s top Consumer PR Agencies in North America, H+M Communications is an independent Hispanic and woman-owned, award winning full-service, marketing and public relations consultancy specializing in the development of integrated marketing solutions for entertainment, media, sports, consumer, and lifestyle brands. H+M’s expertise spans media and community relations, multicultural marketing, publicity, events, media planning/buying, grassroots and experiential marketing, content creation and syndication, creative, digital and social media, sponsorship development and activation, and corporate/crisis communications. H+M Communications is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA with offices in New York City, Miami, Seattle, Houston, Mexico City (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain).

Founded in 2003
West Hollywood, California, USA
201 employees (33 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~201

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
28 (14% of company)