Account Director – Trailblaze

New York, USA (Remote)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level9+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated communications for cannabis and wellness brands with a focus on earned media, influencer work, and executive visibility.

  • Must-have: 9–12 years in PR/communications with agency experience and cannabis/regulatory fluency.
  • Standout: Deep media relationships and culture fluency enabling viral moments and executive positioning.
  • Demonstrated leadership across strategy, client advisory, and crisis readiness in a remote team.

Job Description

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Drive integrated communications for cannabis and wellness brands with a focus on earned media, influencer work, and executive visibility.

  • Must-have: 9–12 years in PR/communications with agency experience and cannabis/regulatory fluency.
  • Standout: Deep media relationships and culture fluency enabling viral moments and executive positioning.
  • Demonstrated leadership across strategy, client advisory, and crisis readiness in a remote team.
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Trailblaze

Trailblaze offers creative communications services that are smart, unexpected, and executed for maximum impact.We believe earned media is the ultimate influencer, and that no brand is too small to penetrate pop culture.Our business is built on referrals and a hard-won reputation for bold ideas, tenacious execution, compelling headlines, and record-setting results.We offer client services such as communications strategy, PR, paid media, events, brand partnerships, and influencer campaigns—with a particular specialty in CPG, beverage, and emerging sectors like cannabis, and celebrity brands or collaborations.Trailblaze is women-led and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA with satellites in the New York and Miami media markets. We are part of the Acceleration Community of Companies alongside other culture-shaping agencies such as MKG, Pink Sparrow, Pixly, and Stripe Theory.Ready to put YOUR brand on the map? Let's Get to Work! Contact us at: hello@trailblaze.co

Founded in 2018
Los Angeles, California, USA
14 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.4K

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~14

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1