Account Supervisor, Earned Media, Consumer Brand - Burson

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$50K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and run earned media programs for consumer brands, serving as the primary client contact and leading media relations, storytelling, and integrated campaigns.

  • Own day-to-day client relationships and project delivery
  • Drive media strategy, storytelling, and cross-channel execution across earned, social, and influencer efforts

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Earned Media Strategy & Execution
  • Support the development and execution of strategic earned media programs informed by audience insights, research, analytics, and strong storytelling.
  • Identify story angles, media opportunities, and cultural moments that help advance client objectives.
  • Contribute to integrated communications programs that connect earned media with social, influencer, digital, content, paid, and experiential efforts.
  • Apply consumer, category, and marketplace insights to inform communications recommendations and media strategies.
  • Client Management
  • Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for clients, ensuring responsive communication and strong account management.
  • Build trusted relationships through proactive counsel, problem-solving, and consistent execution.
  • Manage project timelines, deliverables, and account activities across multiple workstreams.
  • Participate in client meetings and presentations, helping to develop recommendations and reporting.

Requirements

  • Approximately 6 years of experience in public relations, earned media, strategic communications, or integrated marketing communications.
  • Experience developing and executing earned media programs for consumer brands.
  • Strong understanding of today's media landscape, including traditional, digital, social, influencer, and creator channels.
  • Ability to translate business objectives, consumer insights, and cultural trends into effective communications strategies and media opportunities.
  • Demonstrated success securing earned media coverage and building productive relationships with media and other external stakeholders.
  • Strong client service skills and experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Experience developing media materials, messaging frameworks, executive talking points, and communications plans.
  • Excellent writing, editing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Experience utilizing media intelligence and monitoring platforms such as Cision, Muck Rack, Brandwatch, Newswhip, or similar tools.

Preferred

  • Agency experience supporting national or global consumer brands.
  • Experience across consumer sectors such as retail, consumer products, food and beverage, travel, hospitality, wellness, technology, automotive, and lifestyle brands.
  • Experience supporting integrated campaigns that combine earned, social, influencer, and paid media strategies.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled research, media intelligence, and communications planning tools.
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Burson

Burson is the global leader in communications, purpose-built to create value for our clients through reputation. We reinvent how reputation creates competitive advantage for our clients, so they can lead today and far into the future.

New York, New York, US
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$50K/yr – $105K/yr

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