Junior Account Executive, Beauty

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New Grad1+ years expInternship

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Pitch and place storytelling and lead a small PR team to win coverage for clients.

  • Pitch and place: You are expected to be a media coverage machine who enjoys crafting stories and gets a thrill out of securing press placement. You must constantly generate pitch ideas and drafts, proactively pursue relationships in media, and secure client inclusion in trend stories and roundups, in addition to feature placement.
  • Lead: Oversee the day-to-day tasks of Account Coordinators and demonstrate an ability to manage and lead. You coach AC's to strengthen their writing and pitching skills, supervise their tasks and hold them accountable, and help AC's generate call agendas that demonstrate an understanding of client priorities and account direction.
  • Build relationships with outlets and maintain a stable network of editors to unlock ongoing coverage.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Pitch and place: You are expected to be a media coverage machine who enjoys crafting stories and gets a thrill out of securing press placement. You must constantly generate pitch ideas and drafts, proactively pursue relationships in media, and secure client inclusion in trend stories and roundups, in addition to feature placement.
  • Lead: Oversee the day-to-day tasks of Account Coordinators and demonstrate an ability to manage and lead. You coach AC's to strengthen their writing and pitching skills, supervise their tasks and hold them accountable, and help AC's generate call agendas that demonstrate an understanding of client priorities and account direction.

Requirements

  • This is a junior-level position for those with 1-2 years of PR experience, who have a base knowledge of the industry, an awareness of our clients in the space, and are looking for an opportunity to prove themselves both creatively and managerially.
  • Have your own stable of media contacts and a track record of placing stories in outlets relevant to SHADOW's clients
  • Communications Skills: You possess excellent writing and editing skills, and know how to convert client objectives into clear and digestible storylines for media
  • Leadership Instincts: You are expected to possess inherent leadership qualities and must be ready and willing to teach, direct and delegate proactively and productively.
  • Knowledge of Muckrack or Cision (required) and Fashion GPS (preferred)
  • Bonus: Social Media experience

Preferred

  • Social Media experience
  • Fashion GPS (preferred)

Benefits

  • Medical + dental + vision insurance
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Dedicated mental health days
  • Unlimited sick time
  • Give Back. We want SHADOWs to extend their hearts and give back to their various communities and interests, on the clock! We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually (voluntary time off)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching
  • Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
  • 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
  • Individualized career mapping
  • Summer Fridays (early close Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day)
  • Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)

SHADOW

SHADOW is a creative marketing and communications agency with integrated disciplines across media relations, influencer marketing, experiential and event production, social media management and content development. Using these services, we shape insights and ideas into stories, animate stories into moments and engineer moments into movements.We are also connectors – we create inter-client synergies to maximize opportunity as well as leverage industry relationships for introductions, partnerships, business development and more. With a robust portfolio of brand campaigns, cross-categorical experience, and a deep rolodex of industry relationships, we have captured the loyalty of some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including luxury and lifestyle brands, retailers, tech start-ups, publishers, personalities, non-profit organizations and hospitality groups. We are a New York-based agency, with a west coast presence made possible through our SHADOWest suite of services.

Founded in 2007
New York, New York, USA
324 employees (64 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.6%
Direct
53.4%
Referral
6%
Social
12.6%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~330

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3