PR Senior Account Strategist

New York, USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive daily PR account management and cross-functional collaboration to deliver client-focused campaigns.

  • Own daily PR account management and client communications to keep campaigns on track.
  • Must-have: 3-5 years in account or project management with press research and media pitching.
  • Standout: Experience guiding cross-functional teams and executives to hit business objectives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own daily account management for PR clients
  • Have a high attention to detail
  • Demonstrate strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Build and improve brand awareness through integrated communications, and has the ability to think untraditionally about ways of going about achieving this task
  • Communicate day-to-day with the client contacts as needed
  • Daily monitoring around breaking news/issues, including the ability to spot errors in media coverage of the brand/client
  • Build relationships with media and press contacts
  • Collaborate with internal strategists, designers, and founders to achieve account goals
  • Be responsible for communicating status and risk mitigation
  • Develop strong and enduring business relationships with senior and mid-level executives

Requirements

  • 3-5 years experience in account and/or project management
  • Excellent communication and writing skills
  • Experience building press lists and doing press research
  • Experience with press pitching and working with media contacts
  • Experience in client facing roles and relationship management
  • High level of collaboration
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams is a plus
  • Strong negotiation and issue resolution skills
  • Expert understanding of project & program management processes and methodologies

Preferred

  • Experience working with globally distributed teams is a plus
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