Public Relations- Senior Account Manager- Strategic Communications

Falls Church, VA (Hybrid)

$88K/yr – $96K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead and develop a team handling a portfolio of client projects, guiding cross-team collaboration, crisis management, client engagement, and messaging development to ensure deliverables align with client needs.

  • Own team and deliverables across client campaigns
  • Guide crisis and escalation activities with leadership
  • Develop client messaging and discovery work with stakeholders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of people and a portfolio of projects, including leading collaboration across delivery teams.
  • Oversee media campaign plans and execute integration plans for clients
  • Work with VPs and Directors to manage a crisis, understand escalation of issues when needed
  • Engage with clients, self-directed to interact and make decisions on behalf of Pinkston
  • Familiarity with client messaging and accompanying media risks and sensitivities
  • Mitigate and problem-solve media and client complications
  • Review proposals and draft SOWs that align with potential client needs
  • Ensure that the team is aligned with the SOW in deliverables
  • Work with upper management on onboarding new clients
  • Assist with the creation of client messaging documents

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree or relevant experience in public relations, communications, marketing, journalism, or a related field
  • 7+ years of relevant communications and/or marketing experience
  • Demonstrated ability to manage team members and clients
  • Skilled at anticipating media, client, and team needs
  • Ability to balance and navigate multiple time-sensitive projects
  • Experience working in an integrated communications environment, collaborating across teams to deliver cohesive client work
  • Alignment with Pinkston’s guiding principles

Benefits

  • Pinkston offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes company-sponsored health, dental, and vision plans accompanied by employer-funded life insurance, HRA, and a short-term disability plan.
  • Optional long-term disability and additional Life Insurance are also available.
  • Pinkston provides a 401k retirement plan and contributes to each employee’s retirement annually, regardless of employee participation.
  • Pinkston is committed to building a collaborative in-person work environment and offers a hybrid work model that allows working from home up to 30% of the time.
  • Pinkston provides generous holiday and vacation policies, paid parental leave, and an additional week of paid “volunteer time off” to encourage employees to invest time in a 501C non-profit.
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Pinkston

Pinkston is a full-service branding, marketing, and communications agency offering integrated public relations, creative, digital, and research services to transform companies and organizations.As an outcome-driven agency, Pinkston is committed to delivering customized, strategic solutions that drive real-world impact.

Founded in 2001
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
168 employees (30 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.2%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
5.7%
Social
14.2%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~168

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (14% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1