Senior Account Director (Public Relations)

USA (Remote)

$140K/yr – $175K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead senior client relationships and drive strategic media planning from ideation to execution while mentoring the team and coordinating with leadership on scope and budgets.

  • Own account planning and quarterly/biannual look-ahead
  • Lead development projects and talent growth

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the senior client lead, and day-to-day lead on account teams
  • Bring long-term, big picture view to planning and execution
  • Ensure all teammates understand their role for the account and client goals
  • Lead the development of informed and targeted media plans and campaigns - from ideation to execution
  • Drive media results through outreach and creative story ideation
  • Produce and/or edit written content
  • Drive strategic planning in partnership with clients (i.e. quarterly/ every six months look ahead)
  • Lead agency development projects - new business pitches, company trainings, team events, recruiting, etc.
  • Coach and mentor internal team members, conducting annual performance reviews
  • Makes recommendations on team staffing to ensure accounts have coverage and complementary skills

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in PR, communications, journalism or similar area
  • At least 8 years in-house or agency PR experience
  • Demonstrated ability to grow accounts and build client relationships
  • Demonstrated ability to drive meaningful media results
  • Strong presentation and verbal communication skills
  • Detail oriented and focus on setting and managing to a high bar
  • Demonstrates a high degree of ownership and accountability with strong project management and organization skills
  • A creative mindset
  • Brilliant writing skills (we’ll want to see samples)
  • Experience or demonstrated expertise in talent development

Benefits

  • Flexible, remote work
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Summer Fridays
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • 401K Plan with Employer Match up to 4% after 1 year

SBS Comms

SBS Comms (formerly “Strange Brew Strategies”) is a boutique communications agency helping companies like American Express, Cloudflare, Flexport, Github and more break through the changing media landscape with ease. We take a modern approach to communications, dropping the baggage of outdated strategies, methodologies and processes in favor of progress and results. As strategists, we’re known for our honest counsel, sense of humor, creative and forward-thinking approach, and above all, our ability to secure impactful stories.In 2023, we launched OnBoard - streamlined communications support for startups so that early stage founders don’t have to compromise quality comms for cost.We believe an agency is only as good as their most recent wins. See ours here: https://www.instagram.com/sbscomms/

Founded in 2017
San Francisco, California, USA
74 employees (6 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3