Senior Account Executive

New York City, NY (On-site)

$67K/yr – $83K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own day-to-day client contact, drive accounts forward on projects and deliverables, and lead media relations and strategic PR programs across consumer and B2B accounts.

  • Own day-to-day client contact and drive the accounts forward on projects and deliverables
  • Lead media relations, strategy, and coverage development for client programs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as a day to day client contact and drive the accounts forward on projects and deliverables
  • Build and maintain ongoing media relationships and secure coverage with target media to help accomplish client goals and objectives
  • Drive significant media relations efforts including press release development, key message documents, pitches, story development, growing and maintaining media relationships, etc.
  • Conduct proactive media outreach on a daily basis, including opportunistic and feature coverage
  • Leverage traditional media as well as emerging technologies for PR programming and influencer outreach.
  • Offer creative and new ideas and thinking to pitch development and design and other elements of your clients’ programs
  • Demonstrate understanding of a client’s business, products, markets, and influencers
  • Understand the value of PR to your clients’ businesses and how to achieve valuable results across your clients’ programming

Requirements

  • 3+ years of agency or in-house experience within public relations/communications, with experience working with consumer and B2B clients.
  • Strong and reliable industry relationships with both trade and top-tier media.
  • Knowledge and experience with tools such as Muckrack and Cision.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills with a strong attention to detail and experience across varying types of content creation.
  • Proven ability to write strategic documents as a clear, concise and persuasive writer.
  • Ability to multi-task and organize multiple deadlines across various accounts.
  • Critical thinking and strategic problem solving.
  • A proactive, “never quit” attitude and a great sense of humor.

Benefits

  • You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
  • You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
  • Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Transit benefits
  • Professional learning and development opportunities
  • Workplace flexibility
  • On-site and off-site social gatherings
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Ruder Finn

Ruder Finn is one of the world’s largest independent global communications and creative agencies. Founded in 1948, Ruder Finn has defined and redefined PR for 75 years, shaping communications that move industry-defining brands, companies, and leaders from what’s now to what’s next. Ruder Finn provides clients with bold communications strategies based on a global perspective and localized market knowledge that redefine leadership, reimagine the marketplace, and rethink customer experiences. The agency is organized around five core areas of expertise—Healthcare, Technology, Commerce, Leadership and Workplace—with AI-powered creative hub RF Studio53 and tech incubator RF TechLab providing cutting-edge predictive analytics, breakthrough creative, and customer-focused digital engagement. Ruder Finn has offices across 3 continents including the U.S., Asia and Europe. Wholly owned agencies within Ruder Finn Group include: Ruder Finn Inc., RF Studio53, RF Engage, Touchdown, Peppercomm, RF Comunicad, Mantis, jacobstahl, RF Bloom. For more information visit www.ruderfinn.com.+++At Ruder Finn we value integrity and transparency in our recruitment process. We have become aware of fraudulent actors impersonating our company on platforms like Telegram and similar communication platforms, falsely claiming to conduct job interviews. We want to clarify unequivocally: We Never Charge for Job Interviews or Ask for Your Financial Information: Our recruitment process does not involve any form of payment from candidates at any stage. If you’re being asked for payment or your financial information, it is not us! All our job-related communications come exclusively from our official email addresses (ending with @ruderfinn.com). If you are contacted for an interview or a job offer and have doubts about its legitimacy, or if you have any other questions, please contact us via our official website or official LinkedIn channel.

Founded in 1948
New York, New York, USA
920 employees (158 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$67K/yr – $83K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
130 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
11

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.6%
Direct
49.2%
Referral
7.7%
Social
7%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~920
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Senior Account Executive

Ruder Finn · New York City, NY · On-site