Senior Account Manager - Fashion

New York City, NY (On-site)

$90K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own senior-level media relationships, driving strategic one-to-one appointments and meetings with top-tier press
  • Lead the development and execution of media relations plans for clients, including outreach strategy, message development, event management, high-level pitching, spokesperson training, and securing local, regional and national coverage
  • Lead competitive media research and analysis to inform client strategy
  • Lead the creation and presentation of communications plans for clients
  • Identify and negotiate partnership and collaboration opportunities
  • Own event strategy, logistics and production for key client moments
  • Oversee and quality-control weekly and monthly media reporting for clients
  • Act as a primary day-to-day client contact, building rapport and credibility as a trusted strategic advisor alongside the AD and VP
  • Oversee the end-to-end management of product-related media requests, sample distribution, tracking and follow-up
  • Own client product inventory management and accountability

Requirements

  • Substantial, proven senior-level experience in fashion PR (6+ years)
  • Strong commercial track record in a fast-paced agency environment
  • Demonstrated people management and mentorship experience required
  • Proven track record of designing and delivering PR strategies that create measurable business impact
  • Discreet, polished and highly articulate, with excellent communication and client-management skills
  • Highly organised, methodical and efficient, with strong judgment and initiative
  • A strategic, proactive leader who shapes ideas and direction rather than simply executing them
  • Creative and strategic thinker with strong business acumen
  • Strong, established senior-level fashion press contacts required
  • Extensive experience leading event management and production
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Welcome to Purple — home of the one, the only, the Purple GridTM. Ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction with bed in a box mattresses by J.D. Power, including best in both support and comfort! We’re a one-of-a-kind innovation brand that is on a mission to meaningfully improve lives by helping Every Body get the comfort they deserve and the support they need. Our premium comfort innovation products start in the bedroom and extend beyond to provide optimal comfort everywhere you go. With a variety of mattresses, bedding, bases, seat cushions, dog beds, and more, Purple is quickly becoming the iconic color of true comfort, true innovation, and truly feeling great.While most new mattress companies only focus on just a simpler mattress buying experience with the same foam mattresses, Purple is committed to simply making a better mattress (with the better buying experience, to boot!). The only mattress with the Purple GridTM, Purple is instantly soft where you want it and firm where you need it – all at once. It's the comfort you crave, the support your back needs. Plus, 1,500+ open airways help dissipate body heat rather than trapping it, so you don't sleep hot.It all started in 1989 when two engineer brothers, Tony and Terry Pearce, set out with a mission to invent technology and create local jobs that meaningfully improve the lives of everyone involved. Over the last 30+ years, the Brothers Pearce have revolutionized the comfort industry by innovating various No Pressure® cushioning materials used in everything from wheelchairs and critical care hospital beds to sporting goods and high-end mattresses. Then, in September of 2015, they successfully launched The No-Compromise Purple® Mattress on Kickstarter, and it's been uphill from there — continually inventing, improving, and creating ways to make the world a more comfortable place.

Founded in 2015
Lehi, Utah, USA
1.2K employees (115 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
52% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.2%
Direct
44.3%
Referral
5.5%
Social
2.5%
Paid
3.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
91 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
15.5 years
Median Tenure
5.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$63M
Last Raise
$61M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $61M
  • Jan 2021
    Post IPO Equity
  • Oct 2016
    Equity Crowdfunding • $2M

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