5 months ago
Account Director, Real Estate Public Relations
Orchestra
District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)Full time$110K/yr – $130K/yr
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Account Director, Real Estate Public Relations
District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)
$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time
Posted 5 months ago
Job Summary
Account Director role focusing on strategic communications for real estate clients, leading teams, driving media relations, and contributing to growth. Responsibilities span client communications, cross-team coordination, and storytelling opportunities. Requirements emphasize 6+ years of strategic comms, media relations in real estate, and team leadership.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Lead development of large-scale strategies along with teammates
- Drive client communications daily: setting expectations, escalating urgent needs, building and maintaining strong relationships, etc.
- Manage junior staff on each account you lead, strategically influencing deliverables’ quality and staff development by delegating, modeling smart practices and providing feedback
- Manage up to build strong, effective relationships with senior team leaders to understand their goals, communication styles and needs, providing proactive solutions to work together toward success.
- Coordinate across internal and external teams to deploy integrated services (media relations, digital advertising, research) to meet your clients’ goals
- Conceptualize and drive new story angles and other media opportunities for clients: such as ideating and landing feature stories during news lulls, or drafting a persuasive and compelling pitch on behalf of a client for a high-profile interview, award or conference
- Work closely with senior team leaders on capacity planning to ensure that the team is running efficiently
- Contribute to business development and growth efforts
Requirements
- A minimum of 6 years of strategic communications experience: in-house, media or journalism; PR agency experience preferred
- Deep in media relations in real estate, business, corporate communications, executive thought leadership and urbanism
- Strong storytelling skills with the ability to provide examples of materials that clearly demonstrate these capabilities
- At least 1 year of experience managing teams
- Versatile writer who is comfortable and well-versed in writing professional, on-brand materials for clients
- Savviness and creativity in media relations and pitching, social media content ideation and influencer engagement with the knowledge to identify new targets and thoughtful angles until the story lands
- Ability to confidently communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing, with varying levels of staff, clients, the media and is comfortable thinking on their feet
- Organized and adept to working in a fast-paced environment with the capability to handle multiple assignments at once and still meet deadlines
- Proven ability to become a savvy and nimble student of the “news” and quickly identify new media opportunities and narratives to insert our clients’ voices into the news cycle
- Passion and an insatiable curiosity for the built environment and all things real estate
Orchestra
Chantal et Pierre Mestre fondent Orchestra en 1995 avec pour objectif la création d’une marque de vêtements pour enfants et d’un concept de distribution unique pour faciliter la vie des parents. Depuis 2006, le concept des magasins ne cesse d’évoluer pour proposer toujours plus de choix et de services. En 2008, Orchestra innove en créant le Club Chantal et Pierre Mestre fondent Orchestra en 1995 avec pour objectif lacréation d’une marque de vêtements pour enfants et d’un concept de distribution unique pour faciliter la vie des parents. Depuis 2006, le concept des magasins ne cesse d’évoluer pour proposer toujours plus de choix et de services. En 2008, Orchestra innove en créant le Club Orchestra, un modèle unique de fidélisation en proposant aux membres une réduction de 50% toute l’année sur tout le textile et accessoires de marque Orchestra via l'achat d'une carte Club. La marque créée également Orches’troc, une plateforme de revente de produits d’occasion de toutes marques,100% dédiée à l’univers de l’enfant. Aujourd’hui l’entreprise compte plus de 400 magasins dans près 30 pays. Avec l’implantation de nombreux mégastores, les parents trouvent aujourd’hui chez Orchestra le spécialiste qui leur facilite la vie.
Salaries
Posted range
$110K/yr – $130K/yr
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Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
46 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
14.5 years
Median Tenure
1.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
13
People
Marketing Leadership
Erin Thibeau
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
At the company for 1 year 6 months
Jeffrey Jensen
VP SEO & Analytics - Message Lab at Orchestra
At the company for 1 year 8 months
Annie Mak
Marketing Manager
At the company for 2 years 2 months
Mariama Jalloh
Marketing Manager
At the company for 2 years 5 months
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
1.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.4%
Direct
43%
Referral
3.3%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.3%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~1.4K