Account Director, Enterprise

Mission North•San Francisco, NY

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Mission North is a strategic communications agency for influential companies to build, protect, and renew their impact. Market-shaping brands like Brex, Canva, Ginkgo Bioworks, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Recursion, Snowflake, and Zoom have turned to us to navigate change and accelerate impact at every stage. Our award-winning culture of curiosity allows us to attract the best communicators and mobilize them around tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. Our stories about breakthrough innovations and movements—and the iconic teams behind them—have influenced hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. We're looking for a proactive, curious, and impact-driven Director to lead day-to-day client programs and support growth within our Enterprise Technology Group accounts. You’ll play a hands-on role in delivering excellence for your clients while mentoring a high-performing team. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to making a positive difference through our work, culture, and community investments. We give back 2% of profits, 2% of our time, and 2% of partner equity to support causes in our local communities, and have invested more than $2 million through grants, donations, and pro bono services. Through our cross-industry fellowship and sponsorship initiative, Foster the Future, we’re creating pathways for the next generation of communications leaders. Diversity, belonging, and equity are woven into our business and culture. We continue to advance our policies and practices to foster a more progressive organization and industry.

Requirements

A minimum of 7-10 years of communications or PR agency experience, preferably with technology companies or related industries
Demonstrated experience developing, directing and executing strategic communications programs that blend PR, content marketing, social media and data
Experience helping disruptive technology companies develop compelling messaging, storylines and thought leadership platforms
Established relationships with top-tier trade media and bloggers, vertical market media and national and local business media
Experience running integrated PR programs, including paid content
Experience working with household names and emerging/disruptor brands in B2B technology, including data infrastructure and cloud, AI, cybersecurity, business process optimization, SaaS and other key elements of the modern business technology stack.

Responsibilities

Oversee a portfolio of Enterprise Tech clients; leading end-to-end execution of PR campaigns and programs, teams and stakeholders.
Be a trusted strategic partner to your clients and a motivating team leader to your account teams.
Synthesize complex technical concepts into compelling narratives and storylines that resonate with business, trade media, and new media alike.
Draft strategic deliverables, including campaign plans, media pitches, speaking and award submissions.
Engage with traditional and non-traditional media to drive awareness and secure coverage for clients.
Seek out creative ways to connect the dots between news cycles and client opportunities.
Serve as a key contributor in new business, including ideating and conceptualizing narratives, strategies and storylines, in partnership with senior leaders, and overseeing junior team members on building out content.
Cultivate the agency’s sphere of influence with agency peers, VCs, etc.
Manage 1-2 direct reports.