Account Director (Public Relations)

SBS Comms•Boston, MA

1d•$115,000 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

SBS Comms is a communications agency for visionaries. We help ambitious companies break through and own their story. Our approach to communications is built for today’s fast-paced media landscape, and favors speed over perfection, quality over quantity, and progress over paperwork. With 60+ strategists coast-to-coast, and hubs in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Southern California and Chicago, SBS partners with venture-backed companies across AI, space, fintech, crypto, defense, cybersecurity, health and more. About OnBoard: OnBoard is SBS’s dedicated program for early-stage startups. Our clients are often founders doing PR for the very first time, and they get the same caliber of counsel, creativity and media results as our established brands. At OnBoard, a smaller budget never means a lower bar. We’re looking for a VP to help lead the program: a startup whisperer who knows what makes a founder and a company genuinely interesting and can get an unknown startup into the same conversations as the industry’s biggest names.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in PR, communications, journalism or similar area
At least 6 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
A creative mindset
Brilliant writing skills (we’ll want to see samples)
Experience or demonstrated readiness to supervise junior staff
Self-starter work ethic and player-coach management style

Nice To Haves

If you have a passion for media strategy and external storytelling, we want to hear from you, regardless of whether you fit neatly into all of the criteria listed above.

Responsibilities

Act as primary client lead, and day-to-day lead on account teams, setting the direction for the account and identifying PR priorities that directly map back to business objectives for our clients
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
Lead and deliver client presentations - reporting, planning, etc.
Support 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
Working with VP, support scope of work and budget conversations with clients