Account Executive, Public Relations

Brilliant•New York, NY

3d•$55,000 - $70,000•Remote

About The Position

Brilliant is looking for a full-time Account Executive to join our fast-moving, award-winning agency. We’re a fully remote performance team built on a simple promise: Work Hard. Play Hard. Laugh Hard. The ideal candidate brings 2+ years of full-time agency experience in consumer products PR or integrated marketing, strong project management skills, and real curiosity about new technology and AI. We aren't for the faint of heart! We move fast, hold a ridiculously high bar for excellence, and thrive on driving real ROI for our clients. But we also believe that intense drive should come with great culture - which is why we offer unlimited PTO, Fabulous Fridays (doors close at 3pm), virtual happy hours, a monthly book club, and endless reasons to win together. Since 2008, Brilliant has been where bold ideas meet relentless execution. We're a performance marketing agency with deep expertise in family-focused brands, bringing together PR, Influencer, Social, Paid Media, Affiliate, Retail Support, Experiential, and AI Intelligence to create integrated, full-funnel campaigns that shatter targets and cut through the noise.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field
2+ years of PR agency experience in the consumer goods industry
Demonstrated project management experience managing timelines, deliverables, and multiple accounts at once
A portfolio of national placements you secured yourself
Comfortable using AI tools day to day, with examples of how you've used them
A real willingness to try new technologies and adopt new tools quickly
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
A proactive, self-starter attitude with a passion for staying ahead of trends

Nice To Haves

Full-time agency experience in consumer products PR or integrated marketing
Strong project management skills
Real curiosity about new technology and AI

Responsibilities

Executes public relations strategies to achieve client goals while keeping projects organized, on time, and on track.
Manages day-to-day client communication, media relations, creative ideation, trend jacking, and hands-on project management.
Builds, maintains, and quality controls media and influencer databases.
Regularly identifies new editor and freelancer contacts through tools like Qwoted and by subscribing to Substacks.
Writes and distributes pitches, press releases, and media alerts, then follows up and monitors for coverage.
Generates story angles built to land top-tier national coverage.
Owns dedicated affiliate and ecommerce pitching.
Coordinates media interviews and desksides, and develops spokesperson briefing documents.
Builds real relationships with key journalists, producers, freelancers and influencers.
Monitors trends daily and turns them into fast trend-jacking opportunities.
Conducts competitor coverage monitoring.
Leads client media awards programs, including research, recommendations, submission applications, and deadline management.
Owns campaign and account timelines, and makes sure milestones land.
Builds project roadmaps, sets key dates, and flags bottlenecks early.
Tracks budgets and team responsibilities, and keeps internal teams and clients updated.
Uses project management tools such as Monday or Asana to keep workflows transparent.
Coordinates across departments so deliverables ship cleanly.
Uses AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT to support research, drafting, monitoring, and reporting.
Tests new software and platforms, and shares what works with the team.
Spots chances to automate routine tasks and raises the quality of the output.
Supports the planning and execution of virtual and live media and influencer press events, creative media mailers, and more.