PR Account Manager
About The Position
We are looking for an Account Manager (AM) to join our North American team. Account Managers are emerging company leaders who demonstrate the ability and wherewithal to deliver on our vision, performance requirements and growth projections. The role of this AM is two-fold. As a client manager, you’ll act as account lead for your clients and provide daily counsel, oversee account activities and ensure our work is quality, strategic and creative. You’ll partner with senior account leaders to develop strategy, and then be responsible for overseeing a team of junior staff to execute. In addition to acting as account lead, this role also requires media expertise. On your accounts, you’ll focus on developing media strategy that will earn clients coverage for product/service announcements, executive visibility programs and proactive campaigns that we’ll develop. In addition, you’ll partner closely with junior staff to foster and grow their skill sets across your accounts.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of experience, preferably agency, working in technology (or related) environments, such as AI, cybersecurity, software, B2B and B2C.
- Experience developing media strategy for media initiatives such as product announcements, proactive campaigns, executive thought leadership, etc.
- Proven success earning media results for clients in business, tech and industry trade publications, with press relationships or recent coverage examples and offering counsel to clients on media strategy.
- Ability to lead leading accounts or large programs and providing direct oversight of junior staff (teams of 2-4 people).
- Strong collaborator with ability and willingness to seek consensus; uniting groups of individuals together to achieve goals.
- A curious, entrepreneurial spirit that will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment by being proactive, always asking questions and taking a solutions-oriented approach to all work.
- Ability to travel on a short-term basis for client and business demands.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience of coaching and managing more junior employees.
- Proven record in high client satisfaction and retention levels.
Responsibilities
- Act as account lead for clients, providing daily counsel.
- Oversee account activities and ensure work is quality, strategic, and creative.
- Partner with senior account leaders to develop strategy.
- Oversee a team of junior staff to execute campaigns.
- Develop media strategy for media initiatives such as product announcements, proactive campaigns, and executive thought leadership.
- Earn clients coverage for product/service announcements, executive visibility programs, and proactive campaigns.
- Partner closely with junior staff to foster and grow their skill sets.
- Coach and manage more junior employees.
- Champion the use of AI tools and emerging tech to enhance writing, research, and automate workflows for efficiency.
Benefits
- Annual salary of 96,000-124,000 DOE
- 401k with match
- Generous employer contributions toward insurance premiums
- Paid mental health benefits
- Paid sabbatical after every 6 years of continuous employment
- Paid short-term disability and extensive parental leave benefits
- Archetype Academy, mentorship, and other programs to support career development
- A transparent, collaborative, and inclusive working culture
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
