Our firm is looking to fill two Senior Account Executive roles, one in the US and one in London (or European or Australia timezone). Candidates should have at least 3-5 years of agency or in-house experience in the communications department and an interest in finance, technology and web3.
Senior Account Executives serve as the day-to-day contact for clients and the media. In this position, they are expected to be the most active in media-related activities that include media monitoring, flagging, analysis, outreach and coverage. SAEs play the role of the internal pitch masters and are pros at crafting attention-grabbing headlines, distilling complex information, and proactively identifying new opportunities for clients to be in the news.
The Senior Account Executive will manage a small team of Account Executives and PR Assistants, and reports directly to Account Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents to assist with meeting the goals of each account assigned (max 4-5).
Responsibilities:
- Grow and nurture relationships with media
- Monitor and identify strategic news opportunities for clients
- Secure consistent media coverage for clients across different media formats
- Ensure weekly tasks are meeting pre-defined goals for each client account
- Contributes to strategy and narrative development for client campaigns and announcements alongside Account Managers
- Maintaining a rapport with client spokespeople and executive leadership
- Provide guidance and support to junior team members, playing an active role in enforcing company standards, values and acceptable quality of work
Qualifications
- College graduate, preferably with a bachelor’s degree in communications, political science or journalism
- Minimum of 3-5 years public relations and communications experience (preferably in an agency or in-house setting working with finance or cryptocurrency companies)
- Avid reader of tech, business and finance news
- Strong media relationships & media references
- Proven ability to write press releases, briefing documents, boilerplates, and other standard press materials
- Proven understanding of media types + formats
- Track record for securing media coverage
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve or apply critical thinking skills
- Solid understanding of technology or finance, or both
Skills
- Writing – news-writing (including Associated Press style format); copy (including newsletters, presentations, proposals, etc.); press material (releases, one-sheets)
- Research – Google, ChatGPT, MuckRack
- Computer – Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
- Management – time, junior team and project management
- Communications – listening, presenting and conversational skills
- Resourcefulness + Creativity – ability to think outside of the box
Requirements
- Three writing samples: press release, media pitch and OpEd
- Three media references: name & outlet
- Completion of assessment assignment(s)
Compensation and Benefits:
- Salary: $80,000.00 - $95,000.00 annually (base salary)
- 401K match
- 100% health insurance coverage after 6 months of employment
- Flexible PTO
** This position is remote **
