Account Executive – brand

Responsibilities: 

• Maintain and grow relationships with key senior-level influencers.
• Identify communication trends and educate/inform clients and agency colleagues and partners on changes and trends.
• Monitor, report and provide insight on competitor and issue-specific social media activities, unique and creative uses of social campaigns, or emerging culture themes.
• Leverage clients’ extensive data to conceive and drive stories apart from traditional news milestones.
• Model agency values; mentor and coach colleagues and junior staff on agency best practices and successful engagement with influencers.
• Oversee and reinforce consistent adherence to media management processes: media lists, coverage monitoring and industry coverage trends.
• Maintain and grow client relationships by contributing to the development and implementation of communication strategies and executing on projects (leading where appropriate).
• Identify opportunities to grow and diversify current accounts and new business efforts to include sourcing and gathering audience, industry or competitor market data.
• Negotiate and manage client expectations and satisfaction; ensure that internal and external stakeholders are aligned.

Requirements:

• Understanding of the role and trend of the media; good network of editors and influencers. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (particularly Outlook, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel). 
• Strong bilingual writing skills. 
• Experience with written and developed materials, including integrated communication plans, press releases, pitches and social media content (highly desirable). 
• Comfortable with integrated communication principles. 
• Interest in developing integrated communications skills incorporating digital and social media, 
• High level of initiative
• Desire to be an engaged, accessible member of a dynamic office and broader global agency community.
• Customer service orientation in a client and business environment (a must). 
• Experience working globally or with colleagues in multiple locations. 
• Experience working in a fast-paced team environment (frequent tight deadlines, multitasking, etc.). 
• Strong presentation and consulting skills with the ability to read, write and speak English fluently.