Account Executive, Consumer PR (NY/East Coast Based)

Praytell - PRWeek's Agency of the Year and Best Place to Work - is hiring! We're a creative communications agency made by teams with strategic minds and spirited hearts. Everyday we create timely, integrated, headline worthy campaigns across social, earned, digital and more, earning attention for brands that matter and clients that get it and stopping the world in its scrolls. If you’re looking for an opportunity to join an ambitious team singularly focused on doing great work with great people and making your mark in an industry long overdue for a shakeup, we'd love to hear from you!

As Account Executive, you will be:

• Working across our Consumer portfolio, including lifestyle, wellness, food and beverage, and beer, wine and spirits categories, from national household brands to emerging startups. There may be opportunities for you to support other practice groups, as needed.
• Driving material development for various PR programs taking a first pass at drafting pitches, media lists, press releases, award submissions, research and more.
• An active participant in client and internal meetings, driving the agenda, taking notes and circulating meeting recaps and next steps
• Running point on coverage reports and monthly recaps, as well as other performance measurement/success initiatives
• Working with the account lead/manager to share status updates, flag coverage and more
• Keeping your finger on the pulse of the latest industry and media trends and translating them to actionable insights and recommendations

Requirements

Experience you have:

• You have about 2-3 of public relations/communications experience in an agency setting supporting consumer accounts.
• You’re comfortable building media lists and have experience pitching national, local and trade lifestyle outlets.
• You’re super organized, and teams can lean on you to keep dashboards and activity trackers up to date.
• You know your way around PR tools such as Cision and Muck Rack.

Equally as important, you are:

• Ambitious and entrepreneurial
• Flexible and adaptable
• Meticulous and well organized
• A creative thinker and problem solver
• Inquisitive and eager to learn
• Collaborative and a team player
• Honest and approach all work ethically
• Committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace

Benefits

• Salary Range: $58,000 - $68,000
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance with a No Employee Contribution option which means nothing comes out of your pocket
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan where you receive company shares for every year you work here
• Traditional and Roth 401K with Employer Contribution
• Four Day Work Week
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), Company Paid Holidays and Mental Health Days
• Employee Assistance Program spanning Mental Health, Financial and Legal support for you and your family
• Parental Leave
• Fertility Support Programs
• And More!

Next Steps + What to Expect

• Submit Application
• Phone Screen (30 minutes)
• Team Interview (1 hour)
• Final Interview (30-45 minutes)
• Skills Test/Exercise (TBD)
• Offer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all people at our company and do not discriminate. Period. All qualified applicants will receive consideration in accordance with federal law requirements, and because it’s the right thing to do. We comply with the applicable state and local law governing non-discrimination in employment in every single one of our locations and we prohibit any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.