Senior Account Director, Enterprise Tech PR

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as a reliable strategic leader for prominent accounts

• Offer strategic guidance and advice to senior executives at client organizations

• Create comprehensive PR strategies that align with clients' business goals

• Navigate challenging discussions and provide constructive feedback to clients when needed

• Perform crisis risk evaluations and draft proactive communication plans

• Conduct interviews with executives to establish thought leadership platforms

• Convert intricate technical advancements into media-friendly stories

• Oversee account health, forecast revenue, and manage resource distribution

• Enhance team efficiency and reduce over/under-utilization

• Supervise client contracts, key performance indicators, and monthly/annual work scopes

• Formulate enduring media and engagement strategies across media, analyst, and social domains

• Ensure editorial quality control across the entire portfolio

• Utilize connections with Tier-1 national business and trade media

• Recognize growth opportunities and promote organic business development

• Achieve high client retention rates

• Directly manage, mentor, and motivate team members

• Set professional objectives and provide focused training

• Champion the adoption of new PR technologies and alternative communication methods

• Broaden leadership presence in global PR management

⛳️ Requirements

• 10 to 12+ years of experience in agency communications

• Senior Account Director or a similarly experienced Account Director-level professional in an agency

• Capable of independently managing accounts from inception to completion, including client relations, strategy, and procedures

• Experience in program scoping and managing a profit and loss statement

• Knowledge of budgeting, resource allocation, and team utilization

• Experience in team-level project management

• Technical proficiency and the ability to convey complex technologies in simple terms

• Experience in people leadership, including performance dialogues and collaborating with HR on Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)

• Located in the San Francisco Bay Area

• Established media contacts are a plus

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program

• Unlimited vacation with minimum PTO requirements

• Unlimited sick leave

• 401k plan with company matching

• Monthly mental health stipend

• Two ‘NOPE’ days per year

• Quarterly wellness challenges

• Profit-sharing program

• Flexible workplace options

• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• Six-month paid parental leave

• Transit benefits

• Paid volunteer and professional development days

• Primarily remote work flexibility from home

• Regular chances to collaborate, brainstorm, and connect with the team in person at local co-working spaces