Senior Account Manager

Key Responsibilities
· Leading on preparing strategies for clients including: developing outreach plans, partnerships, message development, management of events, coordination of media familiarization trips, effective pitching, training of spokespersons and pitching local, regional, and national stories

· Networking across relevant beats; maintaining strong relationships with media and industry contacts through regular one-to-one appointments and meetings

· Competitive media research and analysis

· Securing partnership and collaboration opportunities

· Spearheading and supporting with event logistics and production

· Developing weekly and monthly media reports for clients

· Supporting senior team on communication with all clients, building rapport and credibility based on trust and expert counsel

· Overseeing the management of all product-related media requests – from email inquiry through prospective media coverage – through sample product distribution and tracking and follow up

· Consistently producing high quality internal and external communications content

· Oversight of weekly client agendas

· Proactively pitch story ideas to achieve maximum editorial placement across your brands

· Manage and motivate junior members of the team to ensure day-to-day operations run Managing the Junior team members to help reach personal and team targets

· smoothly and PR results are delivered, while supporting them in their growth to the next level

· Equally supporting senior members of the team to ensure maximum support across all levels

· Have a clear understanding of paid, owned and earned media strategies, and develop relationships with top influencers to support this activity

· Have strong connections with leading and emerging editorial talents in LA and across the US

· Have established connections with industry leaders and tastemakers in Miami and across the US

· Contribute to agency new business efforts; both creating proposals and participating in relevant pitches
Skills and Experience
· Minimum of four years of relevant working experience

· Hospitality and arts/culture experience is preferred

· Superior knowledge of luxury consumer industry

· Ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously

· Excellent written and verbal skill

· Knowledge of Cision, MuckRack and other PR industry tools

· Understand the digital world and can exhibit creative thinking

· A team player who is hardworking and dedicated