Public Relations Account Executive

Job Description

We are currently seeking a Public Relations Account Executive to lead accounts focused on media and influencer relations, thought leadership, and overall communications strategy. Account work may also include content strategy, creation and distribution, social management and strategy, as well as data-driven reporting & analysis.

Account Executives are masters of execution and consistently deliver high quality results for a variety of clients. AE’s confidently interact with client contacts through email, calls and in-person meetings as needed. Workload management has its ups & downs, but AEs are able to navigate responsibilities on multiple clients with great success. As confidence increases, a satisfactory AE is lead day-to-day communicator on 4+ core service clients, handling execution, written and call communications, as well as reporting insights under direction of Account Supervisor or Account Director. Additionally, AEs regularly work in a specialist role as part of larger teams executing on the agency’s more integrated accounts. High performing AE’s show consistent performance across a variety of accounts and an ability to take fluctuations in workload with ease. Strong performers learn quickly, rarely make the same mistakes twice and instill confidence in senior team members. While we are headquartered in Miami, this is a full-time role with Work-From-Anywhere-Flexibility (see benefits for details).

Some things to note about this role:

• Key responsibility is to consistently produce results within our core services of media and influencer relations.
• AE's are highly skilled at media facing communications including trade shows, media events, and pitches.
• AE's are confident in all aspects of written and face-to-face client communications.
• Successful AE's leverage personal experience and agency expertise to proactively lead their client's strategy and should be comfortable telling clients what they need to hear versus what they want to hear.
• AE's are execution specialists, constantly reiterating their daily approach to become more efficient.
• Always learning is key to the advancement of this role, be a student and participant of client communications and strategy development, actively seeking out every opportunity to learn from agency senior team leads.
• The ability to clearly articulate how results produced coincide with client's goals / objectives, is highly valued and should be a focus as it is a common skill of team members that grow beyond the AE role.

Cover Letter: Feel free to include a cover letter detailing something interesting about yourself and/or career that we will not get from reading your resume. Doesn't need to be long, just specific to this position. It’s your opportunity to sell yourself, use it.

About MBA: We are a "Best Agency to Work For" and the leading PR agency for consumer technology and innovative lifestyle brands in the U.S. Headquartered in Miami since 2002 (with a full-remote team), we have partnered with more than 800 brands from startups to Fortune 500. We successfully help clients launch, gain market share, enter new categories, sell products, attract retailers, raise capital and get acquired. In addition to providing public relations and digital marketing services, we also offer an in-house primary research and analytics team, and a design studio with a full suite of creative services.

Some advice for how to be successful:

We hire, promote and fire people based on these values. They act as a compass for all communications and decision making.

• Think Like An Entrepreneur: Know the details of our business and understand how you impact our culture, work and financial success.
• Adopt a Growth Mindset: Don’t settle or become complacent. Grow by taking advantage of opportunities to do work outside your comfort zone.
• Take Initiative: Do not wait for someone to tell you what to do. Act in the absence of specific direction. Be proactive and decisive.
• Act with Purpose: Focus on impact above all else. Know the intended result, find the most efficient path, and get shit done.
• Communicate Assertively: Proactively tackle difficult conversations with empathy and confidence. Give and request feedback in real-time with helpful intent.
• Inspire Accountability: Embrace ownership of every task. Surface your mistakes. Share what you learn and use it to improve. Others will do the same.

Other things we think would be cool if you could do:

• Run a 5k in under 25 minutes
• We have 2 or 3 people that can do this, but we have a couple Ironman athletes (including Max), a few marathoners and a mountain biker who does 80+ mile races. Lots of yogis too.
• Solve a Rubik's cube in under a minute
• We had an intern that could and it was mind-blowing.
• Compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
• She competed in the Pan-American Championship, largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in North America, she's also one of our new Account Coordinators.
• Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
• Our Director of Operations did this, only blacked-out from high altitude and oxygen deprivation once. Nailed it.
• Be a world champion in anything
• Youngest Yo-Yo World Champion in history worked with us for years.
• Start your own business
• Max did...and one guy owns his own photography business...the rest of us are working on it.
• A snake shot (Foosball)
• Google it. No spinning.

Requirements

• Ideally, minimum 2 years of relevant PR or marketing experience. Prior agency setting is strongly preferred
• Understanding of product launches, brand storytelling and media and influencer relations strategies
• Understanding of digital/new media marketing strategies
• Expert in persuasive writing and verbal communication
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Awesomeness

Benefits

Work hard, play hard is slightly outdated and work life balance implies some sort of struggle to do one and not the other. We think work should be a fun, beneficial, and enjoyable part of your life and that your life should be a fun, beneficial, and enjoyable part of your work. We try our best to provide benefits that make this a reality, and the daily transition and integration of work & life as seamless as possible.

• Unlimited Vacation
• It's EXACTLY what it sounds like.
• Work-From-Anywhere-Flexibility
• Truly work-from-anywhere with flexible schedules, which for some people means fully-remote, WFH 100% and for some includes a combo of home and our Miami office.
• Approximately 30% of our 50 person team is located outside of South Florida.
• We set you up from day 1 with all the tools to get shit done regardless of physical location.

• For the Moms and Dads out there…We have 20+ baby humans in our extended family, needless to say we accommodate the hectic schedules of SuperMoms and SuperDads. 100% flexible schedule helps, but accommodating school drop-offs, and unforeseen events is our specialty and you’ll have the team support to do so with ease. If you would like to speak to one of our parents about their schedule, team support they receive, our maternity/paternity policy and new parent benefits, let us know.

• Social gatherings are a weekly occurrence. We all actually like hanging out with each other, so we find time in a variety of ways including team lunches, happy hours, in person group work sessions, etc. And for those fully-remote outside Miami, there will be one or two occasions throughout the year you can join us in Miami for special events. We also hold weekly virtual meetings and lunches.
• Benefits
• Flexibility – “Unlimited” and “Anywhere” is as Flexible as it Gets
• Home Office Stipend
• Growth – Expand and Fine Tune Your Skills
• Free Unlimited Self-Help/Business Books
• Wellness – Add Workout to Your Work Day
• $600 annual Fitness/Wellness Stipend
• Parental Leave + Paid Return-To-Work
• Finance – “Match” is Literally Free Money
• $360 Annual Cell Data Reimbursement
• Team – You Will Actually Like Most of Us
• $1,500 Employee Referral Bonus
• Fun – Mandatory Company Meetings
• Paid Miami Visits for Remote Team