Account Executive

Overview:

Our Travel team at Finn Partners continues to expand! We are looking for an outstanding Senior Account Executive to join our global award-winning integrated marketing agency. The ideal SAE candidate thrives in tackling new challenges every day, has 3+ years of public relations experience working with clients in the luxury travel, tourism and hospitality industry, and is passionate about a growing career working with the most glamorous hotel, resort, and spa clients around the world.

The SAE has exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, is highly organized, has a proactive take-initiative attitude, and can manage public relations workloads effectively across a variety of client accounts. Key duties include leading media relations activity for client accounts, managing earned media, conducting client PR planning and campaign execution, leading special events and partnership programs, reviewing monthly reports, maintaining client lists, and brainstorming creative programming and pitches. In this role, work travel may be required.

You will be a key member of our highly skilled, collaborative, savvy, stylish, and highly motivated PR team engaged in a range of assignments spanning launches, thought leadership, social media and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Help to lead junior members of this PR team by mentoring, delegating responsibilities, encouraging professional development, and sharing industry knowledge and best practices
• Serve as a point of contact for clients and handle day-to-day activities of the account team, client projects and account management to ensure exceptional service to our clients; provide strategic counsel to clients regarding PR matters, and lead regular PR conference calls
• Execute and manage PR initiatives including PR plans and strategy documents, press trips, media events, appointments; edit press releases and pitches, build distribution lists, review PR reports, create messaging, original content, media pitching, media reporting, awards and rankings
• Write structured, persuasive copy in a range of styles including news releases, case studies, status reports, articles, and proposals
• Spearhead PR campaigns and pitching for each client, ensuring annual PR objectives are reached or surpassed; pitch across a broad range of media including social media channels, and secure high-profile coverage for clients
• Lead daily client public relations account activities, including developing and managing weekly timelines and action plans to ensure all deadlines are met
• Participate in new business proposals, team brainstorm sessions, and staff meetings
• Develop strong relationships with client contacts and advance communications strategies; cultivate relationships with senior level national, regional, and online media, freelancers and influencers; identify industry trends and build creative and strategic pitches
• Maintain current knowledge of news and events regarding clients, their industries, and their competition
• Work with junior and senior Travel PR department staff to support clients and grow the practice, including new business opportunities, RFPs and proposals, research, program development and presentations
• Provide Thought Leadership strategy and ideas for clients

Requirements:

• 3+ years prior experience working at a PR agency with travel and luxury hospitality clients
• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Journalism or related field
• Experience working with traditional and new media, social media and digital campaigns
• Proven experience pitching stories to top-tier consumer media outlets, including travel, lifestyle, consumer business titles
• Experience in writing and managing client programs and reports
• Knowledge of travel industry from B2B and B2C standpoints is highly desired
• Solid project management and client relationship skills
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including presentation skills, editing skills, and strong attention to detail
• Experience developing Awards and Rankings submissions, including strategy, researching and writing submissions
• Experience supporting the development of stakeholder engagement strategies
• Experience working with Trendkite, Cision, Muckrack and other measurement platforms

Compensation:

The approved compensation range for this role is $67,000 to $76,000 depending on location and commensurate with experience.

To Apply:

Please upload your resume, upload your cover letter detailing your recruitment prior work experience, and indicate your desired salary in US Dollars. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have a greater interest.

About Finn Partners:

Finn Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle and sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.

We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners. Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,000+ employees, with offices in 24 cities around the world.