What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Account Executive position at Gateway Group?
Position Overview
As a Senior Account Executive within Gateway PR, you’ll partner with our clients to understand who they are and communicate their expertise and passion to the world through owned and earned channels. You’ll build end-to-end communication campaigns, acting as an in-house resource alongside the Gateway PR team. Beginning with strategic planning and following through to daily execution, your work will build and maintain trust and enduring connections between our clients and their audiences.
This is a hybrid (remote/in-office) position based in Newport Beach, California.
Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day client account needs while developing sector or capability expertise.
- Serve as a lead to Account Executives and assist with training and development.
- Proactively communicate with managers and team members regarding successes and challenges in meeting goals, deadlines, and duties.
- Research and conduct proactive media outreach to assigned targets.
- Prepare client meeting agendas, capture meeting notes, and update action items.
- Draft press releases, media alerts, media pitches, bios, speaking abstracts, and more.
- Prepare for and support key elements of client calls.
- Pitch press releases and feature story ideas to national, regional, and trade journalists across print, broadcast, and online.
- Suggest creative story angles and source new media opportunities.
- Proactively conduct media monitoring and analysis on behalf of clients.
- Develop monthly client recap reports and coverage updates.
- Utilize Cision and other reporting tools.
- Monitor top media outlets, notifying trends and breaking news for clients.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience working in a PR/Communications agency.
- Audience empathy as a primary driver of your communication strategy.
- Hands-on experience in campaign development and execution.
- Proficient in communications tracking software (Cision, Meltwater, Sprinklr, Spredfast, etc.).
- Experience in writing business communications (executive emails, blog posts, press releases, etc.).
- Eager to develop communications skill sets and learn the fundamentals of being a clear and concise communicator.