PR Assistant Account Executive jobs in New York, NY

EvolveMKD- Assistant Account Executive, PR

Overview

EvolveMKD is looking for a dynamic, energetic and proactive Assistant Account Executive to join our traditional public relations team. This position provides the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, creative environment with a collaborative team on a wide variety of businesses in the healthcare and skincare categories. This role is open to applicants with a minimum of 1 year of agency PR experience only.

A successful candidate will have strong, intuitive written and verbal communications skills, the ability to multi-task and a sense of curiosity. Healthcare or skincare experience is beneficial. Candidate should be a self-starter and have strong research, project management, account management and organization skills.

Company Overview

EvolveMKD is an award-winning public relations and digital marketing agency. Our diverse team of experts include Public Relations & Communications Experts, Digital Mavens, and Research and Analytics Gurus. We build and deliver integrated marketing campaigns, transcending our heritage in PR. We breed a collaborative culture, drawing on influence and learnings from all marketing disciplines to build something new. Our clients, awards, and business success all speak for themselves.

We thrive from our restless discontent, constantly looking to elevate our work and our skill set. We’re building out a team of high performers with an uncommon level of modesty. Because no one is above the work. From every level, anyone can and does jump in.  You’ll never hear us say “That’s not my job”.  You’ll find it rewarding to work on our clientele coupled with our no-ego approach. We live and die off our credo, Be Kind, Don’t Suck.

We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for the sixth year in a row. Additional Agency honors include: 2023 Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies (The Americas), 2023 Inc Regionals: Northeast list & 2023 PRDaily’s Top Agencies Awards for Healthcare Agency & Small Agency.

EvolveMKD is based in Manhattan and we operate on a hybrid schedule (in-office 3 days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Relocation assistance is not provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Day-to-day account management; responsible for all for daily account management activities such as agendas, recaps, activity reports, media monitoring, coordination of all necessary materials for client accounts, and responding in a timely and professional manner to client requests or needs
• Build understanding and knowledge of the clients’ business and their competitive environments through ongoing research and media monitoring
• Work collaboratively with team members to execute successful PR tactics and activations (creative mailers/desksides/etc.)
• Actively participate/contribute to the development of account plans/ideas with guidance from senior leadership
• Develop strong pitch letters, press materials, key messages, and event briefing materials
• Foster media relations, including identifying target media, drafting pitches, fact-checking, editor entertainment and generating consistent results 
• Present ideas in a clear, concise and persuasive manner among vendors, peers and clients when appropriate
• Project management including development of timelines, management of project-specific budgets and vendor coordination
• Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly monitoring and reporting
• Support team and participate in development and execution of media events, editor desksides, client business planning, new business efforts and creative deliveries as directed by senior leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Marketing a plus but not required
• Minimum 1 year of public relations experience in an agency setting with a focus on beauty, health and lifestyle brands
• Strong written communications skills as demonstrated through writing samples
• Proven track record of generating results as demonstrated through published media examples
• Hands-on mentality and strong work ethic; ability to thrive and remain highly organized in a fast-paced environment
• Problem-solving skills and inner drive to improve efficiency and delivery beyond expectations for both the agency and for clients
• Personal time management to balance workload and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint, as well as media database and monitoring tools such as Cision

Annual Base Salary Range: $50,000-$56,000 (Compensation and title will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position.)

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Performance-based bonus
• Generous contribution to healthcare, dental and vision plans
• 401K with company match and profit-sharing opportunities
• Unlimited PTO, summer Fridays, and generous company holiday schedule
• Commuter benefits FSA
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Annual wellness reimbursement
• Family planning & life event reimbursement
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Learning and development opportunities
• Donation matching & volunteer days