Ruder Finn

Account Supervisor

Ruder Finn$75K — $95K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of agency or in-house experience in public relations/communications with a focus on consumer and B2B sectors.
  • Strong relationships with trade and top-tier media outlets.
  • Familiarity with PR tools like Muckrack and Cision.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills across various formats.
  • Ability to produce concise and persuasive strategic documents.
  • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple deadlines among various accounts.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving capability.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships as the lead contact.
  • Manage account teams and keep them informed on client projects and activities.
  • Conduct in-depth analysis of clients' businesses and their markets to propose strategic PR ideas.
  • Contribute innovative thoughts during brainstorming sessions and client meetings.
  • Create diverse content types, including social media posts and press materials.
  • Drive earned media through proactive media relations and story development.
  • Leverage traditional and emerging media for effective PR programming.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and bonus opportunity.
  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, including Life Insurance and 401k plan with a match.
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and office equipment.
  • Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave.
  • Transit benefits available.
  • Professional learning and development opportunities.
  • Workplace flexibility offered.
  • Access to team social gatherings both on-site and off-site.
Full Job Description

The Account Supervisor (AS) must be data and insights-driven, news obsessed, trend focused, always curious, entrepreneurial minded, a lifelong learner, agile, flexible and, above all, a superb listener. The AS must strive to exceed client expectations on what they thought was possible from a trusted partner, evidenced by feedback and account growth. This role is focused on delivering solid results in account management and media relations across our consumer and B2B portfolio of accounts.

Responsibilities:

Account Management

  • Develop strong relationships with clients, as their day-to-day lead, and deliver sound counsel and recommendations.

  • Serve as a manager on your account teams, keeping teams updated on client activities, projects and assignments.

  • Do a deep dive into the clients' business, products, markets and influencers and contribute strategic ideas and recommendations to help build public relations programs.

  • Offer creative and innovative ideas to brainstorms, client meetings, new business presentations and internal initiatives.

  • Create content for a broad range of materials, including social media posts, digital copy, pitches, proposals, announcements, award entries, bylines and white papers.

Media Relations

  • Play a key role driving earned media for your clients through significant media relations efforts including data driven story development, growing and maintaining media relationships with trade and top tier press, creating and executing media strategies for clients, etc.

  • Regularly conduct proactive media outreach, including opportunistic and feature coverage, leveraging traditional media, as well as digital/emerging technologies, for PR programming.

  • Monitor media on a regular basis to gain an understanding of your clients’ industry topics of coverage and gain insights from media coverage, including potential newsjacking opportunities.

  • Leverage influencers to impact clients, their brands and program goals.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of agency or in-house experience within public relations/communications, with experience working with consumer and B2B clients.

  • Strong and reliable industry relationships with both trade and top-tier media.

  • Knowledge and experience with tools such as Muckrack and Cision.

  • Exceptional writing and editing skills with a strong attention to detail and experience across varying types of content creation.

  • Proven ability to write strategic documents as a clear, concise and persuasive writer.

  • Ability to multi-task and organize multiple deadlines across various accounts.

  • Critical thinking and strategic problem solving.

  • A proactive, “never quit” attitude and a great sense of humor.

Benefits and More

  • You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity

  • You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.

  • Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.

  • Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave

  • Transit benefits

  • Professional learning and development opportunities

  • Workplace flexibility

  • On-site and off-site social gatherings

The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $75,000-$95,000. The salary of the applicant selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, internal equity, geography, relevant years of experience, certifications, skills, abilities of the selected applicant, and other job-related qualifications. In addition, a range of medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available by the company.

About Ruder Finn

Ruder Finn is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1948 by David Finn and Bill Ruder and has since grown to have offices in more than 20 countries. Ruder Finn offers a range of services, including public relations, digital marketing, and crisis management. The firm has worked with a variety of clients across industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. Ruder Finn has won numerous awards for its work, including recognition from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the PRWeek Awards.
Learn more about Ruder Finn
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2002

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