Founding Account Executive – Corporate Partnerships
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Account Executive, Technology PR
Edelman
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $55,000 - $68,000 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Monitoring and flagging coverage across client, competitor, and industry news, in addition to developing media coverage reports and flagging major media moves across the industry
- Conducting background research, compiling, and analyzing media or competitor coverage
- Providing client service and cross-team support by attending meetings, preparing agendas and recaps, taking detailed notes, handling scheduling and logistics, preparing client status and activity reports
- Developing briefing materials, including schedules, messaging and reporter background, to support media interviews for corporate tech executives/spokespeople
- Researching, outlining, writing, editing, and proofreading press materials, specifically press releases, media pitches, interview briefs, fact sheets, contributed articles, client correspondence and other materials
- Demonstrating an understanding of research techniques, including analysis of media coverage and online conversation (volume and tone), and identification and categorization of various stakeholders, including organization and individuals to be engaged by clients
- Engaging with media including developing relationships with reporters and influencers on behalf of the client
- Participating in team-wide and client-facing brainstorms related to announcement and media strategy, pitch ideas, messaging and more
- Understanding key client information including business strategy, industry issues, products and services, key customers, and competitors
- Proactively identifying opportunities to showcase client thought leadership through awards, speaking engagements, contributed content, and media placements
- Monitoring emerging technology trends (e.g., AI agents, data privacy, digital transformation) and proactively advising clients on media opportunities and narrative pivots
Requirements
- At least 1 year of relevant experience in Communications Marketing and/or related fields
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Demonstrated interest and understanding of the enterprise technology and AI industry and basic principles of integrated communications marketing
- Experience in Communications, Marketing and/or related fields, including research, advertising, management consulting, media or publishing
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, and written and oral communication skills
- Knowledge of tech industry landscape and top tech journalists, outlets, influencers
- Ability to use social media platforms for story mining and industry trendspotting
- Ability to adapt to new conditions, deadlines and assignments
- Solid knowledge of the MS Office suite
- Familiarity with using AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance content development, research, and workflow efficiency; comfortable exploring emerging technologies to uplevel work and drive smarter results
- Strong grasp of the AI and enterprise software landscape, with the ability to translate technical concepts into compelling communications
- Demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines while maintaining quality and accuracy
Benefits
- medical and dental insurance
- vision
- 401K
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- paid time off
- travel assistance
- wellness programing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
media coverage analysispress release writingmedia pitch developmentcontent editingresearch techniquesstakeholder identificationthought leadershipstory miningtrendspottingcommunication strategy
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillswritten communicationoral communicationadaptabilitytime managementattention to detailteam collaborationclient servicecreative brainstorming
