Edelman

Senior Account Executive, Health

Edelman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • District of Columbia • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $60,000 - $80,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead the execution of communications plans, programs, and materials that meet client objectives, ensuring work is strategically sound and earned-media driven.
  • Manage multiple projects from conception to completion, proactively anticipating challenges and ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets, including the development of media materials to support client campaigns.
  • Serve as a reliable day-to-day client contact, building trusted relationships through clear communication, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of key client information including business strategy, industry news, products and services, key customers, and competitors – and apply this knowledge to earned media thinking.
  • Play a leading role in the execution of brand activations such as press trips, media events, and earned mailers.
  • Provide cross-team coordination and leadership, including owning client status agendas and activity reports.
  • Drive proactive and reactive earned media relations outreach, including story-mining, pitch development, media list creation, outreach execution, tracking coverage, staffing interviews, and briefing spokespersons.
  • Commit to continuous learning and leadership development; set stretch goals and actively seek opportunities to grow strategic, client-facing, and mentoring capabilities.

Requirements

  • 3-4 years of relevant experience in public relations and/or related fields including agency, consumer brand, media, or publishing
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
  • Previous agency and/or consumer brand experience, with a strong focus on earned media
  • Demonstrated ability to apply cultural trends and insights to PR and earned storytelling on behalf of clients
  • Strong grasp of public relations fundamentals, including research, writing, editing, and media relations
  • Experience building and maintaining media relationships across traditional and digital outlets
  • Interest and/or experience in consumer health and wellness strongly preferred.
Benefits
  • medical and dental insurance
  • vision
  • 401K
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • paid time off
  • travel assistance
  • wellness programing
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Hard Skills & Tools
public relationsearned mediamedia relationswritingeditingresearchstorytellingproject managementclient communicationmedia outreach
Soft Skills
communicationresponsivenessattention to detailrelationship buildingleadershipproactive problem solvingteam coordinationmentoringstrategic thinkingadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree