Senior Account Executive – Associate Practice

Edelman

Senior Account Executive managing client relationships and strategic communications for global food & beverage brands. Ensuring project goals are met with integrated media strategies.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeChicago • California, Illinois, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $60,000 - $76,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as day-to-day contact for clients on assigned projects, managing deliverables and ensuring alignment with objectives.
Lead client calls, provide tactical counsel, and proactively flag issues, risks, or opportunities.
Build strong relationships rooted in reliability, responsiveness, and trust.
Lead elements of strategy development, message framing, and campaign planning.
Oversee integrated program execution across functions, ensuring alignment with goals, timelines, and budgets.
Collaborate with creative, digital, and analytics partners to deliver seamless, multi-channel campaigns.
Write and edit high-quality materials such as press releases, op-eds, briefings, and stakeholder or policy documents.
Translate insights into clear, persuasive narratives that connect to business and reputation outcomes.
Review and refine content from junior team members to ensure quality and consistency.
Lead proactive outreach to journalists, influencers, and policymakers; secure earned media and stakeholder engagement results.
Monitor trends and provide recommendations that shape client strategy and response.
Develop and maintain strong relationships across media, policy, and industry networks.
Provide guidance, feedback, and mentoring to junior team members.
Model professionalism, collaboration, and inclusion; support performance and development conversations.
Contribute to new business initiatives through research, insights, or pitch participation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
Minimum of 2+ years of professional experience in communications, public affairs, or a related discipline.
Proven ability to lead and manage multiple small or medium-sized projects simultaneously
Clear understanding of the clients’ businesses and their missions, as well as their key stakeholders: consumers, employees, investors, regulators, media, vendors, partners, other businesses/organizations, etc.
Demonstrated ability to help develop communication programming and plans, implement integrated tactics and impart knowledge to junior account team members
Able to perform well under pressure and be a team player
Strong research, writing and editing skills, as well as the ability to interact with clients professionally and maintain relationships with media members.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical and dental insurance
vision
401K
life insurance
disability insurance
paid time off
travel assistance
wellness programing

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementcommunication programmingcampaign planningwritingeditingresearchcontent reviewmedia outreachstakeholder engagementstrategy development

Soft Skills

relationship buildingtactical counselproblem-solvingmentoringcollaborationprofessionalismresponsivenesstrustworthinessteam playerability to work under pressure

Certifications

Bachelor's degree