Finnpartners is hiring : Public Relations Senior Account Executive Financial Ser

Overview

Public Relations Senior Account Executive Financial Services PR (NYC)

LOCATION: The Public Relations Senior Account Executive will be based in our NY, NY office. This is a hybrid work schedule role, working 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely each week. It is a full-time, direct-hire position. Please upload your resume in PDF format only.

About Finn Partners

Finn Partners is an award-winning, global, integrated marketing and public relations agency. We are a bold collective of communications advocates who steward brands, protect reputations, promote thought leadership, and leverage data and analytics to shape the most important conversations of our day. FINN Partners Financial Services Public Relations practice is one of the best in the industry. Were seeking a PR SAE who is passionate about public relations, ready to jump in to enhance our team\'s continued success and loves working with leading regional, national, and international financial services sector clients. The PR SAE supports our leadership team in essential client work, and helps to ensure that our team develops and executes high-quality strategic communications campaigns that exceed client expectations.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300+ employees with offices in 32 cities around the world.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the execution of creative, strategic client public relations programs and campaigns, including budget and KPI tracking.
• Develop communications materials including client-ready documents, strategies, pitches, media lists, press releases, key messages, briefing books, blog posts, external facing press materials and bylined articles.
• Support the implementation of core PR campaigns - planning, media strategy / pitching, event management, social media, content writing / editing, research, and account administration.
• Execute strong media relations campaigns, expert positioning and reactive media relations. Work alongside the client team to secure national, trade, and local media placements by proactively researching and pitching compelling story angles.
• Support the development of client presentations including new business proposals, annual plans, strategy memos, and KPI / metric reports.
• Actively build and maintain strong relationships with the media across relevant client verticals, spotting journalist moves, and engaging with new media contacts.
• Assist the quality development and timely delivery of project trackers, call agendas, action items / recaps, weekly, biweekly, and monthly verbal and other written client reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree in communications, marketing, or public relations.
• 3+ years of prior public relations experience preferably at a PR agency (Account Executive level or equivalent) working with C-suite level corporate and financial services clients or in-house corporate communications role.
• Strong and effective writing and editing skills.
• High proficiency in verbal communication and experience liaising in a client-facing role.
• Experience working with traditional and social media strategies and campaigns.
• Possesses strong media relations strategy and storytelling skills.
• Drafts compelling messages that drive business goals and elevate client programs.
• Detail-oriented, deadline-oriented, able to work in a fast-paced, growing environment.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects.
• Strong organizational skills and the agility needed to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Experience using all Microsoft Office products.

Salary range: $65,000-$75,000. The salary will be commensurate with the selected candidate\'s experience and dependent upon the workplace.

To Apply : Please upload your resume and cover letter and indicate your target salary in US Dollars that aligns with our stated salary range budget. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have the greatest interest.

About Finn Partners :

FINN Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn\'s vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners. Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.