AZIONE is hiring: Senior Account Executive, VIP/Influencer in New York

Senior Account Executive, VIP/Influencer at AZIONE PR

Location: New York City

About AZIONE:

Founded in 2010, AZIONE is more than just a PR agency. We specialize in elevating brands by leveraging our proactive approach, transforming emerging companies into household names, and reshaping consumer perceptions of established brands. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Top Agencies in America in 2021, we take pride in our nearly decade-long legacy of building some of today\'s most relevant brands, including Kosas, REI, Teva, CorePower Yoga, Pressed Juicery and many others.

Job Description:

AZIONE, an award-winning agency, seeks an experienced candidate to join as a Senior Account Executive, VIP/Influencer across our digital, beauty/wellness, fashion, and lifestyle divisions. The ideal candidate should possess 4+ years of post-college / internship experience in PR. Experience with innovative startups is a plus. Candidates must thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Relationships & Growth: Builds excellent client relationships, as the day-to-day client contact and Influencer and VIP liaison
• Client Relationships & Growth: Support on calls with client and in-person meetings alongside senior team leadership
• Client Relationships & Growth: Attend 1:1 influencer / talent appointments for in-store visits with clients
• Client Relationships & Growth: Acts as a source of knowledge to clients, bringing expertise, knowledge and experience to all conversations, initiatives and projects
• Client Relationships & Growth: Contribute to new business processes including brainstorm calls, research, deck contribution and pitch preparation
• Strategic Thinking: Daily pitching across client priorities to consistently secure a steady cadence of influencer + celebrity opportunities
• Strategic Thinking: Research and provide strategic recommendations of appropriate influencer/ talent and entertainment opportunities for client projects
• Strategic Thinking: Oversee and execute strategic seeding programs to deliver organic influencer + celebrity coverage for clients
• Strategic Thinking: Develop and execute earned and paid creative campaigns (and OKRs where applicable) to ensure client objectives are achieved and expectations are exceeded, with oversight of senior team leadership where needed
• Strategic Thinking: Collaborate with account teams to ensure that influencer selection, messaging, social guidelines, and materials are in line with client’s overall strategy, brand messaging and aesthetic
• Strategic Thinking: Draft and update talent, talent / entertainment contracts and content briefs
• Strategic Thinking: Oversee the logistics (travel, shipping product, etc) to talent/influencers for a specific campaigns and programs
• Strategic Thinking: Execute partnerships with talent from post contract phase through campaign completion and KPI reporting
• Excellence in Delivery: Manages the implementation of digital campaigns, brand partnerships, and talent engagement initiatives with AD / AM oversight as needed
• Excellence in Delivery: Review all client agendas and action items, ensuring all touchpoints are free of discrepancies and fully updated with latest client deliverables
• Excellence in Delivery: Conceptualize creative seeding boxes for VIP + influencer gifting, from initial sourcing to final execution
• Excellence in Delivery: Helps maintain weekly and monthly recaps for all team projects with AM / AD oversight as needed
• Excellence in Delivery: Actively pitch celebrity sightings and digital campaigns to secure entertainment and lifestyle media coverage
• Leadership: Displays integrity, honesty, reliability, responsiveness and openness to be trusted by clients and internal teams
• Leadership: Contributes to building a positive culture of the team and broader studio
• Leadership: Encourages a positive collaboration and synergy between the PR + Digital teams
• Leadership: Provide mentoring and insight to digital/influencer team members including JAE, AC, and interns as assigned
• Leadership: Contribute to the development of the team culture, attending and actively partaking in digital bi-weekly calls to nurture team growth, empowering others to take accountability for their learning
• Leadership: Escalates issues appropriately and in a timely manner as they arise
• Leadership: Actively appreciates colleagues, clients and suppliers to recognise and reward great work
• Leadership: Demonstrates professionalism, respect and appropriate conduct at all times, setting an example for the team

Requirements

• 4+ years of post-college / internship experience in PR
• Strong problem-solving skills with a creative mindset
• Must be located in New York City
• Our NYC team operates on a hybrid office schedule

Benefits

• Salary - $80,000 - $95,000 annually (based on experience)
• 100% medical and dental coverage
• Bonus and commission opportunities
• Year-long summer Friday hours
• 401K benefits

To Apply

Please send your resume to career@azionepr.com. Visit AZIONEPR.com for more information about our company.