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Washington Women in Public Relations

Account Director

Washington Women in Public Relations, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022

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Beekeeper Group needs an Account Director with direct experience in communications and social media in the policy/advocacy context for our growing Hive! We are looking for people who love a challenge and are not afraid of tackling multiple projects and building strong client relationships for a variety of clients simultaneously. Experience working for an advocacy organization, public affairs agency, political consulting firm, or campaign is a major plus – but not a deal breaker.

Our ideal candidate will build their own practice within the Beekeeper Group framework, can write anything from reports to tweets, possesses great digital savvy, and can quickly learn about complex policy issues and technology. If you aren’t afraid of diving in and getting it done, we want to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

Managing direct client relationships

Overseeing day-to-day activities on client accounts

Interfacing with both internal and external teams

Growing, managing, and mentoring a team of account support staff

Actively manage, develop, inspire, and motivate staff to excel

Anticipate potential challenges and evaluate strategies with senior leadership

Provide expert communications and/or advocacy counsel to clients in line with their respective business priorities

Overseeing operational performance of accounts, ensuring quality work, deadline, and budget adherence

Effectively lead account teams on complex communications challenges and in the creation of communications plans and goals; manage against them

Recognize and apply impactful communications trends, and translate those insights into actionable ideas

Working closely with account team to ensure high quality and timely delivery of internal and external work to the overall satisfaction of assigned clients and supervisors

Coordinating multiple aspects of client campaigns, as well as digital projects including website designs and development

Building networks and supporting new business opportunity efforts

Identify emerging opportunities to add greater value for clients

Formulating reporting formats that showcase firm efforts and meet client needs

Writing memos, analysis, and case studies

Writing in a succinct and skilled manner; also proofing junior team members’ work product

Identifying and building relationships with client community stakeholders

Developing actionable strategies for blogs and social media

Skills

5-7 years full-time experience

Ability to multi-task with shifting priorities based on client needs

Comfortable working on tight deadlines and in a team environment

Basic familiarity with paid social advertising

Superior strategic thinking, writing, and presentation skills required

Experience managing budgets and teams

Experience managing multiple social media accounts simultaneously

A strong desire to stay aware of the trends in communications and public affairs

Knowledge of social media scheduling software

Familiarity with monitoring metrics

Compensation The annual compensation for this role is between $90k-$110k, with the expectation that a successful candidate will be able to leverage our competitive business incentive structure (details available upon request).

If you are interested in this position, please apply here: https://beekeepergroup.com/career/account-director-advocacy/

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