Account Director

Washington Women in Public Relations; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Beekeeper Group seeks an Account Director with direct experience in strategic communications, social media, and advertising in the policy/advocacy space for our Hive. The role requires tackling multiple projects and building strong client relationships for various clients.

Ideal candidates will write across formats, learn complex policy topics quickly, and lead teams to deliver results while maintaining deadlines and budgets at all times.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years full-time experience.
• Ability to multitask 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Client management

Multitasking

Deadline oriented

Paid social advertising

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Team leadership

Social media management

Monitoring metrics

Tools

Social media scheduling software

Job description

Beekeeper Group seeks an Account Director with direct experience in strategic communications, social media, and advertising in the policy/advocacy space 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 social media posts, 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’s efforts and meet client needs
• Writing memos, analyses, 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 multitask 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).