Account Supervisor, Corporate Reputation + Media Relations, Technology

Adelphi Group; Washington; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FleishmanHillard’s Washington D.C. office is seeking an experienced communications professional to join the Corporate Reputation practice as an Account Supervisor focused on technology, cybersecurity, and telecoms clients.

This hybrid role offers opportunities to lead media relations, craft strategic campaigns, and drive business development across enterprise and B2B segments with a collaborative team. Strong writing, organization, and proactive mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of public relations agency experience, with an emphasis on technology and/or cybersecurity and/or telecommunications, corporate reputation, crisis work, issues management, executive positioning and message development.
• Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
• Knowledge of media trends and issues and strong understanding of media environment.
• Extremely detail oriented and organized, with experience driving large initiatives and major projects from inception to completion.
• Excellent writing and editing abilities.
• Demonstrated self-starter with a track record of driving projects forward and course-correcting when things shift.

Responsibilities

• Build traditional and nontraditional media relations strategies, manage and execute campaigns and projects with a team, for our clients in the cybersecurity and technology sectors.
• Identify and pursue proactive opportunities (story angles, rapid response opps, newsjacking moments) without waiting to be asked.
• Develop and maintain strong tech media relationships with business and policy reporters and pitch ideas.
• Lead, support, and motivate teams to successfully build and maintain relationships with and correspondence to external: top-tier reporters, client partners, SMEs, etc.
• Write and edit communications materials that capture relevant audiences and reflect an understanding of our clients’ businesses.
• Play a pivotal role in overseeing and finding synergies between several client workstreams and account teams, including managing budgets and forecasts, overseeing projects and clients, and pursuing new business by leading and contributing to proposals and opportunities.
• Manage multiple client contact relationships and deliver according to individual contact needs.

Skills

Public relations

Tech industry experience

Media relations

Writing & editing

Strategic planning

Client counsel

Team leadership

Crisis management

Proactive storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations/Communications/Journalism

Job description

Agency:

FleishmanHillard

Job Function:

Consulting

Job Subfunction:

Business and Change Consulting

Job Description:

Overview

FleishmanHillard’s Washington D.C. office is seeking an experienced and versatile communications professional to join the firm’s Corporate Reputation practice as an Account Supervisor focused on supporting the firm’s technology, cybersecurity and telecoms clients. This is a hybrid role. This position provides a fantastic opportunity for a mid-level communications professional with a background in and passion corporate communications to work with collaborative teams on communications strategy and campaigns, media relations, corporate positioning, business development and content creation on behalf of our industry-leading clients.

In this role, you will work directly with enterprise, B2B, B2G, and consumer tech clients, helping devise and execute large-scale communications campaigns that directly impact their bottom line. Our clients will depend on you to be responsive, thoughtful and proactive with ideas, own and drive communications programs from concept through execution, delivering measurable results. You will also own and advance media relations efforts on behalf of these clients across top-tier business, trade, and policy outlets. The ideal candidate is extremely organized, a self-starter who both initiates and executes, and demonstrates an ability to find synergies between multiple workstreams. They bring creative instincts to open-ended challenges and precision execution to tightly scoped ones, switching between both modes fluidly.

FleishmanHillard values the importance of impact and inclusion to strengthen the bonds between us, grow our people and create spaces for everyone to thrive. We stay true to our commitment to our people and the communities in which we live and work. As part of our ongoing effort to be the world’s most inclusive agency, we are committed to seeking candidates who possess and demonstrate a profound interest in furthering our impact and inclusion goals.

Responsibilities

• Build traditional and nontraditional media relations strategies, manage and execute campaigns and projects with a team, for our clients in the cybersecurity and technology sectors.
• Identify and pursue proactive opportunities (story angles, rapid response opps, newsjacking moments, etc.) without waiting to be asked, bringing a clear point of view on how to capitalize.
• Develop and maintain strong tech media relationships with business and policy reporters and pitch ideas. Help shape client stories and messages with partners across media and platforms, with the goal of integrating clients into the broader news cycle.
• Lead, support, and motivate teams to successfully build and maintain relationships with and correspondence to external: top-tier reporters, client partners, SMEs, etc.
• Write and edit communications materials that capture relevant audiences and reflect an understanding of our clients’ businesses – ranging from internal to external documents, including pitches, plans, memos, research, written content, media materials,
• website and social media content, client correspondence, and collateral.
• Play a pivotal role in overseeing and finding synergies between several client workstreams and account teams, including managing budgets and forecasts, overseeing projects and clients, and pursuing new business by leading and contributing to proposals and opportunities.
• Manage multiple client contact relationships and deliver according to individual contact needs.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years of public relations agency experience, with an emphasis on technology and/or cybersecurity and/or telecommunications, corporate reputation, crisis work, issues management, executive positioning and message development.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
• Knowledge of media trends and issues and strong understanding of media environment.
• Extremely detail oriented and organized, with experience driving large initiatives and major projects from inception to completion
• Excellent writing and editing abilities.
• Demonstrated self-starter with a track record of driving projects forward and course-correcting when things shift. Brings energy and ownership to every account, without waiting to be directed.
• Creative thinker who can develop original concepts and storylines independently, not just execute against briefs handed down by senior staff.
• Equally comfortable operating in white space and ambiguity as in executing precisely against tight parameters, mandated messaging, or strict brand standards.
• Strong strategic planning and demonstrated client counsel capabilities.
• Analytical thinking and an ability to understand complex industries and business concepts quickly.
• Firm understanding of multichannel editorial content creation, development and distribution in order to manage editorial content and campaigns for client teams.
• An ability to work well within a team environment, complementing senior leads and managing junior staff.
• Agency experience, or experience working in/alongside enterprise tech, defense/intelligence community, federal government, or national security-adjacent sectors is a plus.

Our Story

FleishmanHillard specializes in public relations, reputation management, public affairs, brand marketing, digital strategy, social engagement and content strategy. FleishmanHillard was named 2020, 2021 and 2022 Campaign Global PR Agency of the Year; 2023 ICCO Large Agency of the Year – The Americas; 2022 and 2023PRWeek U.S. Agency of the Year; 2022 and 2023PRWeek U.S. Outstanding Extra-Large Agency of the Year; 2023 Campaign US PR Agency of the Year; 2021 PRovoke APAC Consultancy of the Year; and 2021 PRWeekUKLarge Consultancy of the Year. FleishmanHillard is part ofOmnicom PR Group and has nearly 80 offices in more than 30 countries, plus affiliates in 45 countries.

FleishmanHillard offers a hybrid work model, and seeks employees who are comfortable working in the office for a portion of their workweek. We value the collaboration and camaraderie that in-person interactions provide, but also understand the importance of flexibility and balance in our employees’ lives. As such, we are open to discuss various work arrangements that accommodate individual needs and circumstances, including flexible scheduling and alternative work arrangements. Our goal is to foster a productive and inclusive work environment where all employees can thrive, both in and out of the office.

FleishmanHillard is an Equal Opportunity and Aff... Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, alienage, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected class under federal, state or local laws.

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