Higher Ed Account Executive — Hybrid (NYC/DC)

Orchestra; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchestra is seeking an Account Executive to join our Higher Education team. You will maintain daily client relations, plan and execute day-to-day project deliverables, support and lead junior staff and conceptualize strategies, pitches and media placements.

This role not only manages the day-to-day work and deliverables, but anticipates clients’ needs and quickly assesses the strongest team approach to meet them.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in communications, including in-house roles at companies, nonprofits or higher education institutions, or within media/journalism; PR agency experience preferred
• Familiarity with and interest in the higher education landscape
• Ability to handle multiple assignments at once, work quickly and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated relationships with reporters and strong news sense
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, with varying levels of staff, clients and media
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team to meet group objectives
• Proficiency in Google and Microsoft software suites

Responsibilities

• Drive media relations pitching engine; developing creative pitch angles, building media lists, and conducting outreach to and maintaining relationships with key reporters.
• Support the creation of strategy by providing regular creative ideas for clients to engage audiences across owned, paid and earned media channels
• Drive day-to-day client deliverables, managing up and down to ensure team alignment while proactively surfacing new ideas and opportunities for our clients
• Manage media monitoring and rapid response across your accounts
• Write and edit persuasive external and internal materials, including strategy decks, messaging, op-eds, social and web copy
• Supports day-to-day communications with clients, including analyzing press coverage and writing regular progress reports
• Manage workstreams across multiple accounts

Skills

Media relations

Higher education knowledge

Multitasking

Reporter relationships

Written communication

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Google & MS Office

Job description

Orchestra is seeking an Account Executive to join our Higher Education team. You will maintain daily client relations, plan and execute day-to-day project deliverables, support and lead junior staff and conceptualize strategies, pitches and media placements.

This role not only manages the day-to-day work and deliverables, but anticipates clients’ needs and quickly assesses the strongest team approach to meet them.