Higher Ed PR Account Executive — Hybrid NYC/DC

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

Job summary

BerlinRosen is seeking an Account Executive to join our Higher Education team in New York or Washington, D.C., with a hybrid schedule—three days in the office. You will manage daily client relations, plan and execute deliverables, and guide junior staff while shaping strategy and media placements.

The role requires 2–3 years in communications, strong reporter relationships, and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in communications, including in-house at companies, nonprofits or higher education institutions, or within media or 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

Years of experience

Higher education landscape

Multitasking

Relationships with reporters

Clear written and verbal communication

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Google/Microsoft proficiency

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

BerlinRosen is seeking an Account Executive to join our Higher Education team in New York or Washington, D.C., with a hybrid schedule—three days in the office. You will manage daily client relations, plan and execute deliverables, and guide junior staff while shaping strategy and media placements.

The role requires 2–3 years in communications, strong reporter relationships, and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.