PR Account Manager

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with match

Insurance premiums contributions

Mental health benefits

Sabbatical after every 6 years

Short-term disability and parental lea

Job summary

Archetype in San Francisco seeks an Account Manager to lead NA client work, delivering strategic media programs and creative counsel. You’ll be the client lead, oversee activities, and partner with senior account leaders to shape strategy while guiding a team of junior staff.

The role values a 5-7 year background in tech agency environments, proven media results, cross-functional collaboration, and a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience, preferably agency, in technology environments.
• Experience developing media strategy for product announcements and proactive campaigns.
• Proven media results for clients with press relationships and guidance on strategy.
• Ability to lead large accounts and oversee junior staff (2–4 people).
• Strong collaborator with consensus-building and cross-team coordination.
• Entrepreneurial, proactive mindset in a fast-paced environment.
• Champion the use of AI tools to enhance writing, research, and workflows.
• Willingness to travel on short notice.
• Experience coaching and managing junior employees.
• Proven record of high client satisfaction and retention.

Responsibilities

• You will act as account lead for clients, overseeing day-to-day activities and ensuring high-quality, strategic work.
• Develop media strategy in collaboration with senior leaders and translate into actionable plans.
• Oversee a team of junior staff to execute campaigns and deliver results.
• Partner with junior staff to grow their skills across accounts and foster development.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure integrated and effective client work.

Skills

Agency experience

Media strategy

Media relations

Account leadership

Collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

AI tools adoption

Travel availability

Coaching juniors

Client satisfaction

Job description

The Role

We are looking to add an Account Manager (AM) to our North American team! Account Managers are emerging company leaders who demonstrate the ability and wherewithal to deliver on our vision, performance requirements and growth projections. The role of this AM is two-fold. As a client manager, you’ll act as account lead for your clients and provide daily counsel, oversee account activities and ensure our work is quality, strategic and creative. You’ll partner with senior account leaders to develop strategy, and then be responsible for overseeing a team of junior staff to execute. In addition to acting as account lead, this role also requires media expertise. On your accounts, you’ll focus on developing media strategy that will earn clients coverage for product/service announcements, executive visibility programs and proactive campaigns that we’ll develop. In addition, you’ll partner closely with junior staff to foster and grow their skill sets across your accounts.

What you offer

• 5-7 years of experience, preferably agency, working in technology (or related) environments, such as AI, cybersecurity, software, B2B and B2C
• Experience developing media strategy for media initiatives such as product announcements, proactive campaigns, executive thought leadership, etc
• Proven success earning media results for clients in business, tech and industry trade publications, with press relationships or recent coverage examples and offering counsel to clients on media strategy
• Ability to lead leading accounts or large programs and providing direct oversight of junior staff (teams of 2-4 people)
• Strong collaborator with ability and willingness to seek consensus; uniting groups of individuals together to achieve goals
• A curious, entrepreneurial spirit that will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment by being proactive, always asking questions and taking a solutions-oriented approach to all work
• Champion the use of AI tools and emerging tech to enhance writing, research, and automate workflows for efficiency
• Ability to travel on a short-term basis for client and business demands
• Previous experience of coaching and managing more junior employees
• Proven record in high client satisfaction and retention levels

Why Archetype

• A competitive compensation package, including:
• Annual salary of 96,000-124,000 DOE
• 401k with match
• Generous employer contributions toward insurance premiums
• Paid mental health benefits
• Paid sabbatical after every 6 years of continuous employment
• Paid short-term disability and extensive parental leave benefits
• Archetype Academy, mentorship, and other programs to support career development
• A transparent, collaborative, and inclusive working culture

We’re now a Certified B Corporation in North America. As a B Corp, we’re part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact. We are committed to setting a standard for other agencies by fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. This starts with our employees and carries into our culture and our work. We know that different ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives mean we do the best work and in turn, inclusion helps our employees go out in the world to make a difference.

If you meet some but not all of our requirements, we would still love to hear from you. We value unique backgrounds that bring new perspectives to our team, and know that many skills can be adapted or acquired. Strategic communications and marketing requires creativity and problem-solving, and we know that a diverse team of individuals with differing backgrounds brings out the best work.

Archetype is committed to setting a standard for other agencies by fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. This starts with our employees and carries into our culture and our work. We know that different ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives mean we do the best work and in turn inclusion helps our employees go out in the world to make a difference.