Public Relations Account Executive (US)

YAP Global; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Unlimited Holiday

Your birthday off

Flexible working - WFH days

Co-working space

Social events

Annual company offsite

Travel opportunities

Training & development

Global team

Job summary

YAP Global is seeking an Account Executive to join our international PR and communications consultancy focused on the cryptocurrency, DeFi, and web3 sectors. You will monitor coverage, draft pitches, and coordinate client media interactions while contributing to strategic PR campaigns.

Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in PR/communications or journalism, with strong storytelling, writing, and media relations skills, and a passion for fintech and blockchain. Flexible, hybrid work options offered.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years experience or educational background in Public Relations, Communications or Journalism
• Knowledge of fintech, blockchain or cryptocurrency space or willingness to learn
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Excellent spelling, grammar and proofreading
• Motivation and ability to work independently under pressure
• Strong news sense and storytelling ability
• Creativity, strategic thinking and innovation
• Strong interpersonal skills with clients and media

Responsibilities

• Monitoring media coverage and reporting results to the team and clients
• Researching and drafting pitches for features, interviews, op-eds, press releases
• Drafting agendas and actions for client calls and taking meeting notes
• Researching client events and industry conferences
• Building and maintaining media lists ongoing
• Pitching press releases, op-eds and feature stories
• Arranging and managing media interviews for clients
• Developing creative PR ideas and executing media strategies
• Monitoring and flagging relevant news stories to the team

Skills

PR

Storytelling

Media relations

Research

Time management

Detail-oriented

Interpersonal skills

Creativity

Education

Public Relations/Communications/Journalism background

Tools

Telegram

Slack

X/Twitter

Discord

Job description

YAP Global is an international public relations and communications consultancy that works with organisations in the cryptocurrency, decentralised finance (DeFi) and web3 sector, to build their brand through impactful storytelling.
Built by a global team of creative storytellers scattered across the globe, who meet up on occasion at Safari Parks or Roman Villas, YAP Global's mission is to tell stories that build trust.
Our diverse portfolio of clients range from decentralised financial organisations, decentralised climate change innovators, digital asset management firms, NFT marketplaces to developer tooling platforms that will underpin the future of web3. We've also been media partners for some of the biggest blockchain conferences in the world, including CoinDesk's Consensus, EthCC in France, ETHDenver and more.
Our collaborative and global team is expanding, and we are looking for a superstar Account Executive to join our team!
We Tell Stories That Build Trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring media coverage and report results to the wider team and clients
• Researching and drafting pitches for features, interviews, op-eds, press releases
• Drafting agendas & actions for client calls, as well as taking internal meeting notes
• Researching client events and industry conferences
• Researching and building media lists on an ongoing basis
• Pitching press releases, op-eds and feature stories
• Arranging and managing media interviews for clients
• Assisting in developing creative ideas for PR campaigns and clients, crafting and executing media strategies
• Monitoring and flagging relevant news stories to team

Requirements

• Candidate must have the right to work in the US
• At least 1-2 years experience or educational background in Public Relations, Communications or Journalism
• Knowledge of the fintech, blockchain or cryptocurrency space or have genuine desire to learn about it
• Outstanding organisational, multi-tasking and time-management skills
• Strong attention to detail: be excellent at spelling, grammar and proof-reading
• High motivation and the ability to work independently under pressure
• Strong news sense and a knack for storytelling
• Flair for creativity, strategic thinking and innovation
• Strong interpersonal skills when dealing with clients and media
• Willing to communicate with memes
• Experience with a range of communication platforms (Telegram, Slack, X (formerly Twitter) and Discord)

Benefits

• Competitive salary - benchmarked and reviewed biannually
• Unlimited Holiday - take time off whenever you need
• Your birthday off, to treat yourself!
• Flexible working - WFH days and flexible hours (standard hours are 9am-6pm)
• Co-working space - we work three days a week in the office
• Social events to connect with your colleagues
• Annual company offsite (last offsite we went to a Safari Park!)
• Travel Opportunities - potential to attend key conferences in major global cities
• Ongoing training & development
• Global team - the opportunity to be part of a team of ambitious, like-minded, driven people from different parts of the world