Public Relations Sr Account Supervisor, B2B Tech

SutherlandGold Group; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

SutherlandGold Group is seeking a Sr Account Supervisor for a fully remote role, with consideration for candidates in California and New York. You will lead media relations programs, craft strategic plans, and guide client positioning across technology-focused accounts.

In this role, you will manage teams, own day-to-day activities, and drive campaigns—from pitches to launches—while delivering executive communications and content strategy for high-impact clients.

Qualifications

• 6–8 yrs of PR experience, with at least 3 yrs at a PR agency
• Solid understanding of the technology industry
• B2B tech experience and deep relationships with tech media

Responsibilities

• Maintain a holistic view of the account and ensure programs align with client goals.
• Drives day-to-day activities and serves as the primary client contact.
• Supervises account team, sets priorities and deadlines.
• Drafts large campaign and yearly plans with senior input.
• Consults with clients on media strategy and writes strategy documents.
• Runs client launches and news announcements with support from the team and media experts.
• Identifies trend stories and pitches to national and local media.
• Writes client-ready media documents with minimal edits.
• Develops executive communication programs including content strategy and key messages.

Skills

PR strategy

Media relations

Executive communications

Team leadership

Campaign planning

Job description

While this is a fully remote position only candidates California and New York will be considered.

Sutherlandgold is a full-service integrated communications agency creating inspired stories for standout brands. We champion the changemakers and empower people to feel, think, and take action. Moving at the speed of your newsfeed requires engaging with the people who matter most to your business. We are people who know people. Our audience-first approach moves people to feel, think and do things differently.

The Sr Account Supervisor should have 6-8 yrs of PR experience with at least 3 yrs working at a PR agency, a solid understanding of the overall technology industry, B2B tech experience and deep relationships with tech media that have resulted in significant coverage for clients.

Supervisors serve as clients' main contact and manage the team's day-to-day team activities, including media relations, client programs/initiatives and launches. In this role, you are responsible for media and program strategy, securing media coverage, and contributing to the overarching account strategy, client positioning and creative ideas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a holistic view of the account, managing and moving all aspects forward whether or not directly owning, ensuring all account programs and activities are on track and map back to client goals.
• Drives the day to day and serves as the primary point of contact for clients.
• Supervises the work of account team members by setting priorities, delegating responsibilities and meeting deadlines.
• Drafts the first version of large campaign and yearly plans for clients; pulling in VPs/digital resources/peers to build out and finalize.
• Consults with clients on media strategy and approach for announcements and story pitching; delivers media strategy documents to clients autonomously.
• Runs client launches and news announcements with support from team and media experts.
• Identifies trend stories, executive features and client/product spotlights -- land stories individually + direct teams in their pitching/to achieve results.
• Pitches stories to both national and local media.
• Writes strong client-ready media documents (pitches, releases, Q&As, blog posts, newsletters, long- and short-form articles, social media posts) that require minimal edits from VPs.
• Develop, draft and execute executive communication programs including conducting interviews, defining content strategy, identifying content pillars, writing key messages and recommending content approaches.

It is SutherlandGold’s intent to pay all Team Members competitive wages and salaries that are motivational, fair and equitable. The goal of SG’s compensation program is to be transparent, attract potential employees, meet the needs of all current employees, and encourage Team Members to stay with our organization.

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, and specific work location.

The base salary range for this position in the SF Bay Area is $95,000 to $115,000.