Senior Account Executive, Hospitality

GO PR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation including birthday and wellness days

Competitive health insurance/dental

Monthly wellness credit

Company retreat

Opportunities for growth and training

Job summary

A dynamic PR firm in New York City is seeking a Senior Account Executive with 3-4 years of media relations experience. This hybrid position requires strong project management and communication skills. Responsibilities include developing strategies for high-profile clients, managing internal teams, and drafting communication documents. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and possesses excellent writing ability. The firm offers generous vacation, health benefits, and opportunities for growth in a positive culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-4 years of media relations experience.
• Outstanding project management skills including stellar organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategy and campaign planning for multiple high-profile accounts.
• Facilitate smooth day-to-day function of the account team.
• Draft excellent communication documents including plans and press releases.

Skills

Media relations

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Social media

Mentoring

Tools

Cision

Excel

Google Docs

PowerPoint

Adobe

Job description

GO PR is seeking a dynamic and driven Senior Account Executive for its GO team! This position requires at least three to four years’ experience, a passion for hospitality, experience leading initiatives forward to fruition and success as well as a rolodex of media contacts.

An ideal candidate will have extensive travel and lifestyle experience to comfortably lead daily client relations, execute day to day projects and support and lead teams to execute strategy. They will be a creative, out of the box thinker who has a strong work ethic and is a self-starter. They must possess stellar oral and written communication skills. GO PR Senior Account Executives are an integral part in supporting the development and implementation of communications strategies across a portfolio of high-profile clients.

A fun, fast paced environment, GO PR works on a hybrid model with two [2] days in office in Flatiron. Current clients include everything from hotels [Freehand Hotels, Walker Hotels, Marram Montauk, Dawn Ranch], to destinations [Visit Faroe Islands and Tourisme Montréal] and luxury expeditions [EYOS] to luxury members club concepts , highly anticipated restaurant openings and the truly dog-first airline and hospitality brand redefining pet travel [BARK Air].

GO PR is a fast-growing hospitality and lifestyle PR firm based in NYC. In just five years of operation, the GO PR team has been recognized as leaders in the boutique travel PR space by publications including Business Insider, Crain’s and more. Just recently, the Agency was crowned one of the Top 5 PR firms in luxury travel by Observer as well as HOSPITALITY AGENCY OF THE YEAR by PR Net. In addition to the Agency’s extensive launch experience, the firm is known for its out-of-the-box-brand collaborations, impactful activations and surprise-and-delight moments, marrying its hospitality clients with non-traditional partners for. Think: an Astrology Dinner Series, monthly themed dinners to celebrate each Zodiac sign during their respective seasons, or an all Peach Fuzz room in partnership with Pantone to celebrate their annual Color of the Year.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement strategy and campaign planning for multiple high-profile accounts
• Facilitate the smooth running of the day-to-day function of the account team, providing support as requested
• Maintenance of regular day-to- day contact and close relations with media and clients
• Participate in brainstorms for creative ideas and strategies to enhance PR campaigns
• Participate in client plans and new business proposals
• Draft excellent communication documents including plans, press releases, fact sheets, talking points
• Help to broker partnerships with like-minded brands
• Assist in preparation and on-site events, media interviews and TV/photo shoots
• Manage internal client teams and mentor junior staff

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3-4 years of media relations experience
• Experience in media relations for clients in travel and lifestyle
• Outstanding project management skills including stellar organizational and communication skills
• Ability to multitask, handle multiple projects at once
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with high attention to detail
• Excellent writing ability
• Experience supporting and maintaining client accounts
• Strong understanding of social media and influencers
• Self-motivated, positive and proactive team player
• Experience with Cision, Excel, Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Adobe
• Desire to grow within the company

What’s in it for You:

• Generous vacation including birthday and wellness days
• Hybrid position
• Competitive health insurance/dental
• Monthly wellness credit
• Company retreat
• Women-led business with a positive company culture
• Opportunities for growth, training and development including working with the Founder directly