Senior Account Executive (Public Relations)

Caliber Corporate Advisers; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Caliber Corporate Advisers is seeking a Senior Account Executive to lead creative media relations strategies and connect internal teams with clients. You will nurture journalist relationships and drive coverage for fintech, financial services, insurtech and proptech clients.

The role emphasizes collaboration, independent ownership of projects, and delivering compelling written content, media lists, and pitches in a mid-sized agency setting.

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum relevant experience in PR, fintech or related field.
• Intellectual curiosity about businesses and how strategic marketing communications plays a role in a business growth.
• Strong writer with passion for storytelling.
• Enthusiasm for fintech and financial services.
• Solutions oriented with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Passionate communicator with great presentation skills.
• Team player, supportive and considerate of others.
• A student of the media – identifying new publications, writers and relevant topics.

Responsibilities

• Client Liaison: serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a group of clients, working with senior leadership within financial services and fintech companies to ensure proper coverage of client priorities, including:
• Leading client calls and daily communication with clients via email and phone.
• Drafting client press releases, corporate bios, media pitches, and other written materials, with stellar attention to detail.
• Supporting the senior team on each of your accounts across a number of parameters including measurement of results, drafting of content and media list development.
• Researching reporters and building media lists (through databases and DIY) across broadcast, podcast, online and print media outlets.
• Developing, researching, and writing pitches and story angles targeting specific journalists in B2B and/or B2C spaces, focusing on proactive news hooks and newsjacking opportunities.
• Setting and managing evolving internal and external deadlines, ensuring proper communication as the connector between our internal team and clients.

Job description

LOCATION: Caliber provides a remote workplace model with access to co-working office space in the US for employees who would like a change of scenery or an opportunity to meet with local colleagues. Please note: we are not considering applicants based outside of the US.

About Caliber

Caliber is a strategic marketing and communications firm that helps companies tell their story and connect with key stakeholders. We partner with established industry leaders and rising entrepreneurial organizations within financial services, financial technology (fintech), insurance, insurance technology (insurtech), real estate, and property technology (proptech). Caliber has been recognized twice as one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, a Ragan’s Workplace Wellness award winner and one of the America’s Fastest Growing Companies for the fourth year in a row by the Financial Times.

About the Role

Caliber is looking to hire a PR enthusiast to join our team as a Senior Account Executive. Caliber Senior Account Executives play a key role in developing and executing on creative media relations strategies as the critical connector between our internal team and our clients. The annual salary range for this position is $65,000 to $90,000. In this role, you will be responsible for nurturing a strong journalist network to support our clients’ media goals in our industries of focus - financial services, fintech, insurtech and proptech.

Our team represents a talented and inclusive workforce. If you're looking to work with a supportive team of PR pros who value flexing their creative muscles while producing excellent work (and having fun at the same time) - check us out! The right candidate will thrive in a mid-sized agency environment where they will work as part of a growing and dynamic team. Candidates are expected to work both collaboratively supporting client accounts and independently, owning individual projects and assignments.

About your responsibilities

Client Liaison: serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a group of clients, working with senior leadership within financial services and fintech companies to ensure proper coverage of client priorities, including:

• Leading client calls and daily communication with clients via email and phone.
• Drafting client press releases, corporate bios, media pitches, and other written materials, with stellar attention to detail.
• Supporting the senior team on each of your accounts across a number of parameters including measurement of results, drafting of content and media list development.
• Researching reporters and building media lists (through databases and DIY) across broadcast, podcast, online and print media outlets.
• Developing, researching, and writing pitches and story angles targeting specific journalists in B2B and/or B2C spaces, focusing on proactive news hooks and newsjacking opportunities.
• Setting and managing evolving internal and external deadlines, ensuring proper communication as the connector between our internal team and clients.

About Our Ideal Candidate

• 3 years minimum relevant experience in PR, fintech or related field
• Intellectual curiosity about businesses and how strategic marketing communications plays a role in a business’ growth
• Strong writer with passion for storytelling
• Enthusiasm for fintech and financial services
• Solutions oriented with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Passionate communicator with great presentation skills
• Team player, supportive and considerate of others
• A student of the media – identifying new publications, writers and relevant topics

Caliber is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Caliber Corporate Advisers is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Encompassing all our employment practices, we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At Caliber, we are storytellers by craft and embrace each other’s unique stories by nature.

Learn more about Caliber’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.