Senior Account Executive, Tech PR

5WPR; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible PTO

Summer Fridays

Wellness programs with ClassPass

Job summary

5WPR is seeking a Senior Account Executive for our Technology practice who can oversee multiple tech client accounts, pitch stories, and turn client announcements into real coverage. You’ll lead media outreach, craft materials, and guide strategy while collaborating daily with clients.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of agency PR experience with tech clients, a strong media network, and excellent writing and pitching skills.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of PR experience, especially with technology clients in an agency setting.
• Strong network of tech media contacts and proven ability to land coverage.
• Excellent writing, pitching, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead media outreach across your portfolio and shape strategy behind it.
• Craft compelling media materials and proactive pitch angles rooted in client industries and current trends.
• Build and nurture relationships with tech journalists and editors to secure standout placements.
• Monitor media landscape and identify speaking opportunities for clients.
• Serve as daily point of contact for clients, offering reporting and guidance on media relations.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members and contribute to client programs.

Skills

PR experience

Tech industry knowledge

Excellent writing & pitching

Account management

Time management

Job description

5W is hiring a Senior Account Executive for our Technology practice. We're looking for someone with agency experience supporting tech clients: a strong pitcher and writer who knows how to turn a client announcement into real coverage, and who can manage multiple accounts at once.

You’ll work directly with clients every day, lead media outreach across your portfolio, and help shape the strategy behind it. It's a role with real ownership and room to grow, and it rewards people who take initiative.

What You’ll Do

Media Relations & Storytelling

• Craft compelling media materials from the ground up: press kits, press releases, media alerts, fact sheets, bios, case studies, and backgrounders
• Develop proactive, creative pitch angles rooted in each client’s industry, current trends, and news moments
• Drive consistent, high-impact media results across your portfolio of clients
• Build and nurture genuine relationships with influential tech journalists, editors, and industry voices to secure standout placements
• Monitor the media landscape and identify speaking opportunities that position clients as experts in their field
• Contribute to strategic communication plans, including media opportunities, tactics, and timelines
• Serve as a daily point of contact for clients, updating, reporting, and advising on media relations
• Bring sharp strategic and creative thinking to brainstorms that shape client programs
• Provide strong guidance and mentorship to junior team members
• Take on additional research, projects, and opportunities as they arise

What You Bring

• 3-5 years of PR experience, with time spent supporting technology clients in an agency setting
• A strong network of tech media contacts and a demonstrated ability to land coverage
• Excellent writing, pitching, and presentation skills
• Superior account and time management skills, with the ability to juggle competing deadlines
• An entrepreneurial spirit and a genuine curiosity about the tech industry

Why you’ll love working here:

• Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits & wellness programs including partnership with ClassPass!
• Flexible PTO
• Summer Fridays and Winter, Spring, and Fall Fridays too!
• Hybrid work model offering flexibility and work-life balance
• Expanded parental leave and family planning support
• Continuous learning through "5W University" and development initiatives
• Professional Development Support
• Exclusive access to season tickets for pro sports teams along with Broadway shows, and more!
• Charitable giving, including matching donations