Account Executive, Public Relations

What began in 2017 as an idea on the back of a napkin has quickly become an award-winning, fastest-growing communications firm working with some big-name consumer and B2B technology brands. At SourceCode, we’re focused on bringing brains and hustle, humanity and technology, creativity and business intelligence back to public relations.

SourceCode’s Account Executives are not expected to remain on the sidelines of an account and are required to be active (and opinionated) members of the team. We’re looking for a professional with 1-2 years of experience to become a valued team member and client counselor. We want our Account Executives to be given responsibilities and opportunities to help them grow as professionals. Opportunity is earned and is celebrated across the wider team.

Salary band : $60,000-$70,000

What You’ll Do :

• Liaising with client contacts over Slack, email, in-person and on status calls to deliver relevant updates. Demonstrating an ability to build rapport and trust with client contacts
• An ability to multi-task and the organizational skills necessary to juggle multiple clients, teams and tasks to ensure deadlines are not missed
• Reporting, including :
• Ensuring the delivery of call / meeting reports to team leads for review
• Feeding into weekly and status reports, including media monitoring, social media reporting as well as task and deadline updates
• Media and influencer engagement, including the development of timely pitches and / or content, as well as managing responses and questions for the benefit of the client
• Consuming news and engaging media to identify new or emerging media opportunities for clients
• Brainstorming and creative thinking; be vocal contributors across all elements of campaigns but most notably in brainstorms and planning sessions.
• Reading and sharing relevant news each day with teams and clients. Demonstrating a nascent ability to identify relevant media opportunities to further clients’ business goals
• Beginning to take the lead on the development of written communication such as press releases, pitches, client emails and longer length bylined articles

Requirements

Benefits

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do. We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.