Public Relations Senior/ Account Supervisor- Consumer Team

The position of Account Supervisor reports to an Account Director or higher-level employee. The primary responsibility is to manage and implement account work for several clients, or a significant portion of a large account. The Account Supervisor is responsible for managing and executing all aspects of a PR program, supervising and managing the client relationship, and managing the account team. Should demonstrate expertise to answer all general PR questions immediately and unaided.

Responsibilities:

Providing strategic counsel to clients and account team

Managing the execution of programs as well as assuming direct responsibility for quality implementation

Continually developing relationships with media and pitching clients on an ongoing basis

Anticipating clients’ strategic needs – both long and short term

Offering value-add counsel on an ongoing basis

Planning and running strategic client meetings

Managing all communication with the client

Retaining current accounts and growing them

Building relationships at the senior level with clients while maintaining others

Supervising account staff in their daily activities, providing structure and instruction for balancing their workloads

Motivating/mentoring staff and guiding professional development

Proactively participating in new business initiatives: plan writing, presentation

Working knowledge of social networks and ability to assist clients with developing strategies and monitoring share of voice

Core Competencies Required:

Critical Thinking: the ability to effectively analyze information and form a judgment, the ability to be aware of your own biases and assumptions when encountering information and apply consistent standards when evaluating sources.

Leadership– the ability to organize and motivate people to get things accomplished in a way that everyone feels a sense of order and direction. The ability to guide coworkers, teams, and direct reports toward successful outcomes with workplace objectives, offering support, operating with a strong results-orientation, seeking different perspectives, solving problems effectively.

Long Range Planning: the ability to identify long-range goals and design realistic plans to attain them; the ability to see the big picture. And then determine what direction to take and how to use resources to attain future goals.

Creativity: the ability to adapt traditional methods, concepts, models, designs, technologies, or systems to new applications; or the ability to devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems.

Personal Accountability: the ability to be responsible for the consequences of one’s own actions and decisions; taking responsibility for these decisions and not shifting focus on blame or poor performance somewhere else or on others.

Education and Experience Required:

4 years of relevant work experience

BA/BS Degree

Requires strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

Ability to prioritize while simultaneously working on numerous projects

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Detail oriented and results oriented

Ability to spot trends and integrate into PR efforts to keep accounts current in the media