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About the Role

Rudger Finn is seeking an Account Executive to support account teams in bringing client programs to life. This client-facing role requires a detail-oriented, curious, and organized individual excited by brands across various industries. The team member will contribute to client work, support existing engagements, and help shape the culture of the Brand Experience practice.

Responsibilities

• Support account teams in delivering outstanding client experiences across consumer brands.
• Build a strong understanding of each client's business, products, services, industry issues, competitors, audiences, cultural context, and communications goals.
• Create and manage account materials and processes, including status reports, project trackers, agendas, call recaps, monthly activity reports, media monitoring reports, coverage trackers, and timelines.
• Proactively alert team members to upcoming deliverables, deadlines, client requests, and shifting priorities.
• Support the development of client-ready materials, including press releases, media pitches, briefing documents, key messages, social content, reports, research summaries, and presentation materials.
• Edit and proofread written materials for accuracy, clarity, quality, AP Style, client preferences, and consistency.
• Participate actively in internal and client meetings, conference calls, brainstorms, planning sessions, and team discussions.
• Support earned media relations activities, including media list development, pitch drafting, media outreach, follow-up, and tracking responses and coverage.
• Develop and maintain working knowledge of media relations across key client verticals and formats.
• Proactively bring media pitch ideas, cultural observations, and timely trend opportunities to account leads and the broader BX practice.
• Conduct research, competitive analysis, landscape audits, media audits, social listening, and trend scans, then distill critical information into clear takeaways.
• Support influencer, creator, experiential, event, partnership, and brand moment workstreams as needed.
• Work with team members to respond to ad hoc client requests and ensure assignments are completed accurately and on time.
• Collaborate with the BX team and the wider Ruder Finn global network.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks, ask smart questions, flag issues early, and offer solutions or alternatives.
• Delegate appropriately to Assistant Account Executives and Executive Trainees.
• Contribute to the positive, collaborative, and supportive culture and spirit of the Brand Experience practice.
• Support new business efforts as needed.
• Accurately account for and submit time, expenses, and POs to the correct project tasks in a timely manner.
• Actively seek feedback, participate in the performance management process, and pursue professional development opportunities.
• Use tools such as Microsoft Office, presentation software, research platforms, Cision, social/search tools, and emerging technologies to create accurate, high-quality deliverables.

Requirements

• Has strong attention to detail and project management skills.
• A bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, or a related field preferred.
• 1+ year of relevant experience in public relations, communications, marketing, brand experience, or a related field; agency experience and consumer/brand sector experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of basic public relations tools and how they support client goals.
• Interest in consumer brands and categories such as retail, food, wellness, lifestyle, pets, CPG, parenting, consumer tech, and culture-driven brands.
• Ability to articulate ideas clearly and persuasively, both in writing and verbally.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and research skills, with attention to accuracy, AP Style, deadlines, and client-ready quality.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to prioritize assignments, manage multiple deadlines, and keep teams informed on progress.
• Responsive and professional in communication with clients, colleagues, vendors, media, creators, and third parties.
• Base understanding of media relations and interest in developing relationships with journalists, editors, producers, podcasters, newsletter writers, creators, and other relevant contacts.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable environment where priorities shift and proactive communication matters.
• Curious and culturally aware, with a habit of keeping a pulse on news, trends, communities, and emerging conversations.
• Collaborative team player who contributes to brainstorms, meetings, professional development activities, and team goals with positivity and ownership.
• Entrepreneurial and solutions-oriented, with the ability to ask for clarity, identify potential issues, build on others' ideas, and elevate questions or concerns appropriately.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and presentation tools; familiarity with research and media platforms such as Cision is preferred.
• Curiosity and comfort using emerging technologies and AI tools responsibly to support communications planning, research, workflows, and deliverables.

Skills

• Account coordination
• Writing
• Research
• Media relations
• Monitoring
• Reporting
• Trend spotting
• Project management
• AP Style
• Microsoft Office
• Presentation software
• Research platforms
• Cision
• Social/search tools
• Emerging technologies

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1+ year of relevant experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, or a related field preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $57,000 - $67,000

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
• Health, Dental, Vision
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401k (match) plan
• Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
• Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Workplace flexibility
• On-site and off-site social gatherings

About the Company

• Ruder Finn, Inc. is one of the world's largest independent global communications and creative agencies.
• Founded in 1948, Ruder Finn serves the global and local communication needs of over 250 corporations, governments, non-profit organizations and startups.
• The agency is organized around four strategic pillars: Health & Wellness, Corporate Reputation & Transformation, Technology & Innovation, and Consumer Connections.
• RFI Studios, the agency's full-service digital practice, leads the industry in designing and developing internal collaboration platforms, building conversations and communities around brands, and staying top-of-mind in the world of mobile applications.

Equal Opportunity

• Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
• Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.