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About the Role

Join our Travel team as a New York-based Account Director! This dynamic role offers a chance to fuel the creative spirit.

Responsibilities

• Lead earned media relations, focusing on securing marquee feature stories in top national outlets and emerging media platforms.
• Drive the team to surpass annual KPIs to amplify brand recognition.
• Support the growth and advancement of manager-level and junior-level staff through mentoring, development, and retention efforts.
• Leverage industry expertise to anticipate client needs, becoming a trusted partner in their success.
• Proactively address opportunities and challenges with strategic solutions.
• Provide strategic guidance to clients, collaborating with agency partners to develop and execute impactful communication and creative campaigns.
• Lead the ideation, execution, and recommendation of brand collaborations, partnerships, talent-led campaigns, and event strategies.
• Proactively identify new business leads and opportunities, developing proposals and presentations.

Requirements

• At least six years of full-time experience in public relations and media relations.
• Genuine enthusiasm and in-depth knowledge of Luxury, Lifestyle and Travel industries.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful stories across diverse media.
• At least two years of direct experience in managing a travel industry account.
• Cultivate and maintain genuine relationships with top media outlets and key freelance writers.
• Proficiency in team management of at least two direct reports.
• Adept at orchestrating events/programs with both small and large budgets.
• Ability to travel for work-related events or meetings.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of the media landscape, including print, online, broadcast and new-media channels.
• Embody the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrate self-awareness, cultural competency, and the ability to work with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic workplace, showcasing adaptability and resilience.

Skills

• Public relations
• Media relations
• Luxury industry knowledge
• Lifestyle industry knowledge
• Travel industry knowledge
• Team management
• Event management
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Interpersonal communication
• Media landscape understanding
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
• Adaptability
• Spanish speaking and writing skills (plus)

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 6+ years of experience
• 2+ years of direct experience in managing a travel industry account
• Management of at least two direct reports

Salary/Compensations

• $95,000 - $110,000

Benefits

• Medical coverage through UnitedHealthcare
• Dental and Vision coverage through Principal
• 401(k) plan with potential agency contribution via year-end profit sharing
• 15 vacation days
• Extra day off on your birthday month
• Agency closed between Christmas and New Years
• 10 holidays throughout the calendar year
• Summer Fridays (shorter work hours from Memorial Day to Labor Day)
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Formal policies to support working parents
• Business line phone expenses covered, or personal phone number covered on agency plan
• Company provided laptop and accessories
• IT support
• Potential for discretionary end-of-year bonuses
• Happy hours
• Annual agency-wide offsite
• Variety of specialized employee resource groups
• DEI programming and other initiatives

About the Company

• Established in 1984, Nike Communications is a female-founded creative communications firm specializing in the marketing of prestige brands.
• We create meaningful connections between some of the world’s most iconic brands and their audiences by utilizing diverse perspectives to develop culturally relevant client campaigns.
• We believe differences fuel the creative spirit; that by embracing diverse perspectives and cultures, innovation can flourish, and creativity will shine through in each story we tell.

Equal Opportunity

• Nike Communications, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits 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, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
• Nike Communications, Inc. is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.