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About the Role

Finn Partners' Travel team is seeking an outstanding Senior Account Executive with 3+ years of public relations experience in the luxury travel, tourism, and hospitality industry. The ideal candidate thrives on daily challenges, is passionate about a growing career, and enjoys working with glamorous hotel, resort, and spa clients globally. This role requires exceptional communication, organization, and a proactive attitude to effectively manage PR workloads across various client accounts.

Responsibilities

Lead junior PR team members through mentoring, delegation, professional development, and knowledge sharing.
Serve as a client point of contact, manage day-to-day account activities, and provide strategic PR counsel.
Execute and manage PR initiatives including plans, strategy documents, press trips, media events, and appointments.
Edit press releases/pitches, build distribution lists, and review PR reports to create messaging, original content, and media pitches.
Spearhead PR campaigns and pitching for clients to achieve annual PR objectives.
Pitch across a broad range of media, including social media channels, to secure high-profile coverage.
Develop client-specific media strategies, goals, and pitch angles with minimal senior leadership input.
Lead daily client public relations account activities, developing and managing timelines and action plans.
Anticipate and proactively offer solutions to senior team leadership for executional issues.
Participate in new business proposals, team brainstorm sessions, and staff meetings.
Develop strong relationships with client contacts and advance communications strategies aligned with client strategy and positioning.
Cultivate relationships with national, regional, and online media, freelancers, and influencers.
Identify industry trends and build creative, strategic pitches to support them.
Maintain current knowledge of clients, their industries, and competitors through news outlets and business landscape monitoring.
Continuously explore and assess value-added solutions and new ideas for implementation.
Collaborate with junior and senior Travel PR staff to support clients and grow the practice.
Support new business opportunities development, RFPs, proposals, research, program development, and presentations.
Provide thought leadership strategy and ideas for clients.

Requirements

3+ years of prior experience working at a PR agency with travel and luxury hospitality clients.
Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
Experience working with traditional and new media, social media, and digital campaigns.
Proven experience in pitching stories to top-tier consumer media outlets, including travel, lifestyle, and consumer business titles.
Experience in writing and managing client programs and reports.
Knowledge of the travel industry from both B2B and B2C standpoints is highly desired.
Solid project management and client relationship skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation, editing, and strong attention to detail.
Experience in developing Awards & Rankings submissions, including strategy, research, and writing.
Experience supporting the development of stakeholder engagement strategies.
Experience working with Trendkite, Cision, Muckrack, and other measurement platforms.

Skills

Public relations
Luxury travel PR
Tourism PR
Hospitality PR
Media relations
Social media marketing
Client PR planning
Campaign execution
Special events management
Partnership programs
Media pitching
Writing (news releases, case studies, status reports, articles, proposals)
Content creation
Media reporting
Awards & Rankings submissions
Stakeholder engagement
Project management
Client relationship management
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Organization skills
Proactive attitude
Trend analysis
Strategic thinking

Location

New York City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Dublin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Fort Lauderdale
Frankfurt
Jerusalem
London
Los Angeles
Munich
Nashville
Paris
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Shanghai
Singapore
Tamuning (Guam)
Vancouver (Wash.)
Washington D.C.

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Journalism or related field

Salary/Compensations

$67,000 – $76,000

About the Company

Finn Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand.
Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media.
Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.
We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners.
Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment.
We work hard and play nice.
Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,000+ employees, with offices in 24 cities around the world.