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About the Role
Join our team as a New York-based Account Director! This dynamic role offers a chance to fuel the creative spirit.
Responsibilities
- Lead media relations efforts to secure earned media, focusing on 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 junior 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.
- Partner with creative teams within Nike Communications and external creative agencies on client initiatives.
- 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 five years of full-time experience in public relations and media relations.
- Genuine enthusiasm and in-depth knowledge of Luxury, Lifestyle and/or Entertainment industries.
- Proven track record of delivering impactful stories across diverse media.
- Cultivate and maintain genuine relationships with top media outlets and key freelance writers.
- Proficiency in team management and orchestrating events/programs exceeding a budget of $1M+.
- 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
- Media Relations
- Team Mentorship
- Client Engagement
- Strategic Counsel
- Brand Collaborations
- Business Development
- Public Relations
- Event Management
- Communication Skills
- Media Landscape Mastery
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Adaptability
- Spanish speaking and writing skills (a plus)
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
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 other 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 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
- 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.