North America - Public Relations Account Director

This full-time Hotwire role is hybrid and open to candidates located within 100 miles of our New York City or San Francisco office location. 

About you...

You are a natural born leader, passionate about your work and your team. You feel successful when they’re successful. You have several years of hands on experience working at a midsize to large size PR agency, leading teams and experience directing client account spanning one or more B2B technology sectors (FinTech, Emerging Tech, Cybersecurity, Industrial Tech, Enterprise Tech, Marketing & e-Commerce). You are always ready to steady the ship when waters are choppy and to inspire the team and delight clients with your insight, ideas and advice.

You know how to cut through the buzzwords and industry jargon to hone a communications strategy that drives business results. You are passionate about what you do, enjoy strategic planning as much as tactical execution. You are able to assess chaos and instinctively attempt to make order out of it.

You see a challenge and reflexively devise a path for how to overcome it. You are able to set goals and immediately formulate a plan to achieve them. You are results oriented and keep client results and agency goals at the front of your mind at all times. You are competent, creative, trustworthy, engaging, organized and passionate about communications in all of its many forms.

If this sounds like you, read on...

About us...

We are the pre-eminent global tech communications and marketing consultancy. We are a group of expert communicators and marketers who are fanatical about tech and are here to help businesses ignite their possibilities. Our local experience and global scale allow us to deliver bold but pragmatic guidance to tech companies all over the world.

When you work with us, we connect and support you in a way that allows you to achieve limitless success and career growth. For years now, we’ve been named a Best Place to Work by PR Week, PRNews and Crain’s New York

We are looking for an exceptional person to join our North America B2B team as a Public Relations Account Director.

A Hotwire Director is a key member of the management team that has three core areas of responsibility: client management, leading teams and contributing to agency success. They own and manage a portfolio of clients from relationship management to strategy development and vision with an eye towards revenue and profitability targets. Directors are also expected to contribute to agency initiatives, such as marketing, business development, new product/service development, as a member of the extended management team.

Daily, you will:

• Own client relationships and manage accounts spanning all B2B technology sectors (FinTech, Emerging Tech, Cybersecurity, Industrial Tech, Enterprise Tech, Marketing & e-Commerce)
• Execute efficient and effective Financial and Corporate Communication plans
• Deliver excellent client service across a group of client accounts
• Demonstrate account and team leadership of the highest standards
• Contribute to the success of the agency by contributing to business development and product development
• Retain and promote top performing direct reports
• Ensure direct reports meet utilization targets
• Drive the new business development effort (manage a lead from start to finish) and win new accounts as needed to maintain oversight of account revenue
• Display proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Qualifications

You’ll Bring:

• Strong experience in agency as a Senior Account Manager/Senior Account Supervisor, Director or in-house communications PR Director
• B2B technology sectors (FinTech, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Industrial Tech, Enterprise Tech, Marketing & e-Commerce)
• A love for storytelling and media strategy and media relations with large global brands
• Experience supporting corporate communications programs that include working with C-suite executives (including CEO) on external communications including building and making recommendations external communications programs for executives
• Experiences with financial comms and earnings announcements with publicly traded companies
• Quirkiness – Not afraid to speak up and own your ideas
• An obsession with continuous improvement
• Curiosity about how the business works how you contribute to the organizations success
• A drive to produce excellent work
• Pragmatic and goal oriented mindsets
• A strong written and presentation communication skills, with the comfort to present ideas and make a case to clients and partner agencies
• A positive, authentic, solution-oriented team player with a good sense of humor
• Hands-on experience managing and mentoring direct reports and cross-functional teammates.

We engage in Thoughtful Working, empowering our talent to determine the best way to work for our clients, our team and Hotwire every single day.

Compensation Range: $98,000 - $137,000, depending on level of experience

The range listed is just one component of Hotwire’s total compensation package for employees, which includes bonus opportunities and a variety of benefits mentioned above. Hotwire takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected work to be performed, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. A potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Hotwire is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and respectful workplace where everyone can be limitless. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or any other protected characteristic. In line with UK employment law and our global DEIB values, we actively promote fair treatment and equal access to opportunities for all.