Senior Account Executive

Vault Communications, the Philadelphia area's #2 Top Workplace (The Philadelphia Inquirer) and three-time consecutive winner of the Philadelphia Business Journal's Best Places to Work in 2022, 2023 and 2024, seeks a seasoned public relations professional who thrives in an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture to join our agency as a Senior Account Executive (SAE).

The SAE role is a vital one in our firm, often serving as the day-to-day point of contact for clients, as well as the project manager for all work -- from media relations to thought leadership/executive positioning to social/digital content and beyond. The SAE direct/leads/motivates/teaches/mentors Account Coordinators, Assistant Account Executives and Account Executives. The SAE fosters excellent communication and rapport with clients and may personally execute a majority of tactical recommendations in a plan to generate measurable results for a client, or will appropriately delegate and carefully supervise such tactical execution. The SAE will also have the ability to lead the strategic planning process for a client.

PLEASE NOTE: 3 years of experience in public relations is absolutely required for this position, preferably in an agency setting.

Our ideal candidate has:

• 3-6 years total of agency experience or applicable communication, PR, marketing communication or journalism experience
• Excellent tactical writing skills, including press releases, pitch letters, media alerts, speeches, collateral copy, bylined articles, op-eds, presentations, case studies, digital content and client and/or internal emails
• Excellent public speaking/interpersonal skills, especially for the purposes of client presentations, client meetings and new business pitches
• Excellent analytical, multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
• Excellent judgement and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make strategic, sound recommendations to clients, peers and management
• Boundless creativity
• Fearless approach to media relations
• Strong digital/social media background
• Resourcefulness and chutzpah
• Desire to grow, learn, lead and thrive

• Candidates may elect a fully remote schedule or a hybrid schedule at our headquarters in suburban Philadelphia (after an initial hybrid period as a new employee). In addition, we offer a full suite of industry-leading benefits including: competitive compensation and profit sharing, flex scheduling, year-round "summer Fridays," 100% paid medical/dental/vision benefits, generous PTO and paid holidays, cell phone stipend and exceptional employee programming/traditions. More benefits information can be found here: https://www.vaultcommunications.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Vault_Benefits.pdf