Senior Account Director, Tech & Start Up PR
Remote
Job Summary
Architect 360-degree communications programs bridging corporate reputation, consumer brand awareness, and executive thought leadership for Fortune 500 tech clients. Serve as C-suite counsel to founders, CEOs, and VCs, providing strategic guidance during complex issues. Produce high-impact content including sophisticated messaging, investor materials, media pitches, and event submissions. Lead integrated accounts by collaborating with social media, paid media, design, and talent experts to build speed-of-culture campaigns. Leverage top-tier media networks at TechCrunch, WIRED, Forbes, and CNBC to secure placements that drive client bottom lines. Direct and develop a team of high-performing executives through coaching and constructive feedback. Drive agency growth by leading new business pitches and identifying organic expansion opportunities within the existing roster.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in PR/Communications
- at least 4 years of direct people management
- understanding of the nuances of the VC landscape and capital markets
- high EQ
- calibrated ego
- ability to understand how social trends, digital communities, and brand partnerships can be leveraged to humanize complex tech
- ability to translate dense technical concepts into compelling human stories
- ability to build and scale a practice
- ability to over-deliver rather than simply meet expectations
Desired Qualifications
- experience with fintech
- experience with healthtech
- experience with gaming
- experience with VR
- experience with hardware
- experience with venture capital firms
- deep-rooted network of top-tier contacts at TechCrunch
- deep-rooted network of top-tier contacts at WIRED
- deep-rooted network of top-tier contacts at Forbes
- deep-rooted network of top-tier contacts at CNBC
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