Clarity’s New York office is looking for a smart, savvy, self-starting Public Relations Account Executive with 1-2 years of experience in PR interested in working with dynamic tech companies.

About the role

Account executives are the core of every account team. You are the organizational backbone and executional powerhouse behind the success of every account. AEs interact with key client contacts and implement tactics such as drafting press materials and messaging documents, conducting research, writing pitches and executing media outreach.

Key markers for success

• Excellent organizational skills and an enthusiastic and reliable member of the team
• Great media contacts and results, and a good eye for a story
• Strong client relationships
• Energetic and upbeat

Main responsibilities:

• Campaign execution
  • Read the news daily, searching for newsjacking opportunities or ways to tie client announcements to the wider news agenda
  • Develop a keen understanding of and relationship with key influencers, channels and outlets
  • Building and/or reviewing media lists and executing outreach with determination
  • Demonstrate ability to produce strong storylines and pitch effectively
  • Beginning to draft client materials such as press releases, blogs and by-lines
• Account management
  • Building strong relationships with your clients, showing enthusiasm and responsiveness towards their requests
  • Coordinating client reporting and administration, such as updating coverage trackers and preparing regular (weekly and/or monthly) activity reports, in addition to drafting meeting agendas and recaps
  • Collating, analyzing and evaluating media coverage including social media
  • Contributing creative ideas and copy to pitch decks, competitor research and other new business materials
  • Working with your local teams and other Clarity offices and partners to ensure great client service, team collaboration, and effective delivery of international campaigns

Skills and competencies:

• 1-2 years experience and a proven track record in a PR, communications or related role, either agency-side or in-house
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to sell to media and clients
• Be organized and productive
• Be results driven
• Be enthusiastic about the job and the industry
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• A creative mind
• An interest in the ability of technology to transform our world
• An interest in working within a global team

Key behaviors:

• We focus on results
• We are organized and use smart tools to get the job done
• We take risks – and learn from them
• We challenge our clients and the market
• We do what we say we will but are not afraid to change the plan
• We don’t do anything that doesn’t support a business goal
• We are entrepreneurial through and through
• We value honesty and hold ourselves accountable
• We seek to inspire and motivate – our team, our clients, and beyond

Clarity’s London office is looking for a smart, savvy, self-starting Account Director with 7+ years professional experience and proven track record in PR or Communication roles, either agency-sider or in-house.

We appreciate individuals who are diligent, energetic, creative, organized and intellectually curious with a passion for news, technology and business. Clarity provides a supportive work environment where diversity is celebrated. Account Directors are true leaders for both clients and team. You will have mastered the art of client communication, building long-lasting relationships and delivering creative and valuable campaigns. You are highly organised, with a positive attitude and entrepreneurial streak. You inspire confidence in all of your clients and team members and are a role model and mentor for our junior staff. You know our industry, the tech space and the media landscape inside-out and are an effective and regular ambassador for Clarity at events and on social channels.

Clarity provides quarterly reviews and regular performance feedback. Generous holiday, great benefits and a competitive salary.

Key markers for success:

• Strong leadership of both team and clients – an inspiring role model
• Excellent client satisfaction, retention and growth
• Delivering exceptional, award-winning results
• Strong track record in new business and networking

Main responsibilities:

• Acting as a senior strategic counsel to clients, ensuring that we are aligned with, and delivering against business goals
• Monitoring for any issues and handling any problems or client concerns effectively
• Ongoing supervision of accounts, acting as the gatekeeper for quality control
• Ensuring that we have the correct resources available on all accounts and restructuring teams and services where needed for best results
• Driving improvements and growth on all your accounts, ensuring we are regularly offering new ideas and creative solutions leading to organic opportunities and high retention levels
• Working with other Clarity offices and partners to ensure great client service, team collaboration, and effective delivery of international campaigns

• Sharing best practice within the team to motivate and inspire through good work
• Line managing junior team members, supporting their career development and offering ad hoc mentoring and training as required
• Acting as a core member of the leadership team, supporting local and global initiatives and helping build and spread our values and culture
• Taking responsibility for over-service levels on your accounts, ensuring these are addressed where necessary

• Acting as an ambassador for Clarity at all times through networking, social media and events
• Regular ownership of new business pitches, from taking the brief through to pitching

Clarity’s New York office is looking for a smart, savvy, self-starting Account Manager with 5 years of professional work experience in PR.

We appreciate individuals who are diligent, energetic, creative, organized and intellectually curious with a passion for news, technology and business. Clarity provides a supportive work environment where diversity is celebrated. Account Managers have the opportunity to work with senior team members on B2B and B2C clients in a range of fields. AMs help to create and drive the drive the strategic plan for clients including media relations including partnerships and collaborations, content development, thought leadership and analyst relations. AMs are the primary client contact and as such should inspire confidence in terms of PR expertise, maturity, responsiveness, insights and smart observations about the industry and the landscape. AM’s should
be able to manage junior staff, and participate actively in new business pitches.

Clarity provides quarterly reviews and regular performance feedback. Generous vacation. Compensation is competitive.

Main responsibilities:

• Serves as day-to-day account lead, shepherding the conversation on current and upcoming activities.
• Contributes to the strategic planning and development of accounts, proactively and continually generating creative ideas for each client, and seeing them through to fruition.
• Manages a portfolio of client accounts, supervising the account team and ensuring all activities are in progress.
• Plays an integral part in teams that deliver high-quality account work on a regular basis, including writing, research, analyst relations and media relations.
• Drives media relations campaigns.
• Maintain knowledge of the news trends affecting clients’ industries and markets.
• Drafts client strategy and messaging materials, press releases, commentary, pitches and thought leadership content.
• Contributes creative ideas and copy to pitch decks, competitor research and other new business materials.

Clarity’s New York office is looking for a smart, savvy, self-starting Account Executive with at least 2-3 years of professional work experience in PR.

We appreciate individuals who are diligent, energetic, creative, organized and intellectually curious with a passion for news, technology and business. Clarity provides a supportive work environment where diversity is celebrated. Account Executives have the opportunity to work with senior team members on B2B and B2C clients in a range of fields. Clarity provides quarterly reviews and regular performance feedback. Generous vacation. Compensation is competitive.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide day to day account management
• Pitch media for assigned clients
• Develop/write creative pitches; aggressively pitch and hit
• Create media lists
• Organize meetings and facilitate schedules including media interviews
• Create briefing docs for interviews
• Build relationships with members of the press
• Write memos, recaps, and participate in creation of press materials including releases, pitch letters, backgrounders, bios, and plans
• Manage Account Coordinator
• Manage coverage recaps and distribution
• Participate in Clarity’s own content channels and follow relevant journalists and media personalities.
• Participate in cross-office meetings and programs

Are you smart, ambitious and want to join a team that loves what they do?

Highly organised and energetic, Junior Account Executives keep day-to-day activities on track, recap calls and meetings, research, write and provide firepower for client media relations, and contribute creative ideas. You are also responsible for monitoring relevant news each day and participating in social media for clients and Clarity.

Main responsibilities include:

• Working closely with your team, providing support where needed, including: preparing and sending client meeting agendas, meeting recaps and other documents; clipping media coverage; and updating relevant reports and activity trackers.
• Building media lists using first hand media research, databases and social media.
• Brainstorming and crafting media pitches; build media relationships to secure coverage for clients.
• Organising conference and award lists.
• Creating and disseminating morning media coverage updates as needed.
• Contributing regularly to Clarity’s social media platforms and follow relevant journalists and media personalities.
• Delivering social media campaigns in line with the client’s strategy.

About you:

We look for entrepreneurial people we believe in and work hard to help them to reach their full potential. It’s important for us to find like-minded passionate people to join us. To apply for this role candidates should possess the following capabilities and experience:

• Excellent communication skills
• Evidence of strong writing capability
• Organised and proactive
• Enthusiastic and motivated to succeed in a fast-paced industry
• Ability to complete tasks within deadlines
• Ability to multitask
• Knowledge of and demonstrative interest in PR and Digital Media
• IT proficient (MS Office; Google Suite; Apple OS)
• Knowledge of social media tools
• Relevant experience by way of a Bachelor’s degree relevant to the industry, and internships
• A curiosity about the world around you

Benefits:

• 26 days of paid leave plus bank holidays
• A competitive salary
• Bonuses for achieving company goals
• An annual professional development subsidy – you choose how to spend it
• Summer Fridays – 2pm finish Jun-Aug
• Annual team offsite meeting
• International exchange programme
• Gym/mobile phone contributions and private healthcare
• Day off for your Birthday – in addition to the 26 days leave
• Sabbatical -5 weeks PTO after 5 years of  service
• Charitable Giving – Clarity will match individual charitable donations