Beekeeper Group needs an Account Manager with direct experience in communications and social media in the policy/advocacy context for our growing Hive! We are looking for people who love a challenge and are not afraid of tackling multiple projects for a variety of clients simultaneously. Experience working for an advocacy organization, public affairs agency, political consulting firm, or campaign is a major plus – but not a deal-breaker.
Our ideal candidate can write anything from reports to trendy social media posts, possesses a great deal of social media savvy, and can quickly learn about complex policy issues and technology. If you aren’t afraid of diving in and getting it done, we want to hear from you!
What will you be doing?
- Devising and overseeing creative digital campaigns that draw attention and inspire engagement on a wide range of policy issues
- Preparing social content that stands out in today’s competitive social landscape
- Interpreting social media metrics for clients and preparing social strategies accordingly
- Managing direct client relationships
- Overseeing day-to-day activities on client accounts
- Interfacing with both internal and external teams
- Actively manage, develop, inspire, and motivate staff to excel
- Anticipate potential challenges and evaluate strategies with senior leadership
- Provide expert communications and/or advocacy counsel to clients in line with their respective business priorities
- Overseeing the operational performance of accounts, ensuring quality work, deadline, and budget adherence
- Effectively lead account teams on complex communications challenges and in the creation of communications plans and goals; manage against them
- Recognize and apply impactful communications trends, and translate those insights into actionable ideas
- Working closely with account team to ensure high quality and timely delivery of internal and external work to the overall satisfaction of assigned clients and supervisors
- Coordinating multiple aspects of client campaigns, as well as digital projects, including website designs and development
- Identify emerging opportunities to add greater value for clients
- Formulating reporting formats that showcase firm’s efforts and meet client needs
- Writing memos, analyses, and case studies
- Writing in a succinct and skilled manner and proofing junior team members’ work product
- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice
- Interpreting social media metrics for clients and preparing social strategies accordingly
- Managing direct client relationships
- Overseeing day-to-day activities on client accounts
- Interfacing with both internal and external teams
- Actively manage, develop, inspire, and motivate staff to excel
- Anticipate potential challenges and evaluate strategies with senior leadership
- Provide expert communications and/or advocacy counsel to clients in line with their respective business priorities
- Overseeing the operational performance of accounts, ensuring quality work, deadline, and budget adherence
- Effectively lead account teams on complex communications challenges and in the creation of communications plans and goals; manage against them
- Recognize and apply impactful communications trends, and translating those insights into actionable ideas
- Working closely with account team to ensure high quality and timely delivery of internal and external work to the overall satisfaction of assigned clients and supervisors
- Coordinating multiple aspects of client campaigns, as well as digital projects including website designs and development
- Identify emerging opportunities to add greater value for clients
- Formulating reporting formats that showcase firm efforts and meet client needs
- Writing memos, analyses, and case studies
- Writing in a succinct and skilled manner; also proofing junior team members’ work product
- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice
Skills
- 3+ years full-time experience
- Experience managing multiple social media accounts simultaneously
- In tune with both social media trends and digital advocacy tactics
- Knowledge of social media scheduling software and reporting tools
- Comfortable working on tight deadlines and in a team environment
- Experience with paid social advertising
- Superior strategic thinking, writing, and presentation skills required
- Experience managing budgets and teams
Compensation
The annual compensation for this role is between $60,000-$75,000, commensurate with experience.