Manager (Senior Account Executive) - Media Relations / Earned Media

Golin Los Angeles is looking for a Manager (Senior Account Executive) - Connector to join our team! 

As a Connector, you are:

A relentless media relations powerhouse navigating the entire media landscape. Shaping stories to stand out among the thousands of pitches reporters receive every day. Golin Connectors don’t just reactively wait for ideas to pitch to media, they proactively hunt for opportunities. Not waiting for stories to come to you, but creating them. They have their finger on the pulse of cultural moments and real-time trends our clients can leverage and turn those ideas into nationally covered media stories. They’re smart, scrappy, and hungry for coverage, never taking no for an answer and always finding creative ways to tell our clients’ stories. They follow the industry, see the work that’s winning and are driven to replicate the same success with our clients. 

Who We Are:

Golin is a progressive public relations agency with expertise ranging from brand-building and cutting edge digital content, to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Our roster includes many of the largest consumer brands in the world. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey, to deliver maximum impact for clients and reach a profoundly diverse global market. We Go All In, in everything we do. We're especially committed to Go All In for our people.

With best-in-class work that has earned worldwide attention and awards, including the 2024 SABRE Best Large Agency of the Year, 2024 PRovoke Media Best Large Agency to Work For, and 2024 PRWeek U.S. Agency of the Year, there is no better time to join an agency redefining the role of PR and helping companies create change that matters.

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge campaigns, to corporate reputation, advocacy and consumer insights. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare technology and consumer service companies in the world.

What You’ll Do:

• Successfully execute earned media programs for consumer, lifestyle, consumer tech and food & beverage clients 
• Be responsible for pitching and securing top tier media placements
• Play an integral role in monitoring the media, conducting media audits, writing pitches and other press materials, and managing outreach
• Work closely with media relations experts to provide media counsel to clients, as well as develop ideas that are “media-able”
• Support day to day media account operations, serving as a primary client media contact and maintaining relationships with key reporters
• Manage the responsibilities of media relations and day-to-day account management
• Foster and maintain productive and influential client relationships
• Identify solutions and work with teams and independently to drive client success and grow relationships
• Set and maintain a high bar for executing smart and sound ideas flawlessly and understand internal project management
• Serve as a core member of the account team addressing the varied and changing needs of clients, proactively providing thoughtful ideas and solutions
• Have a command of the business and use that knowledge to collaborate with internal team members to develop and execute ideas and campaigns. Using that knowledge to become a “go-to” for your team and your client.
• Cultivate a culture of support, growth and partnership among team
• Travel for events, as needed

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field with 3-5 years’ experience at a PR
• A mix of account management and media relations experience
• Proven experience executing large-scale projects and media relations programs
• Understand the media landscape and facilitate consumer / lifestyle / consumer tech / food & beverage media relations
• Passion for client service and an ability to juggle multiple projects and changing priorities
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills
• Not afraid to bring new ideas to the table that could benefit the clients and agency

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Salary range:

$55,000 - $95,000

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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