Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Outlier Partners is a boutique PR and communications firm seeking a Senior Account Executive. The role involves leading media outreach, building relationships with journalists, and contributing to client strategies while managing multiple accounts across various industries.
Responsibilities
- Lead proactive media outreach across multiple accounts and consistently secure high-quality coverage across business, tech, consumer, entertainment, and trade press
- Own and deepen media relationships with regular contact across traditional and new media including Substack, podcasts, and YouTube
- Generate bold pitch angles by reading the news obsessively and connecting client stories to the moments that matter
- Contribute to client strategy on weekly calls, providing timely updates and pushing back when the approach needs to change
- Draft and edit pitches, press releases, op-eds, briefing documents, and messaging frameworks that are good enough to publish
- Mentor and support junior team members on media outreach, writing, and how to think like a journalist
- Move fast without cutting corners on accuracy or defensibility
Skills
- Three to seven years of PR experience, ideally at a boutique agency or in-house at a high-growth technology company
- A demonstrated track record of placing stories in tier-one outlets and a network of active journalist relationships you can name
- Exceptional writing that is clean, specific, and reads nothing like a press release template
- The ability to manage multiple accounts across very different industries simultaneously
- Genuine curiosity about technology, government, entertainment, and the confidence to explain complex ideas simply
- Self-direction: you identify the work, you own it, and you deliver without being asked twice
- Experience with thought leadership programs including conferences, awards, and contributed content
Benefits
- Performance bonuses tied to results
- Flexible remote work environment with offices available in Austin
- Direct access to senior leadership and a seat at the strategy table from day one
- The chance to do the best work of your career on companies building things that matter
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