Associate PR Account Director

Reporting directly to the Business Unit Head, the Associate Account Director/Account Director leads multiple servicing teams supervised by Senior Account Managers and composed of Account Executives, Senior Account Executives, and Account Managers and undertakes account servicing responsibilities for assigned clients.

The Associate Account Director/Account Director's primary responsibility, next to client management and team management, is business development. Account Director shall not only specialize in one brand but shall have experience in handling PR work for a wide array of industries such as corporate financial tech, due to his/her team's assigned client companies or brands.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

• Co-leads research, ideation, and brainstorming for pitch proposal or organic client's new requirement
• Co-leads development of communication plans based on client's brief (PR, events, marketing executions and talent/influencer proposals)
• Presents communication plans to client

CLIENT SERVICING

• Supporting the Associate Account Director/Account Director, the Senior Account Manager ensures and strengthens client's confidence in the servicing team and in the company
• Assigned to manage independently several small accounts or major projects of large accounts, with guidance from a more senior staff as appropriate
• Takes an active role in managing the client's expectation based on the signed contracts, by leading the timely delivery of all work streams related to his/her assigned accounts or projects
• Attends servicing meetings with clients to learn client briefings, report on work progress and post engagement updates, clarify expectations, counsel client relating to the project, present directions, or seek client's approval for plans
• Attends to client's needs, requests, and inquiries
• Manages and accounts for the client's budget and team's manhours, as indicated in the approved Retainer Contract, Scope of Work, and Third Party Cost Estimates

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Monitors the progress of work and provides client with work progress reports. Identifies problems or gaps that may arise in the implementation of programs and provides solutions for these gaps
• Supervises work streams and ensures team's compliance to standard team processes
• Leads the post-project evaluation to assess the project's impact and results against the pre-determined goals and objectives
• Prepares and submits to client the post-project or campaign reports including final materials for credentials and documentation, accomplishment report, photo or video documentation report, and final artwork compilation
• Ensures that team provides liquidations within the timeline set by Finance

EVENT MANAGEMENT

• Spearheads event management and execution
• Seeks/grants approval of outsourced suppliers and all event materials
• Leads alignment with suppliers, client, and the whole team

TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

• Monitors project trackers and leads alignment meetings with the internal team
• Manages team's man hours and provides guidance in the delivery of direct reports' accountabilities to maximize team performance
• Supports the Associate Account Director/Account Director and Client Services Director and the Human Resources Unit in screening and recruiting potential team members, assessing performance, and recommending career plans
• Ensures that direct reports comply with company policy on the timely submission of timesheets

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Co-develop the scope of work and third party costs
• Plans accurate project budget and monitors expenses; Ensures optimal use of client's approved funds and resources
• Coordinates with assigned Finance Officer and reports projects ready for billing
• Provides support to EON's Billing and Collection Officer in collecting billable items

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 2x in a week onsite reporting

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Paid training

Work Location: In person