Senior Account Executive

Senior Account Executive (SAE) – Public Relations
Vault Communications, a 2024 and 2025 winner of The Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplaces award and a five-time recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal Best Places to Work designation, is on the lookout for a seasoned public relations professional who thrives in an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture to join our growing agency as a Senior Account Executive (SAE).

The SAE role is a vital one in our firm, often serving as the day-to-day point of contact for clients, as well as the project manager for all work — from media relations to thought leadership/executive positioning to social/digital content and beyond. The SAE directs/leads/motivates/teaches/mentors Account Coordinators, Assistant Account Executives and Account Executives. The SAE fosters excellent communication and rapport with clients and may personally execute a majority of tactical recommendations in a plan to generate measurable results for a client, or will appropriately delegate and carefully supervise such tactical execution. The SAE will also have the ability to lead the strategic planning process for a client.

Required Experience
PLEASE NOTE: 3 years of experience in public relations is absolutely required for this position, preferably in an agency setting.

Our Ideal Candidate Has:
3-6 years total of agency experience or applicable communication, PR, marketing communication or journalism experience

Excellent tactical writing skills, including press releases, pitch letters, media alerts, speeches, collateral copy, bylined articles, op-eds, presentations, case studies, digital content and client and/or internal emails

Excellent public speaking/interpersonal skills, especially for the purposes of client presentations, client meetings and new business pitches

Excellent analytical, multi-tasking and organizational skills

Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines

Excellent judgement and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make strategic, sound recommendations to clients, peers and management

Boundless creativity

Fearless approach to media relations

Strong digital/social media background

Resourcefulness and chutzpah

Desire to grow, learn, lead and thrive

Other Requirements:
Professional level mastery of the English language

Reliable transportation and the ability to travel to various locations

Benefits and Work Environment
Vault employees work a hybrid schedule in our new Conshohocken office, located in the Spring Mill Creative Campus. In addition, we offer a full suite of industry-leading benefits including: competitive compensation and profit sharing, flex scheduling, year-round “summer Fridays,” 100% paid medical/dental/vision benefits, generous PTO and paid holidays, cell phone stipend and exceptional employee programming/traditions. More benefits information can be found here.

Please no agencies or recruiters.

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