PR Account Coordinator (Corporate Communications)

This is a Full Time Job

Metro PR, an entertainment-focused communications firm, is hiring an Account Coordinator who will play a critical role in supporting various client accounts, with a focus on corporate and executive communications. The Account Coordinator is responsible for handling the day-to-day administrative aspects of account management, including scheduling, research and media tracking. This position requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, foresight, and the ability to multitask, ask questions and navigate through a fast-paced environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop PR expertise, learn from senior staff, and contribute to the success of our clients' PR campaigns and initiatives.

This role will support a variety of clients across digital entertainment, content, technology, advertising/marketing and the creator economy with a focus on corporate storytelling, executive profile building and events. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in a fast-paced environment, with some background in communications or public relations, ideally in an agency setting. The ideal candidate has some working knowledge of media monitoring tools and is also tapped into pop culture, industry news, and creators. This is an integrated role, and while the focus will be on corporate communications, there may also be opportunities for consumer PR.

Key Responsibilities:
• Scheduling, including coordinating internal and external meetings/calls with meticulous attention to detail
• Centralize and manage account assets and press materials including digital press kits, comprehensive press reports, and media lists
• Prepare client meeting agendas and take comprehensive notes
• Daily media coverage tracking using various media monitoring tools
• Generate press reports for internal and external distribution
• Draft client press opportunity briefing sheets and itineraries for review
• Conduct industry and client research as instructed by account leads
• Stay informed of industry news in entertainment/business/advertising trades and social media
• Join internal brainstorms and gradually contribute proactively
• Eventually, begin to draft simple pitches and engage in pitching under manager's discretion
• Provide on-site support for client media engagements, including premieres and conferences/trade shows
• Facilitate phone and in-person interviews between clients and media

Key Competencies:
• Effective time management and awareness, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines.
• Team-oriented with a positive and collaborative working style.
• Proactively tackles responsibilities and communicates effectively with the team/manager.
• Ability to manage up by anticipating team/account needs and providing clear task/project updates as well as confidence to ask questions.
• Genuine interest in the work and media landscape, as well as building relationships
• Strong attention to detail, including spelling and grammar; excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
• Efficient multitasking across multiple accounts and communication channels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The compensation for this role ranges between $22 and $24/hour, depending on skills and experience. This position is hybrid. Candidates will have the flexibility to work from home on most days, but candidates must reside in the Los Angeles area to accommodate regular in-person obligations such as company-wide workdays, training and client events. Typical working hours for this position are 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, however, flexibility is required, and overtime, including nights and weekends, may be necessary based on business needs. This is a non-exempt position, where the employee is entitled to overtime pay. Overtime work will be compensated in accordance with state overtime laws.