Hybrid Senior Account Executive, Associate Practice – Public Affairs

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About the role

  • Senior Account Executive managing public affairs engagements for clients in the food system sector. Building client relationships and leading strategy in public policy communication while ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as day-to-day contact for clients on assigned projects, managing deliverables and ensuring alignment with objectives
  • Lead client calls, provide tactical counsel, and proactively flag issues, risks, or opportunities
  • Build strong relationships rooted in reliability, responsiveness, and trust
  • Lead elements of strategy development, message framing, and campaign planning
  • Oversee integrated program execution across functions, ensuring alignment with goals, timelines, and budgets
  • Collaborate with creative, digital, and analytics partners to deliver seamless, multi-channel campaigns
  • Write and edit high-quality materials such as press releases, op-eds, briefings, and stakeholder or policy documents
  • Translate insights into clear, persuasive narratives that connect to business and reputation outcomes
  • Review and refine content from junior team members to ensure quality and consistency
  • Lead proactive outreach to journalists, influencers, and policymakers; secure earned media and stakeholder engagement results
  • Monitor trends and provide recommendations that shape client strategy and response
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships across media, policy, and industry networks
  • Provide guidance, feedback, and mentoring to junior team members
  • Model professionalism, collaboration, and inclusion; support performance and development conversations
  • Contribute to new business initiatives through research, insights, or pitch participation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
  • At least 2 years of professional experience in communications, public affairs, or a related discipline
  • Experience working within the public affairs, policy, or government affairs sector preferred
  • Proven ability to lead and manage multiple small or medium-sized projects simultaneously
  • Clear understanding of the clients’ businesses and their missions, as well as their key stakeholders: consumers, employees, investors, regulators, media, vendors, partners, other businesses/organizations, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to help develop communication programming and plans, implement integrated tactics and impart knowledge to junior account team members
  • Able to perform well under pressure and be a team player
  • Strong research, writing and editing skills, as well as the ability to interact with clients professionally and maintain relationships with media members.

Benefits

  • medical and dental insurance
  • vision
  • 401K
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • paid time off
  • travel assistance
  • wellness programing

Job title

Senior Account Executive, Associate Practice – Public Affairs

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$60,000 - $80,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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