Assistant Account Executive, Beauty PR
Melander Marketing & Communications is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Account Executive to join their team. This full-time position involves supporting the team with various projects in media relations, influencer marketing, and event planning, while providing hands-on experience in the beauty PR industry.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day account work, including product send outs, daily media monitoring across print, online and social media, drafting placement emails, updating media trackers, identifying trends, competitive research, etc
- Work alongside team to draft target media lists, pitches, PR plans, press materials, event briefings, agendas, recaps, status documents and quarterly reports
- Research and collect information to help inform client plans and programs
- Actively participate in staff meetings
- Identify trends across the influencer landscape and social media
- Support team with select media and influencer outreach
- Assist team in the development, logistics and execution of creative deliveries, media events, desksides, etc
Skills
- At least 1 year of beauty PR agency internship experience is required for this role
- Strong verbal and communication skills, with the ability to write clear pitches and confidently speak with team and colleagues
- Familiarity with tools like MuckRack, Cision, MightyScout and similar media databases
- Comfortable managing timelines and details across multiple projects
- Experience supporting events, influencer mailers, and product launches
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to pitch and present ideas clearly to clients and media
- A Bachelor's degree in PR, Journalism, Communications, or a related field
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