PR/Influencer Account Director

Agency Guacamole is an award-winning, LA-based social media, PR, influencer marketing and events agency. We help clients in the beauty and lifestyle space tell their stories in a variety of ways—in partnership with the media, on social media channels, in collaboration with influencers and through cool events.

Check out some of our work on our Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/agen... are a small but very hard-working team, and are looking for a PR/Influencer Account Director.

This client-facing role requires a leader who has solid experience in the field and knows public relations and influencer marketing extremely well. She/he can counsel internal and external stakeholders on strategy, campaigns and challenges, and is an excellent presenter.

Our ideal candidate has ~5-7 years of experience in PR/marketing (brand or agency side), which includes campaign development, team and client management, media relations and creative strategy. She/he has a solid understanding of influencer culture, has existing relationships (media, influencers, etc.) and is good under pressure. Beauty/lifestyle experience preferred.

Full details below. If a collaborative, supportive and inclusive team sounds appealing to you, send us a short note of introduction and your resume.

The Public Relations/Influencer Account Director role entails:

• serving as a key point of contact for clients and managing those relationships to ensure client satisfaction and growth
• budgeting projects, reporting on progress and troubleshooting where needed
• preparing client-facing communications and reporting
• producing and supervising campaigns on schedule and budget
• mentoring and developing junior team members
• supporting various internal and external initiatives

You should be very comfortable with:

• the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Docs, Cision, influencer dashboards
• a fast-paced environment where attention to detail and follow-through is crucial
• writing and presenting

Here’s what’s in it for you:

• The opportunity to work on cool and impactful campaigns for top-tier beauty and lifestyle brands
• Flexible schedule and work environment
• Get to be part of a fun and hardworking team, and learn from people who not only have fantastic experience in marketing/PR, but also teach the subject

Other notes about what we’re looking for:

• Trustworthy, honest and excited individuals looking to grow, lead and build
• People who want to make a positive contribution on our client projects and see the results of their hard work
• People who are genuinely curious about the world and the categories in which our clients compete (e.g., beauty, men's grooming and lifestyle)
• You don’t have to be a beauty junkie to apply, but you should be open to testing whatever latest product we’re playing with
• You are a trustworthy, reliable and honest individual, and are excited about beauty/lifestyle PR, events and social media

Note: If you’ve read this far we already think you’re awesome, but due to the anticipated volume of responses, we will contact only those candidates who most closely match our requirements.