Senior Account Executive, B2B Tech PR

This is a remote position open to candidates located in Austin, TX, and surrounding cities. If you live within 50 miles of one of our hub offices — Salt Lake City, New York City, San Francisco, or Boston — the role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence two days per week.

About the role

Method Communications is a global PR and marketing partner for challenger brands, helping disruptors, innovators, and market leaders create narratives that capture target audiences and generate real impact. Founded in 2010, the agency is built for today’s most innovative technology companies and united by core values of relationships, resourcefulness, and results.

Senior Account Executives (SAEs) are account managers who lead client accounts alongside senior leadership. They leverage industry and leadership skill sets across client relations, media relations, business development, program development, and strategy. SAEs serve as the primary client contact and pursue projects from conception to completion.

Responsibilities

Account Management

• Contribute to the creation of communications plans to meet client objectives and maximize monthly retainer
• Execute and demonstrate Method’s Concierge Service Delivery Approach to clients and teams
• Create brand messaging for client websites, social media, media outreach, and media interviews
• Write press releases, pitches, blog posts, etc. with minimal oversight and edits
• Communicate with multi-geographical teams providing a high level of support
• Manage multiple projects for multiple clients from concept to completion
• Troubleshoot problems, propose solutions, offer client counsel, oversee quality, and ensure deadline and budget adherence
• Manage deadlines and oversee client speaking and award trackers, drafting speaking and awards submissions
• Build relationships with a wide range of reporters and publications to secure coverage and inclusion in speaking and award opportunities across verticals
• Review and provide guidance on media requests, briefing books, and backgrounders, and actively identify new reporters and storylines for clients
• Research and analyze media coverage, publications, and reports to position Method as a trusted media expert for external stakeholders

Business Development and Marketing Support

• Participate in new business pitches including research, brainstorming, and presentation
• Develop initiatives that help shape the direction of the company and serve in an active role of knowledge-sharing
• Grow professional and industry contacts by representing Method in virtual and out-of-office environments

Agency Engagement

• Participate in the new business process including research, audits, and proposals
• Record and submit time and expenses on a timely basis
• Assist project managers on tracking and monitoring financials
• Act as a mentor to junior staff, identify goals, and provide guidance and feedback on performance
• Advocate for continued learning and personal growth by understanding how to lead and manage multiple people from diverse backgrounds
• Participate in or lead one or more Method committees/initiatives for agency growth

Requirements

• Typically 3–6 years experience (or equivalent expertise and education) in public relations, communications, marketing, and/or related fields, including research, advertising, management consulting, media, and publishing
• Comfortable working with technology media across industry verticals, pitching stories, staffing briefings, and providing targeted outreach to diverse audiences
• Established relationships with media, including journalists, analysts, and other influencers
• Commitment to developing skills and helping team members learn on a daily basis
• Adaptable management style — fit to manage others and oversee multiple direct reports with different managerial requirements, working on both hard and soft skill development
• Ability to drive account organization and accuracy with deliverables with competing deadlines
• Suitable to serve as daily client contact and respond rapidly to communications

Benefits

• Flexible, remote work
• Generous Vacation and Wellness Time accruals, two weeks of full office closure, paid holidays, and 2 floating holidays
• Monthly telecom stipend
• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employer-paid Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K Plan with Employer Match up to 4%
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering three confidential, face-to-face counseling sessions per issue per year
• Paid Family Leave
• $500 annual wellness stipend after 6 months of employment
• $1,500 professional development stipend after 2 years of employment
• 4 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of employment
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

Pay

Salary Range: $75,000 – $95,000. Final compensation determined by factors including education, relevant work experience, and geographic location. If your market is not listed, your specific salary band will be discussed during the recruitment process.

About the Company

Method Communications is an award-winning technology marketing and public relations agency built for challenger brands and today’s most innovative companies. The team is united through core values — relationships, resourcefulness, and results — and supports each other to do exceptional work for clients while focusing on the health and wellbeing of families, communities, and themselves. Method recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage and actively supports diversity, equity, and inclusion through policies and business practices including recruitment and hiring, compensation and benefits, career development and advancement, training, pro bono work, community programs, and affinity groups. The agency has been recognized as a Quartz Best Companies For Remote Workers, PRWeek Best Places to Work, and PRovoke Small Agency to Work For.