Assistant Account Executive Job Description

Assistant Account Executive Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Assistant Account Executive to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform in-depth research and analysis of clients (audits);
  • When needed, assist with organizing and attending events;
  • Support event planning, including venue coordination, on-site event preparation, and on-site event support;
  • Ability to access exposures, and make coverage recommendations, written and oral;
  • Assist and coordinate the delivery of services between our clients, carriers and loss control departments;
  • Responsibility for identifying exposures on the accounts , and for discussing with the team leader and/or the client;
  • Follow and adhere to all company protocols;
  • Developing and managing client relations and media strategies;
  • Assist with social media content creation and community engagement;
  • Make calls to companies when there are problems/questions pertaining to processing;
  • Ability to prepare, support/lead client status calls with appropriate documentation and support from more senior account team members;
  • With guidance, collate information and content needed for client reports and presentations;
  • Contribute creative ideas and tactics to client account plans;
  • Monitor, collect and track metrics surrounding public relations tactics and social media activities;
  • Develop newsworthy story angles based on client objectives and successfully pitch and place stories with national, local and trade media.

Requirements:

  • BA/BS in related field;
  • Working knowledge of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and ability to assist clients with developing strategies on these platforms;
  • Ability to execute events with members of the public;
  • Experience at a corporate communications, public relations or public affairs agency or comparable in-house position is preferred;
  • Proficient in AP style;
  • Online community management experience (Facebook page or group administrator, forum administrator, etc.) a plus;
  • Exceptional writing skills;
  • Familiarity with social platform posting mechanics / nuances and native analytics tools. Be a practitioner;
  • A prior internship in public relations/communications and / or interest in digital media a plus;
  • Ability to understand, analyze, and research different lines of insurance;
  • Excellent writing, research, and communication skills;
  • Working knowledge of EPIC preferred, but otherwise, the ability and willingness to learn;
  • Never being “too senior/precious” to do something, the ability to scale and act as a team is important;
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment;
  • Self-starter, motivated, eager, inquisitive, proactive and enthusiastic.