Senior Account Executive

Vault Communications, a 2024 and 2025 winner of The Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplaces award and a five-time recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal Best Places to Work designation, is on the lookout for a seasoned public relations professional who thrives in an autonomous, entrepreneurial culture to join our growing agency as a Senior Account Executive (SAE).

The SAE role is a vital one in our firm, often serving as the day-to-day point of contact for clients, as well as the project manager for all work -- from media relations to thought leadership/executive positioning to social/digital content and beyond. The SAE direct/leads/motivates/teaches/mentors Account Coordinators, Assistant Account Executives and Account Executives. The SAE fosters excellent communication and rapport with clients and may personally execute a majority of tactical recommendations in a plan to generate measurable results for a client, or will appropriately delegate and carefully supervise such tactical execution. The SAE will also have the ability to lead the strategic planning process for a client.

PLEASE NOTE: 3 years of experience in public relations is absolutely required for this position, preferably in an agency setting.

Our ideal candidate has:

• 3-6 years total of agency experience or applicable communication, PR, marketing communication or journalism experience
• Excellent tactical writing skills, including press releases, pitch letters, media alerts, speeches, collateral copy, bylined articles, op-eds, presentations, case studies, digital content and client and/or internal emails
• Excellent public speaking/interpersonal skills, especially for the purposes of client presentations, client meetings and new business pitches
• Excellent analytical, multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
• Excellent judgement and problem-solving skills, and the ability to make strategic, sound recommendations to clients, peers and management
• Boundless creativity
• Fearless approach to media relations
• Strong digital/social media background
• Resourcefulness and chutzpah
• Desire to grow, learn, lead and thrive

Other requirements:

• Professional level mastery of the English language
• Reliable transportation and the ability to travel to various locations

Vault employees work a hybrid schedule in our new Conshohocken office, located in the Spring Mill Creative Campus. In addition, we offer a full suite of industry-leading benefits including: competitive compensation and profit sharing, flex scheduling, year-round "summer Fridays," 100% paid medical/dental/vision benefits, generous PTO and paid holidays, cell phone stipend and exceptional employee programming/traditions. More benefits information can be found here.

Please no agencies or recruiters.