Senior Account Executive, Employee Experience
Atlanta / Washington DC / New York / Miami
Edelman – Corporate /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
About the opportunity:
Edelman is seeking a flexible, adaptable, and high-energy professional at the Senior Account Executive (SAE) level to join our Employee Experience practice. As part of our dynamic team, you’ll contribute to the success of several major accounts and work with some of the Edelman network’s highest-profile leaders in Employee Experience.
If you are passionate about helping companies improve the end-to-end employee experience, listening to the worker voice, earning trust through actions, like solving complex problems, manage problem-solving by thinking creatively to help companies strengthen their corporate cultures and more deeply connect to their vision, mission, purpose, we’d love to speak with you! In exchange for your commitment to exceptional client service and best-in-class skills, you’ll get to work with industry leaders and brands, not to mention you’ll be joining Edelman’s global team of top communications, marketing, and consulting professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to the development and execution of communications strategies, programs, and tactics that meet client objectives. Sharing a point of view is encouraged and expected.
- Managing multiple projects from conception to completion, by anticipating challenges and ensuring deadline and budget adherence.
- Ensuring that you and your team understand the general business strategy, products and services offered by your clients, and general issues facing their industries.
- Applying or creating tools, templates, and methodologies that contribute to your clients’ communication effectiveness.
- Researching, outlining, writing, editing, and proofreading materials, including client presentations, scripts, newsletter articles, and features.
- Supporting senior colleagues in the delivery and tactical management of consulting assignments.
- Building relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels.
- Collaborating on new business proposals and presentations.
- Demonstrating behaviors consistent with Edelman’s values (Quality, Integrity, Respect, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Mutual Benefits) and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and commit to continuous learning, pushing yourself to grow and evolve at every opportunity.
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of practical corporate communications experience, with a preference for experience in internal/workforce communications, organizational communications, change communications, M&A communications, culture communications, employee engagement, HR communications, talent acquisition, and/or union/frontline communications.
- Or at least 5 years of practical experience in an agency setting managing clients from an advisory stance and willingness to jump in and learn our vanguard approaches to business transformation.
- A bachelor's degree in communications, business administration, organizational development, industrial psychology, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Superior writing, editing, communication, and presentation skills; project management skills; and consultative skills (including effective questioning, critical thinking, client management, and communication methodology application).
- Project management and consultative skills, including effective questioning and critical thinking.
- The ability to draft strategic client-facing deliverables and proposals, help manage multiple small or medium-sized projects simultaneously, both as a team and autonomously, and perform well under pressure, and manage competing priorities.
- Passion for client service and teamwork.
- Commitment to advancing the vision of the Edelman Employee Experience practice and Corporate and Advisory Services group both internally and externally.
$52,000 - $77,000 a year
An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.
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