Account Coordinator

Description

Account Coordinator

Job Type

Full-time

Summary

Southwest Strategies Group is seeking a full-time, entry-level Account Coordinator to join our Central Valley team. If you thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused environment and are eager to grow in a multi-faceted role, we’d love to hear from you! This role is ideal for someone with strong writing and interpersonal skills, who is highly organized, efficient, and able to multitask effectively. You will support project managers with community outreach, media relations and social media for the agency’s wide range of development, transportation, infrastructure and energy clients.

 Southwest Strategies Group is focused on building leaders in our industry and community. Our group of companies is comprised of award-winning institutions across the state: BergDavis Public Affairs, ColLAborate, Katz & Associates, Kiterocket, and Southwest Strategies. With over 100 professionals with diverse backgrounds and experience and offices across the state, our team is uniquely positioned to meet stakeholders where they are. We approach every project as a trusted partner, leveraging our decades of expertise to provide custom strategies that help our clients get results.  

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Cultivate community awareness and support for projects through targeted outreach, canvassing, phone calls, meetings and events
• Provide general account support to clients needing community relations, digital advocacy and strategic communication services
• Develop engaging and innovative content for social media, advertising, videos, websites, fact sheets, presentations, newsletters and other collateral
• Assist with special event planning and coordination including conducting preliminary research and supporting event execution and staffing
• Assist with client-related media coverage and social media tracking
• Conduct in-depth client-related research and develop stakeholder databases
• Respond to stakeholder inquiries and track outreach and activities in project logs
• Manage client action item and task lists
• Assist in coordinating public hearings or open houses, including managing invites, tracking RSVPs, and supporting set up and cleanup activities

Position:

 Location and Travel: This person must be located within the Central Valley. This role is currently primarily remote with varying expectations of visits to satellite offices and clients.  In the coming months, we will be opening a Fresno office, and in-office presence will be required three days per week. Travel is required up to 15-20% of the time. This role will include early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required.    

Salary Range: $52,000-$56,000 (dependent on experience)

What we offer:

• Competitive salary with opportunities for growth
• Benefits including comprehensive medical care, flexible spending accounts, paid time off and profit sharing
• Opportunities to work on impactful projects that affect the future of our state
• Opportunities to engage with some of the region's most influential stakeholders

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Public Administration or similar preferred
• Familiarity with AP Style and standard rules of grammar
• Fluency in Spanish required