Job Opening: Assistant Account Executive, Beauty PR
Location: NYC Hybrid at our Flatiron office (3 in-office days required)
Salary Range: $40,000-$45,000/year
Melander Marketing & Communications is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Account Executive to join our team. This is a full-time position where you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting the team with a range of exciting projects, including media relations, influencer marketing, event planning, and administrative tasks. If you’re passionate about beauty and looking to dive into the fast-paced world of PR, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your skills.
Experience:
- At least 1 year of beauty PR agency internship experience is required for this role
- Strong verbal and communication skills, with the ability to write clear pitches and confidently speak with team and colleagues
- Familiarity with tools like MuckRack, Cision, MightyScout and similar media databases
- Comfortable managing timelines and details across multiple projects
- Experience supporting events, influencer mailers, and product launches
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to pitch and present ideas clearly to clients and media
- A Bachelor’s degree in PR, Journalism, Communications, or a related field
Responsibilities include:
- Day-to-day account work, including product send outs, daily media monitoring across print, online and social media, drafting placement emails, updating media trackers, identifying trends, competitive research, etc.
- Work alongside team to draft target media lists, pitches, PR plans, press materials, event briefings, agendas, recaps, status documents and monthly reports
- Research and collect information to help inform client plans and programs
- Actively participate in staff meetings
- Identify trends across the influencer landscape and social media
- Support team with select media and influencer outreach
- Assist team in the development, logistics and execution of creative deliveries, media events, desksides, etc.
You Are:
- A proactive communicator: you’re not afraid to ask thoughtful questions to move work forward.
- Detail-oriented: you’re always reading the fine print, and you deliver high-quality work with precision and care.
- Team-first mindset: no egos, just a collaborative approach to shared success.
- Calm under pressure: you thrive in fast-paced settings, efficiently juggling multiple clients and priorities without missing a beat.
- Strategically minded: you think both creatively and analytically, developing solutions that are both innovative and effective.
- Resourceful: you always find a way to get things done – whether it’s working with limited resources, connecting the right dots, or thinking outside the box.
- A creative problem-solver: you can think quickly and adjust strategies as needed.
