Account Manager, VIP Relations

Job Title: Account Manager, VIP Relations
Company Description: luxury + contemporary fashion PR agency
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Outreach to stylists and VIP clients to supply product placements for select accounts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stylists, managers, and VIP’s for strategic opportunities for clients.
• Develop and execute communication strategies and conduct outreach to appropriately position a range of fashion brands in the market.
• Plan, develop, and advise clients on integrated and measurable celebrity strategies.
• Multitask across multiple client accounts and projects under deadline.
• Identify and implement on brand VIP partnership opportunities (paid and unpaid).
• Ensure that key milestones and projects are on track within prescribed timelines and budgets.
• Managing and organizing client samples ensuring requests are fulfilled, delivered and tracked.
• Generate creative ideas and solutions to everyday problems and challenges.
• Interface with clients regularly via client calls and in-person meetings.
• Oversee media monitoring.
• Overseeing daily account management with coordinators duties including sample send-outs, updating contact lists, developing recaps and agendas, and preparing weekly and monthly reports.
• Contributing to team brainstorms by offering new and unique ways to engage with the press to create larger placements for clients.

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• Min. 3-5+ years of experience working in fashion + accessories public relations with experience managing multiple client accounts; agency experience is required.
• Active stylist and VIP contacts within the industry.
• Previous experience with celebrity seeding and digital product placements.
• Previous experience with VIP placements.
• A proven track record of media placements and relationships across multiple verticals.
• A strong understanding of business operations, corporate structure, and memory for each client’s C-suite and organization structure.
• Passion for fashion and pop culture; on top of the industry's current trends!

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and against tight deadlines.
• Must possess a strong sense of image, attention-to-detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

• Competitive Salary Base
• Commission % on New Clients
• Performance Bonus Potential
• Health Insurance Benefits
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Observed National Holidays
• Winter Break Observed
• Summer Fridays
• Work From Home Flexibility
• Paid Parking Stipend
• Excellent Corporate Culture