SourceCode Communications

SourceCode Communications

Account Director (AD) / Senior Account Director (SAD)

San Francisco, California, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentForecastingLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Overview What began in 2017 as an idea on the back of a napkin has quickly become an award-winning, fastest-growing communications firm working with some big-name consumer and B2B technology brands.
  • Whether executing deep enterprise tech campaigns or shaping agency-wide innovation, you are a bold, people-first leader who balances creative vision with disciplined commercial execution.
  • Crisis & Narrative Excellence: Act as a trusted source during client crises by conducting risk assessments and drafting proactive communications.

Responsibilities

  • Client Strategy & Counsel: Serve as a trusted lead across high-profile accounts, providing high-level strategic direction to senior client executives.
  • Develop long-term PR plans aligned with client business objectives and confidently navigate difficult conversations or productive client pushback when necessary.
  • Interview executives to build robust thought leadership platforms and translate complex technical innovations into media-friendly narratives.
  • Media & Integrated Strategy: Build sophisticated, long-term media and engagement strategies spanning media, analyst, and social landscapes.
  • Maintain absolute editorial quality control across the portfolio and leverage a strong network of established relationships across Tier-1 national business and trade media.
  • Organic Growth: Proactively identify expansion opportunities within your current roster to drive organic business development and maintain high client retention rates.
  • Team Leadership & Talent Development: Directly manage, coach, and inspire team members, establishing clear professional goals and delivering targeted training to upskill junior and mid-level practitioners.
  • Innovation & Agency Leadership (SAD Level): Lead teams in adopting emerging PR technologies and alternative communication channels, while expanding leadership footprints into global PR management.
  • Strategic Autonomy: Proven capability to take loose executive direction and independently build meaningful, multi-layered strategies and plans for clients.
  • Advanced Management: Comfortably lead difficult staff conversations, troubleshoot team challenges alongside HR, and confidently develop and execute Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) when necessary.

Requirements

  • At least two years of experience explicitly operating as the strategic account lead for multiple complex clients.
  • Deep experience working within the Enterprise Tech sector, with the ability to seamlessly translate technical capabilities to a broad audience.
  • Account Mastery: At least two years of experience explicitly operating as the strategic account lead for multiple complex clients.

Nice to have

  • Global account management experience navigating international media landscapes is highly preferred.

Compensation

  • Note: SourceCode utilizes tailored salary bands based on experience and role progression.
  • The ranges below reflect our targeted hiring brackets for incoming talent at the time of hire: Account Director (AD): $125,000 - $135,000 Senior Account Director (SAD): $145,000 - $160,000
  • Oversee client contracts, KPIs, and monthly/annual scopes of work.

Benefits

  • Take accountability for account health, revenue forecasting, and resource allocation to optimize team utilization and minimize over/under-service.

Company info

  • At SourceCode, we're focused on bringing brains and hustle, humanity and technology, creativity and business intelligence back to public relations.
  • We are seeking a seasoned agency professional to join our team as either an Account Director or Senior Account Director, depending on experience.
  • We are accepting applications for this role as a primarily remote position for candidates residing within the San Francisco Bay Area.
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