27: Earned Media Strategy and Planning Americas - Associate Manager

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Across more than 120 countries, we bring together technology and human ingenuity to deliver on our shared purpose: to create value and shared success for clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities.

As part of our Corporate Communications Strategy & Insights (S&I) organization, you will be part of a global team responsible for developing data-driven, insight-led earned media strategies that advance Accenture’s business priorities and reinforce our reputation.

YOUR ROLE: Media Strategy & Planning – Americas - Associate Manager

We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative communications professional to join the Corporate Communications Strategy & Insights (S&I) Media Strategy team. This ML8 Americas based role provides strategic support to the Media Strategy Associate Director and Growth Priority Leads, helping shape and activate integrated earned media strategies that elevate Accenture’s brand and market positioning.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Media Strategy & Planning Lead, you will play a key role in supporting priority campaigns, strengthening media storytelling, and enabling cross-functional alignment across Corporate Communications and Marketing + Communications (M+C).

This role is based in the Americas and supports priority initiatives across the region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Media Strategy & Planning Support

• Support the development and execution of earned media strategies aligned to priority business, industry, and growth market topics.

• Assist the Media Strategy Associate Director and Growth Priority Leads with media planning, campaign coordination, and content development.

• Contribute to the creation of media-ready materials including messaging, talking points, briefing documents, pitches, op-eds, bylines, Q&As, and content pipelines.

• Identify media opportunities that amplify Accenture’s leadership across key narratives such as AI, reinvention, cloud, security, and talent.

• Help manage issues preparedness and reputational risk assessments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Corporate Communications S&I, Media Relations, Executive Positioning, CEO Positioning, Insights, and Growth Priority teams to help drive integrated strategic activation.

• Facilitate alignment across global, regional, and market-level stakeholders.

• Collaborate with agencies, writers, analysts, and senior leaders to develop compelling, insight-led content.

• Maintain strong, proactive working relationships with business and communications partners across the Americas.

Insights, Measurement & Reporting

• Monitor earned media performance, sentiment, and impact using available analytics tools.

• Translate insights into actionable recommendations for strategic refinement.

• Maintain reporting cadence for regional leadership and Growth Priority Leads.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Minimum of 6 years' experience in corporate communications, earned media, journalism, public relations, or a related field.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Demonstrated experience supporting media strategy, planning, and/or media relations.

• Strong writing and editing skills with the ability to produce clear, compelling strategic media content.

• Familiarity with global and regional business media and drivers of Tier 1 coverage.

• Experience supporting senior leaders and providing thoughtful, well-reasoned communications recommendations.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to work independently and within a matrixed environment.

• Experience partnering across large, complex organizations.

• Critical thinker with strong business judgment and the ability to identify narrative opportunities.

• Familiarity with insights-led strategic planning and media analytics tools.

• Executive presence with excellent communication and storytelling skills.

• Experience working in or supporting the Americas region.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience working in or supporting the Americas region.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Opportunities to support high-visibility global and regional initiatives.

• Continuous learning through collaboration, mentoring, and training.

• Access to leading-edge tools and technology.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.

It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Information on benefits is here:

Role Location                                    Annual Salary Range

British Columbia/Ontario                $74,000 to $124,000

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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