Account Coordinator

Description

Summary   

Southwest Strategies Group is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Account Coordinator to join our Bay Area 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! We work with an impressive roster of clients, including major corporations, respected non-profits, trade associations, government agencies, and cultural institutions. This role is ideal for someone with strong writing and interpersonal skills, who is highly organized, efficient, and able to multitask effectively. 

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, and Southwest Strategies. With nearly 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.     

Position 

Location and Travel: To meet the needs of our clients, successful candidates must live in the Bay Area. Our office is BART- and MUNI-adjacent in San Francisco’s financial district. We work on a hybrid schedule and ask all employees to be in the office three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). 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) 

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

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, Political Science or similar preferred
• Valid driver’s license required 
• Knowledge of Northern California politics and personalities is preferred 
• Familiarity with AP Style and standard rules of grammar 
• Fluency in Spanish or another language a bonus