Senior Account Executive, Public Relations

Who We Are

Brilliant is looking for a full-time Senior Account Executive to join our fast-moving, award-winning agency. We’re a fully remote performance team built on a simple promise:
Work Hard. Play Hard. Laugh Hard.

Brilliant is looking for a full-time Senior Account Executive to join our fast-moving, award-winning agency. We’re a fully remote performance team built on a simple promise:
Work Hard. Play Hard. Laugh Hard.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of full-time agency experience in consumer products PR or integrated marketing, strong project management skills, and real curiosity about new technology and AI.

We aren't for the faint of heart! We move fast, hold a ridiculously high bar for excellence, and thrive on driving real ROI for our clients. But we also believe that intense drive should come with great culture—which is why we offer unlimited PTO, Fabulous Fridays (doors close at 3pm), virtual happy hours, a monthly book club, and endless reasons to win together.

And the industry notices:
We were recently named an Inc. Best Workplace 2026 and landed on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies for 2026!

Since 2008, Brilliant has been where bold ideas meet relentless execution. We’re a performance marketing agency with deep expertise in family-focused brands, bringing together PR, Influencer, Social, Paid Media, Affiliate, Retail Support, Experiential, and AI Intelligence to create integrated, full-funnel campaigns that shatter targets and cut through the noise.

• Resourceful, committed, and deliberate
• Organized to a fault (in a good way) and naturally detail-oriented
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership without waiting for direction
• Curious about new tools, AI, and technology, and quick to try them to make work faster and better
• A creative thinker who brings fresh pitch angles and isn't afraid to trend-jack
• A strong communicator who asks questions early and often
• A real media person with relationships worth something and a pitch that lands
• A steady mentor who develops junior staff instead of just assigning them work
• Passionate about staying ahead of trends in the CPG and F&B space

The Senior Account Executive owns the day-to-day on assigned accounts and drives the earned media work that delivers against client goals. The role spans client management, hands-on media relations, creative ideation, junior staff development, and project management. This is a pitching role, not an oversight role. We're looking for someone who leads the day-to-day and is excited to use new tools, including AI, to work smarter.

Client Management:

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact on assigned accounts and build real client trust
• Present plans, recommendations and results on client calls
• Flag scope and staffing issues to account leadership before they become problems

• Own the pitching calendar on your accounts: story angles, target outlets, and timing
• Personally pitch and secure top-tier national coverage. This is a hands-on role.
• Build, maintain, and quality control media and influencer databases
• Regularly identify new editor and freelancer contacts through tools like Qwoted and by subscribing to Substacks
• Write and distribute pitches, press releases, and media alerts, then follow up and monitor for coverage
• Own dedicated affiliate and ecommerce pitching
• Coordinate media interviews and desksides, and develop spokesperson briefing documents
• Build and maintain real relationships with editors, producers, freelancers and influencers
• Quality control the team's media lists and pitches before they go out
• Monitor trends and competitor coverage daily, and turn them into fast trend-jacking opportunities

• Lead…