Associate Director - SF

Associate Director

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Bond provides high-level strategic advice to C-level executives helping them to tell their story and grow their network. We work with high-growth tech startups, top-tier VCs, and Fortune 500s.

We're seeking an experienced Associate Director to join our global team in the San Francisco office. Hopefully, you're as excited as we are about innovative companies and top-tier investors working in the technology sector.

In this role, you'll be responsible for leading the development of our accounts in all aspects of strategy and communication and keeping the company running effectively by streamlining operations with Account Directors. You will have established relationships in media and a strong trusted network of leaders in business and communications.

This hands-on role requires excellent communication, time management, and people skills.

What Makes Us Different?

150 Bond is a global advisory firm that specializes in storytelling and helping companies grow and scale their business. We are more than your regular comms firm; we work with founders, CEOs and their teams on their most important business opportunities and challenges, from IPOs to global regulation and scaling to new markets. We take a different approach to our team too;

we are selective with the clients we work with and believe in staffing accounts strategically. We use our network discretely to help get our clients into the right rooms where they can make meaningful connections that have an impact on their bottom line.

Key Responsibilities:

• A team player with strong leadership qualities, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record managing high-profile corporate clients
• A creative and ideas-focused approach with a strategic mindset to consistently over-deliver for clients
• An ability to manage competing priorities in a busy environment including, but not limited to, client relationship management, driving client calls, planning news announcements, end-of-month reporting, and strategy execution, and managing multiple stakeholders, e.g. IR, investors, etc
• Lead business development initiatives and continuously build a strong pipeline of clients, availing of industry-leading commission rates
• Proactive, day-to-day contact with all levels of client contacts, including, but not limited to, overseeing budgeting, invoicing, and time management, driving new business pitches, and counseling
• Leading a team in all aspects of communications, pitching, strategy
• Expertise in strategic planning
• Proven ability to secure high-profile coverage with national business, consumer lifestyle, and general interest media outlets

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in the PR industry
• Agency experience is a necessity
• Broad enterprise client experience across technology and business
• Ability to identify and pursue new business opportunities
• Possess strong leadership qualities, with a proven ability to delegate
• Experience in client lead, management, and strategy development

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Bond Benefits and Perks:

• Matched 401k, private healthcare, and phone bill budget
• Personal budget towards home office, wellness, gym membership
• Summer Fridays (half-days)
• Hybrid working includes a month of flexible work-from-anywhere in August
• Day off for 'moving'
• Team appreciation lunches and happy hours
• In-house fireside speaker series with authors, journalists, and industry leaders
• And More

Extremely competitive salary, contingent upon experience.

Salary range: $118,000-$137,000