Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. We. is a communications agency focused on connecting technology and humanity, and it is seeking an Account Director to lead AI communications for a global technology client. The role owns communications strategy, product launches, media and analyst relations, executive visibility, issue management, and integrated team coordination while serving as a strategic counselor to senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead communications strategy for the client's AI business and act as the go-to strategic counselor for senior client stakeholders
- Track the AI landscape, including competitors, emerging players, industry shifts, and policy conversations, and turn it into clear recommendations and narrative positioning
- Plan and run product launches from start to finish including messaging, sequencing, media and analyst briefings, embargo management, reviewer programs, and post-launch amplification
- Drive news and storytelling around major industry moments and flagship events, including stories that go beyond the product news
- Build and maintain relationships with senior tech, business and AI-focused reporters, analysts, newsletter writers, and podcast hosts; develop, review and pitch stories
- Gather feedback from media and industry voices on how the client and its competitors are perceived, and use it to sharpen strategy
- Navigate a matrixed client organization, lining up multiple product teams, marketing, corporate comms, and executive stakeholders around a single AI narrative
- Coordinate across agency practices, geographies, and specialty teams (e.g., social, influencer, measurement, creative) to deliver integrated programs
- Prepare executive spokespeople for interviews, briefings, and speaking opportunities, and support their external visibility, including social
- Anticipate issues and reputational risks specific to AI (such as trust, ethics, and competitive pressure) and counsel clients on how to respond
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- 5-7+ years of experience in integrated communications or PR, ideally in an agency setting, with significant time spent on technology clients
- 4+ years of people management experience required
- Hands-on experience leading communications for AI, emerging tech, or enterprise/consumer technology products
- A proven track record of managing major product launches and flagship event moments
- Established relationships with top-tier tech and business media
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (particularly Outlook, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- Fluency in the AI ecosystem, including major platforms, model providers, startups, and the key voices shaping the conversation, and the ability to explain what it all means for a client
- A strong strategic point of view and the confidence to push back and lead clients toward the right answer
- A history of proactively landing stories with reporters and analysts, not just responding to requests
- Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with many stakeholders and competing priorities
- A creative mindset, with the ability to find stories that don't depend on product news
- Strong presentation and consulting skills; experience pitching new business and presenting to senior executives
- Experience building or growing a team
- Experience working globally or with colleagues in multiple locations
- Comfort in a fast-paced environment with frequent tight deadlines and shifting priorities
- Client service orientation is a must
- Global network experience preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Pretax accounts including HSA (company match), Medical & Dependent Care FSA
- Generous time off including PTO, Holidays, Annual Wellness Break, Summer Fridays and Personal Days
- Short & Long-Term Disability, paid by company
- Parental Leave, up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parent
- Caregiver Leave, up to 2 weeks to help eligible family member with serious health condition
- Community Engagement, up to 24 hours
- Bi-annual Wellness Credits, up to $300 per year
- Support with home office equipment
- Monthly Technology Credit (to offset internet / phone costs)
- 401(k) Traditional and Roth options with company match
- Learning and Development Programs for our employees
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