Senior Account Manager, Public Relations - Agribusiness at Barkley - Kansas City, MO

Senior Account Manager, Public Relations - Agribusiness

Barkley · Kansas City, MO

Company

Barkley

Location

Kansas City, MO

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Barkley PR believes that modern consumers are guided and inspired by trusted sources. We believe brands win with stakeholders when they lead with purpose inside their organizations and share relevant stories that build and protect their reputations. From sustainability and culture to marketing ideas and actions, we create integrated ideas and communication strategies that bring a brand's purpose to life. We are searching for someone who is passionate about learning, excited about working on a variety of communications issues and can translate that passion into storytelling. We desire detailed-oriented team members who believe in collaboration and client service.Responsibilities:

Builds and maintains productive client relationships, including serving as a day-to-day contact
Monitors news and other published content relevant to clients to assess news opportunities, reputational risks, etc.
Collaborates on media relations strategies and story angles
Helps create and maintain targeted media lists
Helps research and identify potential social influencers
Communicates with media and influencers to cultivate relationships
Builds and maintains relationships with key media and influencers
Conceptualizes, writes and distributes content for clients including thought leadership, podcasts, awards, blogs, guest columns, op-eds, technical pieces and other long-form content
Contributes to client planning
Utilizes media and influencer monitoring and research tools

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience required
Minimum of three or more years of related experience and/or training
Experience working in corporate agribusiness and/or support agribusiness clients at an agency
Excellent communication and persuasion skills, both written and oral
Ability to work autonomously, lead projects and work on a team collaboratively
Impeccable attention to detail and stellar organizational skills
Creative problem solver with strong critical thinking skills to manage the unknown and plan ahead
Media relations experience, including pitching national, regional, local and trade news media and securing interviews and coverage for clients

Barkley’s Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We believe being radically diverse and inclusive is the key to becoming one of the world’s great creative idea companies. By embracing everything that makes our partners who they are and what makes them unique to the world around them, we create the conditions and capacity to help creative, original thinking thrive.
Barkley is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging as part of our corporate strategic goals, supported by a formal DEI+B program, Employee Resource Groups, Director of Diversity leadership and agency commitment to The Brand Lab.

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