IW Group, Ad Age's 2022 Multicultural Agency of the Year, is at the forefront of creating unique Asian, multicultural, and cross-generational solutions for our clients. We have a dynamic team spread across our offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, as well as virtual locations. We are always looking for talented, creative, and fun people to join our team. Our team members are dynamic and create opportunities to connect with audiences through press, social influences, events, partnerships, advertising, and more!
- Connectors: IW Group is a company founded with the community at our core. We believe in building meaningful connections and encouraging teams to connect with causes and missions that fuel their passions.
- Explorers: IW Group encourages teams to follow their creative hunches. Whether it be testing new tech, visiting edgy art galleries, or discovering local coffee shops, we want our teams to stay constantly curious.
- Entrepreneurs: We have a strong entrepreneurial spirit! We encourage teams to drive new initiatives, work with growing startups, and drive their growth with the company.
Company Perks:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work with best-in-class, award-winning creatives, and team members on exciting campaigns.
- We offer great flexibility to work from home three days a week.
- On the two in-office days, we provide lunch for those in the LA office.
- Ample growth opportunities! You ll be partnered with a mentor who can help put you on a path toward building your career in the company.
- Existing client work and events that make an impact. Leading with an understanding of culture and inclusivity is at the heart of what we do.
- Team building retreats and outings.
- Offer free access to training to up-level skills.
POSITION SUMMARY
IW Group is searching for an Account Coordinator who is a strong writer, and a hyper-organized go-getter to join our team. We are seeking someone passionate about uplifting multicultural, multigenerational communities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support in accounting and administrative tasks, including research, billing, activity reports, timesheets, and vendor negotiation.
- Assist with various projects, staying organized and on top of multiple deliverables and tasks at once, and providing support to the internal client team as needed.
- Compile monthly activity summaries for clients.
- Write media relations materials, pitches, press releases, and more.
- Conduct routine media relations activities, including but not limited to research, development, and updating media lists, monitoring daily media coverage, and reporting on its impact on the client's business.
- Regularly conduct media outreach for campaigns/clients and secure media placements.
- Assist in executing program tactics for events, trade shows, promotions, and influencer mailings under supervision.
- Maintain a solid understanding of the client's business and industry trends and stay updated on cultural trends to inform our strategies.
- Organize and manage events
BASIC FUNCTIONS:
- Organization Skills: The ability to maintain order amidst chaos is crucial. This includes proficiency in task prioritization, time management, and creating efficient workflows.
- Adaptability: Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to handle a variety of tasks and sudden changes in priorities common in agency environments.
- Speed and Agility: The ideal candidate should be able to work swiftly without sacrificing quality, efficiently transitioning between different tasks and projects. Seeking someone with hyper attention to detail.
- Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication (verbal and written) is essential for coordinating tasks, collaborating with team members, and managing client expectations.
- Problem-Solving Abilities: The capacity to think critically and solve problems on the go is highly valuable, especially when faced with unexpected challenges. We need critical thinkers!
- Team Player Mentality: The ability to work well and collaborate within a team, provide support to colleagues, and contribute positively to the overall team dynamic is essential.
- Software Proficiency: Proficient in the use of office programs (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) to ensure the completion of documents, presentations, and reports.
- Social Media: Must love, live, and breathe social media and know how to use all the popular platforms.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor s degree from a fully accredited college or university.
Experience: Seeking someone with two to three years of communications-related work experience. Previous experience in a PR agency is preferred.
HYBRID WORK MODEL
IW Group has adopted a hybrid work model. Teams are required to work in the office at least twice per week.
- While performing the responsibilities of this role, the employee will spend most of the time working indoors, in the IW Group office, client office, or other identified location.
- This role may require extended work hours (including weekends) to complete certain projects, with or without advance notice.
- This role may require work outside of the office (i.e., client events) or travel outside of the local work area (i.e., national, or international client locations).
- While performing the responsibilities of this role, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of this role.