Account Director, Entertainment & Events PR

🕒 March 25

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $90k - $110k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis

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201 - 500 employees

💼 Consulting

🏨 Hospitality

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Hospitality • Travel

Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is an independent full-service communications and narrative consulting firm that shapes public image through earned, owned, and paid engagements across various mediums and platforms. With a focus on media relations, brand integration, and crisis communications, the firm caters to a diverse range of sectors including entertainment, fashion, hospitality, and wellness, positioning itself as a leader in public relations and communications services.

📋 Description

• Lead a diverse roster of entertainment accounts (events, film/TV, podcasts, and brands) from start to finish • Architect comprehensive communications plans that live at the intersection of traditional media, digital strategy, brand integration, and talent/influencer ecosystems • Leverage a deep, existing network of entertainment and consumer media contacts to secure high-level, impactful placements and big picture profiles • Direct, mentor, and train junior staff across multiple geographies (bi-coastal) • Proactively bring out-of-the-box ideas to drive offline engagement and online virality • Partner with senior leadership to craft winning proposals and identify opportunities for agency growth • Oversee large-scale event logistics including red carpets, press conferences, and industry summits

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of agency or industry experience, with at least 2 years of experience in a direct people-management role • deep-rooted relationships with the gatekeepers at People, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and beyond • ability to translate a client's business goals into a creative, multi-layered media campaign • passion for training the next generation of PR professionals • passionate about managing a team across different time zones • excited by the evolution of the industry—fluent in traditional PR but eager to dive into creator culture and digital brand integrations • incredibly organized, possess great judgment under fire, and take genuine pride in the quality of your team's output • willing to work select evenings/weekends and travel to bring our clients’ biggest moments to life

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans • 401(k) with matching • annual merit-based bonuses • PTO • fertility • FSA for medical, childcare, and commuter expenses • flexible work schedule • Work from Anywhere program • Summer Fridays • Wellness Days • 4-week sabbatical or trip to celebrate select anniversaries • collaborative workspaces • celebrations • networking opportunities • community volunteering • training throughout the year on topics for professional growth as well as personal growth • series of teaching workshops