Account Coordinator
Southwest Strategies Group is seeking a full-time, entry-level Account Coordinator to join their San Diego team. This role involves supporting project managers with community outreach, media relations, and social media for a variety of clients in development, transportation, infrastructure, and energy sectors.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate community awareness and support for projects through targeted outreach, canvassing, phone calls, meetings and events
- Provide general account support to clients needing community relations, digital advocacy and strategic communication services
- Develop engaging and innovative content for social media, advertising, videos, websites, fact sheets, presentations, newsletters and other collateral
- Assist with special event planning and coordination including conducting preliminary research and supporting event execution and staffing
- Assist with client-related media coverage and social media tracking
- Conduct in-depth client-related research and develop stakeholder databases
- Respond to stakeholder inquiries and track outreach and activities in project logs
- Manage client action item and task lists
- Assist in coordinating public hearings or open houses, including managing invites, tracking RSVPs, and supporting set up and cleanup activities
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
Skills
- Strong writing and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized
- Efficient
- Able to multitask effectively
- Familiarity with AP Style and standard rules of grammar
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Public Administration or similar preferred
- Spanish fluency preferred
Benefits
- No-cost medical plan
- Dental
- Vision
- FSA
- 3 weeks PTO
- 14 paid holidays
- 401(k) profit sharing
- Professional development stipend
- Internal training programs
- Company wellness stipend for ClassPass
- Mentorship from experienced professionals
- Company events and celebrations
- Employee recognition program
Company Overview