Account Coordinator – Celebrity and Influencer

Position Summary:

As an Account Coordinator: Key Opinion Leader (KOL) & Influencer Relations, your primary responsibility is to provide support to the KOL & Influencer Relations Specialist(s). This includes administrative support, organization of KOL & influencer initiatives, and maintaining coverage reports. Additionally, you will play a critical role in project management tasks, such as creating project timelines, closely monitoring progress, and immediately alerting leaders of any potential issues that may arise. You will collaborate closely with our teams to create compelling narratives and ensure the seamless integration of talent within our clients’ media and promotional activities. 

As an essential team member, you will also coordinate and attend meetings with high-profile individuals, influencers, celebrities, and industry experts with the objective of helping foster our talent partnerships. During these meetings, you will take detailed notes and provide accurate summaries to our team. By consistently delivering exceptional support, you will not only ensure the smooth functioning of the team but also help maintain and enhance our talent relationships.

Lastly, in this role you will actively participate in client brainstorming and contribute to the creation of innovative ideas.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Talent management support: Support our KOL & Influencer Relations Specialist(s) in identifying, recruiting, and managing relationships with high-profile individuals, influencers, celebrities, and industry experts relevant to our clients’ target audiences and brand positioning.
• Maintain and organize all talent initiatives: This includes scheduling calls, recording notes, sending coverage alerts when requested and/or secured, and keeping to timelines.
• Pursue & develop talent relationships: Actively pursue and develop new relationships with influencers and stakeholders in entertainment, social media influence, and other areas of importance for the agency and clients. 
• Keep a finger on the pulse: Keep up on the latest trends in the media, social media, celebrity and influencer landscape, and PR/storytelling landscape.  
• Collaboration and integration: Collaborate with internal teams, including PR, marketing, social media, and creative, to integrate talent seamlessly into campaigns, events, product launches, and other promotional activities.

Media and event support: Coordinate talent participation in media interviews, events, press conferences, and other public appearances, providing guidance and support as needed.

• Draft PR Reports: Create the first draft of weekly, monthly, and quarterly client reports and submit those to the Assistant Account Executive. Distribute when approved. Also perform daily monitoring and clipping of celebrity and influencer social media coverage.
• Creative research: Drafting preliminary celebrity and influencer target lists based on thorough research to identify the strongest partners for client initiatives, including: social media campaigns, events, product launches, and other activations. 
• Event support: Support the creation of client materials for events including face sheets, photography shot lists, and recaps.  
• Celebrity seeding: Support product pulls for editorial, influencer & VIP styling requests as well as assisting in seeding efforts, including product send outs and influencer mailers

EXPECTATIONS

• Learning Curiosity: You’re continuously seeking new knowledge and you exhibit a desire to learn. You bring new ideas to the table and learn quickly with the new information you have. You apply new learnings to existing challenges.
• Reliability: You’re consistently keeping or renegotiating commitments to fulfill expectations. You exhibit self-confidence and are approachable and enthusiastic about your job. You’re able to manage time and tasks well. You’re self-directed where appropriate.
• Act as an Elle Representative: You represent Elle in your interactions internally and with clients. You demonstrate a willingness to collaborate, contribute, and secure results for clients. 
• Commitment to Mission & Values: You exhibit values-aligned behaviors and are committed to contributing to something larger than yourself. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least one full year of PR internship experience 
• 1-2 years of relevant work experience
• Familiarity with social media platforms and digital marketing trends.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• A keen eye for talent and an understanding of the unique qualities that make individuals influential in their respective fields
• (Preferred) 1 year of experience in copywriting
• (Preferred) Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Based in or near LA or NYC office

BENEFITS

At Elle, we offer a competitive set of benefits including: full medical, dental, and vision, 401K matching, a monthly wellness and cell phone credit, a home office stipend, short and long term disability insurance, an annual bonus, unlimited vacation, competitive commission for new business referrals, no-meeting Mondays, year-round summer Fridays, and a unique parental leave program that includes a three-month scaled return.

DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws. 

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.

Elle Communications