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
Southwest Strategies Group is one of the most respected, recognized and successful public outreach and communications firms in the Western United States. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.swspr.com.
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