Account Executive

As a POOLHOUSE Account Executive, you'll manage projects for the advocacy team who are communicators and advisors for our corporate and advocacy clients. You'll play a key role in supporting our Advocacy team, and jump headfirst into managing the day-to-day client needs, collaborating with a diverse group of creatives, designers, strategists, and producers, while shepherding our strategic initiatives from start to finish to provide our clients with the highest value.

Our ideal candidate is someone who enjoys:

• Working in the space where creativity, advocacy, and the political landscape meet.
• An organized work environment, but still likes surprises and breaks from the routine
• Learning about a wide range of organizations and issues

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Assist the Advocacy Director in scoping, defining, estimating, and managing projects and timelines for advocacy clients
• Overseeing client programs from conception to completion by anticipating challenges and ensuring deadlines are met both internally and externally
• Help foster relationships with clients through responsive communications
• Manage your own workflow according to set procedures and timelines including juggling multiple projects simultaneously and understand project priorities in the context of agency and client expectations
• Manage and participate in internal feedback and quality control for all deliverables
• Draft briefs for both internal and external audiences

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience
• Strong communication skills both written and verbally
• Willingness to learn new things and new ways of doing things
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining order
• Ability to adapt to new situations and solve problems on the fly with a team
• A shared passion and curiosity for making change and a commitment to quality that ensures we're always making progress
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to occasionally work long hours, occasional weekends, and travel when necessary
• Ability to work in person in our DC office

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on industry standards
• A collaborative and creative work environment
• 100% employer covered medical, dental and vision insurance
• 100% employer covered medical for dependents
• 12 days of PTO a year
• Generous paid holiday schedule including Thanksgiving week and Christmas Break
• Parental leave
• 401k with employer match
• Company funding for relevant continued education and skill development