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

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