Account Director, Public Relations

Who We Are:
Brilliant is looking for a full-time Account Director to join our fast-moving, award-winning agency. We’re a fully remote performance team built on a simple promise: Work Hard. Play Hard. Laugh Hard.

We aren't for the faint of heart! We move fast, hold a ridiculously high bar for excellence, and thrive on driving real ROI for our clients. But we also believe that intense drive should come with great culture—which is why we offer unlimited PTO, Fabulous Fridays (doors close at 3pm), virtual happy hours, a monthly book club, and endless reasons to win together.

And the industry notices: We were recently named an Inc. Best Workplace 2026 and landed on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies for 2026!
What We Do:

Since 2008, Brilliant has been where bold ideas meet relentless execution. We're a performance marketing agency with deep expertise in family-focused brands, bringing together PR, Influencer, Social, Paid Media, Affiliate, Retail Support, Experiential, and AI Intelligence to create integrated, full-funnel campaigns that shatter targets and cut through the noise.
Our Dream Team Member:

- A strategic thinker who sees the whole board, not just the next deadline

- Trusted by clients, and the first call when something matters

- A creative who can start from a blank page and come back with an idea nobody expected

- A steady leader who develops people instead of just assigning them work

- Comfortable across disciplines, and fluent enough in influencer, paid and affiliate to build a real integrated plan

- A real media person with relationships worth something and a pitch that lands

- Commercially minded about scopes, budgets and where the growth is

- Curious about new tools, AI, and technology, and quick to try them to make work faster and better

- Calm under pressure and direct when something needs to be said

- Passionate about staying ahead of trends in the CPG and F&B space

Position Overview:

The Account Director leads integrated programs for the agency's largest clients, owning strategy, creative direction and the client relationship from planning through delivery. The role sits above the account supervisor level and reports into earned media leadership. It spans strategic counsel, creative campaign development, team leadership, and cross-department coordination across PR, influencer, affiliate, paid and events. We're looking for someone who leads rather than supports, and who is excited to use new tools, including AI, to work smarter.
What You'll Do:
Client Leadership:

- Serve as the senior day-to-day contact on the agency's largest integrated accounts

- Provide ongoing, consistent strategic counsel that builds client trust

- Present recommendations, plans and results to client leadership

- Own the health of the account, including scope, budget and renewal conversations alongside agency leadership

Strategy & Creative:

- Develop and implement public relations strategies aligned to client business goals

- Build campaigns from a blank page: product launches, brand moments, media and influencer events, creative mailers

- Bring fresh angles and trend-jacking opportunities to the table before clients ask for them

- Partner with the influencer, paid, social and affiliate teams to build plans that work together rather than in parallel

Media Relations:

- Own the earned media strategy on your accounts: the story angles, the target outlets, and the pitching calendar

- Personally pitch and secure top-tier national coverage. This is a hands-on role, not an oversight role.

- Build and maintain real relationships with editors, producers, freelancers and influencers in the consumer and family space

- Direct media list development and quality control the team's pitches before they go out

- Coach junior staff on pitch writing, follow-up, and building their own media relationships

- Lead media training and briefing document development for client spokespeople and expe