[Hiring] Senior Account Director @SourceCode Communications

Role Description

We are seeking a seasoned agency professional to join our team as a Senior Account Director. In this role, you will act as a vital strategic lead, driving high-impact storytelling, counseling senior client executives, managing account profitability, and mentoring the next generation of PR talent.

• Client Strategy & Counsel: Serve as a trusted lead across high-profile accounts, providing high-level strategic direction to senior client executives. Develop long-term PR plans aligned with client business objectives and confidently navigate difficult conversations or productive client pushback when necessary.
• Crisis & Narrative Excellence: Act as a trusted source during client crises by conducting risk assessments and drafting proactive communications. Interview executives to build robust thought leadership platforms and translate complex technical innovations into media-friendly narratives.
• Portfolio Management & Business Operations: Take accountability for account health, revenue forecasting, and resource allocation to optimize team utilization and minimize over/under-service. Oversee client contracts, KPIs, and monthly/annual scopes of work.
• Media & Integrated Strategy: Build sophisticated, long-term media and engagement strategies spanning media, analyst, and social landscapes. Maintain absolute editorial quality control across the portfolio and leverage a strong network of established relationships across Tier-1 national business and trade media.
• Organic Growth: Proactively identify expansion opportunities within your current roster to drive organic business development and maintain high client retention rates.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Directly manage, coach, and inspire team members, establishing clear professional goals and delivering targeted training to upskill junior and mid-level practitioners.
• Innovation & Agency Leadership: Lead teams in adopting emerging PR technologies and alternative communication channels, while expanding leadership footprints into global PR management.

Qualifications

• 10 to 12+ years of agency communications experience.
• Experience as a Senior Account Director or Account Director capable of running accounts independently.
• Ability to manage client relationships, strategy, and processes from start to finish.
• Understanding of budgets, resourcing, and team utilization.
• Strong project management skills at the team level.
• Technical fluency and storytelling ability.
• People leadership experience, including performance management.
• Location: Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Nice to have: Existing media relationships.

Requirements

• Ability to develop long-term PR plans aligned with client business objectives.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments and drafting proactive communications.
• Accountability for account health, revenue forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Expertise in building media and engagement strategies.
• Proactive identification of expansion opportunities within existing accounts.
• Experience in managing, coaching, and inspiring team members.
• Leadership in adopting emerging PR technologies.

Benefits

• Robust benefits program.
• Unlimited vacation with PTO minimums.
• Unlimited sick leave.
• 401k with company match.
• Monthly mental health stipend, 2 ‘NOPE’ days/year, and quarterly wellness challenges.
• Profit-sharing program.
• Workplace flexibility.
• Professional learning and development.
• 6-month paid parental leave.
• Transit benefits.
• Paid volunteer and professional development days.

Company Description

What began in 2017 as an idea on the back of a napkin has quickly become an award-winning, fastest-growing communications firm working with some big-name consumer and B2B technology brands. At SourceCode, we’re focused on bringing brains and hustle, humanity and technology, creativity and business intelligence back to public relations.

Where We Work

Remote (Bay Area-Based): We are accepting applications for this role as a primarily remote position for candidates residing within the San Francisco Bay Area. While you will enjoy the day-to-day flexibility of working from home, we value human connection and offer regular opportunities to collaborate, brainstorm, and connect with the team in person at local co-working spaces.

Salary Range

Senior Account Director (SAD): $145,000 - $160,000