Our Team
Jeff Dezen
Founder
Drew Dezen
Agency Director
Matt Lochel
Head of Strategy and Client Services
Wendy Henry
Senior Account Executive
Mike Chwasky
Manager, Sports Group
Raine Riley
Senior Account Executive
William Henderson
Senior Account Executive
Isabel Matos
Assistant Account Executive
Job Openings
Senior Account Executive
JDPR, a leading marketing communications agency in Greenville, SC, is seeking to hire a Senior Account Executive to join a growing team in a fast-paced environment, representing national brands across a broad range of disciplines within the marketing communications profession, including Public Relations, Media Relations, Marketing and Digital Media. In addition to a passion for exceeding expectations, the ideal candidate should demonstrate proven experience in strategic communications and track-record of directing client presentations/meetings, managing budget allocation across paid media programs and maintaining concise reporting against strategic KPIs.
This position requires exemplary organizational, communication and time management skills.
Minimum requirement: 4 years agency-side experience.
Participating in crafting strategic plans.
Establishing and fortifying client relationships.
Crafting media materials – including news releases, media alerts and FAQs – for distribution to target media.
Managing client meetings and relationships.
Planning and deploying strategic programming, including but not limited to, monitoring, campaign development, content creation, tracking and reporting.
Developing and managing paid-media/advertising budgets, program details and reporting.
Conducting research on new business projects.
Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, business, or relevant field preferred.
4+ years of demonstrated agency-side experience - does not need to be PR agency experience.
Proven client-management experience.
Competitive salary
Paid PTO/vacation time, plus holidays.
Health insurance: 100% corporation-funded health premium
401(k) retirement plan with 1:1 match up to 6% of salary
Generous family leave policies
Continuing education opportunities
‘Creative Renewal’ benefit that encourages employees to stimulate their minds and renew their enthusiasm bi-annually and more.
Annual technology stipend.
Our Internships
The Executive Management Assistance Program, or E-MAP internship, at JDPR is a hybrid internship/mentoring initiative that pairs college students with account executives to learn and contribute to real client work.
We offer this program during the summer, spring and fall semesters for rising juniors or seniors with declared majors in a relevant field. E-MAP is a 12-15 week commitment with 12-15 hours split across a 2-3 days/week schedule.
* this internship includes a stipend
Intern responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Assisting in researching, writing and editing news releases and preparing media materials for clients.
Distributing news releases and social media releases.
Assisting in creating content for social media sites, including video resources.
Researching media and updating media databases via web-based research tools.
Maintaining client media and advertising placements.
Distributing direct mail and other marketing and promotional materials.
Tracking for news clips and analyzing placements.
Conducting market research and share-of-voice analysis.
Students must possess strong written and verbal skills, familiarity and proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to make cold calls for research and pitching purposes.
Interns that are successful in this position work hard, take initiative, accept feedback and constructive criticism, and think outside of the box to contribute meaningfully to agency and client work.