Account Assistant

VALUE Virtual Assistants is part of Bright Business Acceleration Inc., a Japanese-owned Filipino company. We specialize in business management consulting, offering strategic solutions and virtual assistance to help businesses worldwide improve operations and achieve growth.

Position: Account Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

• Proactive outreach to journalists, editors and media contacts on behalf of the client's clients, including both high-volume pitch distribution and individually tailored pitches for priority placements.
• Drafting and sending press releases, pitch emails, media alerts and client updates to an agreed schedule.
• Building and maintaining media lists across target publications for each client, keeping contact records accurate and up to date.
• Managing client communication including regular update emails, coverage reports and responses to client queries.
• Monitoring press coverage for all assigned clients, compiling coverage reports and flagging notable placements to the senior team.
• Researching journalists, publications and editorial opportunities relevant to each client's campaign.
• Supporting the coordination of celebrity and brand partnership outreach under senior team direction.
• Administrative support including scheduling, file management and internal reporting.
• Submitting a daily end-of-day report to the senior team covering activity completed, coverage secured, pitches sent and any issues arising.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in public relations, communications or a closely related field
  
• Experience with PR tools such as Cision, Muck Rack, Roxhill, Gorkana or equivalent media databases.
• Familiarity with CRM tools and project management software.
  
• Strong written English: clear, professional and adaptable across different tones and client voices.
• Experience with email-based media outreach and an understanding of how to pitch stories effectively to journalists.
• Comfort with high-volume, process-driven work alongside more tailored creative pitching.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines simultaneously without prompting.
• Reliable internet connection and a professional home working setup.
• Availability to work full-time, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week.

As you will be working from home, please be advised that we will require you to prepare certain Technical Requirements for you to meet the industry standard.

• A dedicated secluded working space away from noise and any distractions
• Updated personal computer or laptop with webcam
• Stable internet connection of at least 5Mbps and a backup of a pocket WiFi or Mobile Data

Note: This position is part of our candidate pooling. We are building a pool of qualified VAs for upcoming opportunities with our clients. By joining this pool, you will also be considered for future roles as they become available.