Public Relations Account Executive

London, UK (Hybrid)

£28K/yr – £32K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive national and international media coverage for clients by owning proactive outreach, storytelling, and relationship-building, while contributing to agency success through energetic learning and collaboration.

  • Media Outreach: pitch and secure standout coverage with strategic storytelling across press, broadcast, and digital outlets.
  • Proactive Communication: own responsibility for delivery, seek opportunities, and coordinate with teams to shape timely news agendas.
  • Relationship & Learning Focus: build journalist relationships and continuously improve on messaging, responsiveness, and impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’ll be pitching to national and international media and landing standout coverage for our clients.
  • This is a role for a proactive communicator who thrives on taking responsibility and delivering great work.

Requirements

  • We’re a minimum of three days-a-week in the office (where we’ve got a glorious sunny roof terrace).
  • We’d love it if you can speak a second language.
  • This is a role for a proactive communicator who thrives on taking responsibility and delivering great work.
  • Is proactive, enthusiastic and keen to learn
  • Is fascinated by media and the news agenda
  • Takes pride in doing great work and wants to contribute to the agency’s success
  • Is committed to doing great work that makes a difference

Nice To Have

  • Speak a second language.

Benefits

  • You’ll get a personal training budget and access to internal learning sessions designed to help you grow, including writing workshops led by former journalists and masterclasses in client relationships
  • We also host Harps Meets , where we bring journalists into the office for inspiring conversations and insights
  • You’ll be based at our Shoreditch HQ (hello daily free snacks), with access to a gym and weekly wellbeing sessions, including yoga and breathwork
  • Expect regular team and client socials
  • You’ll have plenty of chances to get out and about – from purpose-driven panels to big industry events and meeting innovators, founders and investors
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Harpswood

We are Harpswood, a purpose-driven PR agency that works with organisations making the world fairer, better and cleaner. We help businesses communicate effectively through the media, using our experience across national media broadcast and PR. We pride ourselves on a can-do attitude and clear communication – we never hide behind PR jargon. We use our expertise to devise smart strategies and then roll up our sleeves to deliver relevant and regular coverage.

Founded in 2020
Greater London, England, GBR
10 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
66.6%
Direct
21.5%
Referral
7.1%
Social
3.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (20% of company)