PR Account Director

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for the retention and growth of a portfolio of clients
• Be the lead contact on a group of clients, and the senior escalation point of a couple of others working alongside a PR manager and PR execs
• Lead ideation for your clients, ensuring ideas are on brand but are ‘Bottled Imagination’ style ideas, with creativity at the forefront and thinking about what hasn’t been done before
• Pitch idea concepts to clients to get buy in and sign off, getting them excited about working with us
• Be the internal sign off point for all PR materials on your accounts including press releases, onsite copy and seeding lists
• Set bespoke outreach strategies for campaigns ensuring KPIs are met
• Manage, mentor and train a team of PR execs
• Working with project management tools such as Float to ensure teams and staff are allocated while being aware of metrics such as profitability
• Get involved in new business pitches

Requirements

• at least 7+ years PR experience
• comfortable talking to senior stakeholders including C-level clients
• comfortable managing people and developing a team
• experience managing client budgets and spotting upsell opportunities
• experience leading ideation and creating campaigns that are on-brand and innovative

Benefits

• A generous holiday entitlement
• All the training you will need in an ever-changing industry
• A company that puts people at the heart
• All the equipment and resources you need to do good work
• A competitive salary of £50k+