Senior PR Account Director (Sport)

Responsibilities

• You will play a key role within MatchFit, joining the extended Senior Leadership Team and leading several of our world-class clients with the aspiration to progress into a future leader of the business.
• Outstanding client work
• You will play a critical role in the conception and execution of strategically smart campaigns as a trusted, senior point of contact for multiple clients across everything a contemporary agency offers, including creative campaigning, media relations, brand collaborations, influencer engagement, ambassador management, content creation, brand activations and live events and experiential.
• You will be empowered to inspire, coach, and direct your junior team to ensure exceptional delivery aligns with your personal standards and MatchFit's core values.
• People and culture: you will oversee direct line management and development responsibilities for team members. You will play a key role in leading by example, shaping the growth of junior staff across the agency, and be an influential voice in resourcing and staffing decisions.
• New Business & Client Organic Growth: A strong pipeline of new business is vital to the agency's commercial growth and you will play a hands-on role in supporting the broader efforts of the Senior Leadership Team and Co-Founders with new business development.

Requirements

• Have outstanding client servicing skills with a track record of quickly building trust and providing valuable counsel
• Have brilliant leadership and teamwork skills
• Have a desire to foster a fun but high-performing work culture
• Have the ability to manage and communicate well, both with your team and agency leadership
• Relish playing a prominent role in the creative process to conceive high quality work and sharpen earned-first ideas that deliver impact
• Be comfortable applying strategic thinking and building high class documents and plans
• Have engaging pitching and presentation skills
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of measuring and evaluating PR-led campaigns
• Have a reputation for being a fantastic role model, leader and coach for the team around them
• Hold a natural love and enthusiasm for earned-first thinking and experience, leading their team to brilliantly execute campaigns

Benefits

• Annual Profit Share Scheme: Discretionary annual profit share scheme and linked directly to business performance.
• Pension Scheme: Matched to 3%, although you could contribute more.
• 24 Days Annual Leave Allowance running January to December. Your allocation does not include the eight Bank Holidays, which you receive in addition. We also hope to close for 1.5 weeks over Christmas and New Year, with no impact on holiday allowance, pending client work.
• 1-for-1 Day-in-lieu: for any time spent out at weekend client events.
• Hybrid Working Policy: With Monday and Friday designated as work-from-home days.
• Private Medical Insurance: Industry-leading private medical insurance, offering primary care, mental health support, in-patient and day-patient treatments, outpatient and surgical procedures and advanced cancer cover.
• Juno Benefits Scheme: A flexible benefits platform connecting you to hundreds of available products, services and experiences aimed at improving your wellbeing, in and out of work.
• Life Insurance: Four times annual salary as Death in Service.
• Travel Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Scheme