Job Description
Account Manager – Corporate Communications
Salary • Salary DOE and excellent benefits including private health, life insurance, bonus, hybrid working and much more.
Location London
Reference EG889208
Edwina Goldman
We’re a values-led organisation and our purpose informs all we do. Our purpose is to champion collaboration and a wide range of perspectives to build reputations for a thriving world. Our values are:
- Ambitious - we drive positive change through our expert knowledge and entrepreneurial approach
- Collaborative - we bring out the best in each other and our clients
- Inventive - we seek opportunity through originality and creativity
Responsibilities
- Act as day-to-day contact for clients to ensure smooth running. Drive internal processes (logistics and admin) to track delivery against communication plan.
- Take leadership and drive account forward.
- Lead on first drafts of proposal documents for clients and adapt writing style for different audiences accordingly, e.g. social copy, by-lines, press releases.
- Coach and mentor juniors and provide constructive feedback on work.
- Conduct media monitoring and analysis.
- Monitor client news and identify opportunities for clients to engage with stakeholders.
- Own journalist and/or stakeholder relationships. Coordinate and review engagement plans, review media briefing notes drafted by junior team members.
- Active participant in new business pitches. Oversee research for pitches and actively review findings to shape the answer. Contribute to document creation process.
- Confident with digital and social media platforms.
- Attend external networking events/webinars directly relevant to clients and attend them whether virtually or in person. Build external network.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Excellent writing skills.
- Good time management and high level of attention to detail.
- Demonstrable experience working in a fast-paced PR team.
- Experience of delivering impactful integrated comms campaigns.
- A genuine interest in business, current affairs and the media.
- A ‘can-do’ attitude and a collaborative mindset.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience of working with B2B and B2C brands.
- Experience in managing teams (managing both up and down).
- Strong presenting and writing skills.
- Proven track record of stakeholder and/or media relations skills.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Strong digital skills and experience working with tools desirable but not essential as you will receive training on our digital tools (Brandwatch, Onalytica and Traackr).
Benefits
- Discretionary, performance-related bonus.
- 26 days holiday. An extra day on the year of your 5th, 6th and 7th year anniversary (capping at 29 days).
- 7.5% employer pension contribution.
- Private Medical Insurance (currently with Bupa).
- Enhanced parental leave policies.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Social events, parties and last Thursday of the month socials.
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