Location
Kingston, ON | Canada
Job description
Overview
We are looking for an experienced PR professional with at least 5 years’ experience to join one of South West London’s leading agencies as an Account Director.
Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 DOE
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for client portfolio, delivering to agency client charter standards and meeting programme or campaign objectives
- Maintaining strong relationships with all key stakeholders at the client and providing strategic counsel on communications direction
- Account development and growth – spotting and securing client growth opportunities through creative projects, cross selling of services and expansion
- Confidently run new business pitch process: strategy development, ideas creation, presentation building and delivery
- Coaching and training team members to deliver to high agency standards and develop their own relationships with clients and help them shine
- Maintaining high quality writing standards through direct copy writing, training and editing
- Active involvement in networking, online and in person, on behalf of clients and the agency
- In-depth journalist knowledge across the technology market, and contacts and the ability to understand what makes a good story and what tactics can be best used to get outstanding coverage for clients
Skills and Experience
- 5+ year’s experience in enterprise technology PR, with an agency background
- Experience of delivering integrated PR and marketing campaigns
- Strong digital skills and understanding of the PESO model
- Portfolio of big tech brand experience
- Experience of delivering successful international programmes
- Delivery of award-winning campaigns
- Gravitas with colleagues and clients
- Strong emotional intelligence
- Ambitious and “entrepreneurial”
- Proven new business success
In order to be put forward for this position, you will need to come in and register in our office in Kingston.
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