Advertising and PR
PR Account Manager Permanent
Benefits: Pension, Parking Space
The role:
The Account Manager is a key member of the team working on and managing a portfolio of clients. The Account Manager will make a strong contribution to key business objectives through B2B campaigns and support the Account Director with the management of clients. Proficient in PR skills, the Account Manager will act as a trainer to junior consultants and interns and also oversee and monitor their workload.
Main accountabilities:
- Being involved and contributing to the planning, researching, developing and implementing PR strategies
- Researching, developing, writing, implementing PR strategies & proposals
- Researching and writing creative, informative press releases
- Researching correct target press and distributing relevant releases
- Communicating information to relevant press, organising media briefings/meetings, attending media briefings/meetings, training staff for media meetings
- Follow up press for confirmed & anticipated coverage
- Collating and analysing media coverage.
- Understanding and managing social media platforms including advertising.
- Writing and editing articles, reports, websites, brochures, leaflets, flyers, and invites etc.
- Working to times lines, following time line strategies, writing time line strategies.
- Managing clients, sending weekly reports, including what you are working on following week
- Writing, collating and presenting status reports and yearly reports.
- Attending client events, managing client events, running client events, manage junior staff at events
- Attending, participating and presenting in new business meet and greets, note taking.
- Identifying new business, contacting potential new business clients.
- Invoicing clients, keeping on top of client accounts and fees.
- Managing staff/team delegating work from time lines and strategies.
- Managing staff/ team to ensure team is hitting deadlines.
- Managing staff/team to ensure work is of standard required.
- Managing clients/ budgets/timings/expectations.
- Managing and planning ahead to ensure work is covered during staff holidays.
- Working to KPI’s to ensure team are on track.
- Feeding back to Director on development of junior staff members.
- Assisting in recruitment process with feedback
Your skills, experience and qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 – 5 years PR experience.
- Agency experience or the equivalent experience with an agency model.
- Demonstrated results in public relations work, client service and account leadership.
- Stellar writing and editing skills required.
- Passion for both traditional and digital communications.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with plan execution.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Highly accountable and organized with excellent time management skills.
For more information, or to apply please send a copy of your CV to jobs@360recruitment.net or call the team on 01202 298360 today.