PR Account Manager – Consumer

About the agency

Founded in 2015, this agency has expanded to a team of 12 with a clear vision of embracing social change, whilst bravely navigating their clients to new places through playful, progressive, and opinionated campaigns.

Their client portfolio is made up of a variety of kickass consumer brands across food & beverage, entertainment, tech, and more. They work on exciting brand launches from celebrating the huge expansion of a leading London brewery , to creating a huge outdoor bar / mini festival to reignite the conversation with young bartenders and Gen Z about a leading fruit cider brand.

You’ll also have the chance to work on purpose-focussed campaigns: from social activist focused work (such as their pro-bono campaign highlighting the injustice surrounding the Grenfell tragedy), to sustainability focused pop-ups that highlight wasteful consumerism during Black Friday sales.

This is an agency that prides themselves on bringing a big agency punch with small agency drive. Through their passion for seeing opportunity where others don’t, and no-holds-barred approach to creativity, they have built a team of passionate and imaginative individuals who aren’t afraid to speak their mind.

Culture

This agency strongly values progression. There is a huge emphasis on training courses, and often hold in-house sessions or external courses of your choice.

You will have a platform in which your voice is heard at this agency. You’ll be encouraged to talk about what sparks a passion in you, and use this create more drive for change.

Creativity is at the heart of the agency culture, reflected in their office space: a revamped old art gallery transformed into a dynamic, inspiring space. They provide an Art-Pass and encourage the team to work from a gallery space frequently to get inspired.

They promote a health and wellbeing through a Calm App subscription, no-email hours so people can properly switch off, and regular yoga / meditation classes.

They also promote a strong social culture through team days out to galleries, lunches and BBQ’s that make the most of the gorgeous outside area they have.

On top of this, you will be able to make the most of the other perks such as a generous holiday allowance, on the spot bonuses for great work, a bike to work scheme, flexible working, and lots more.

About the job

• Client Relations: You will be managing client projects / campaigns, attending and running client meetings, as well as being a first point of contact for your clients.
• Media Relations: You will have a strong and experienced understanding of the UK / international media scene and correspond with relevant journalists and create long lasting relationships with them.
• Management responsibilities: You will have excellent project management skills, and be responsible for the management of a team of juniors. You must be willing to get stuck in and get the work done.
• Strategic and Creative: In this role you will produce engaging press materials, social media copy and attend / present brainstorms.

About you

• Experience: You will be either an established PR Account Manager, or an experienced Senior Account Executive who is ready for the next step. Ideally you’ll have 3 – 4 years of consumer brand PR agency experience.
• Understanding of culture: You will have a wider understand of culture and an appreciation of ‘earned’ media. You will have your finger on the pulse of the social moment.
• Media contacts: You will have a natural gift for media relations and the ability to speak to wide span of media with confidence. You will also have pre-existing good relationships with contacts in the media.
• Who you are: You will be a positive worker with a ‘can-do’ attitude. This role requires a team-player with strong interpersonal skills and excellent attention to detail.

For more information, please contact Will Sinclair at 07508941466 or [email protected]