Press Box – PR Associate Director of Growth – Consumer/Corporate

About the agency

Bringing together the best PR minds and ex-journalists, Press Box PR was founded in 2020 by Alex Donohue, motivated to harness the value those with firsthand experience of working in media could bring to modern day PR.

Since then, they’ve grown rapidly into a thriving agency, gaining coverage and creating campaigns for brands across sport, consumer and B2B. Press Box PR also has a Talent Management team, using editorial and PR skills to help household names grow their profiles, steal the limelight and increase their commercial value.

Press Box PR’s specialisms include digital PR/PR for SEO, creative and brand PR, B2B PR and publicity for talent, all underpinned by a thorough, firsthand understanding of how media works.

Benefits & Culture

With an open-plan office in the heart of Barbican, the Press Box PR team is a collaborative and friendly bunch who take pride in relationship building and the positives associated with regular in-person interactions with journalists, clients and colleagues.

Press Box PR is proud of creating an environment where people with all levels of experience are given responsibility, support and reward accordingly, enjoying being part of a growing team and the associated social benefits.

The basics:

• 30 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
• Competitive annual bonus
• Hybrid working (3 office days/week)

Perks you’ll love:

• Gym membership
• Enhanced sick pay
• Medicash health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• Life cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Regular team socials – previous highlights include a trip to Brighton cooking school, Go Ape, and a weekend in Paris!

Training & Development 

From in-house training to external workshops, Press Box PR are committed to nurturing their teams professional development and career progression. With a great retention rate (approx. 90%) and a strong track record of promoting from within, your career is in (really) good hands.

DE&I

Press Box is an agency committed to proactively creating an inclusive environment that celebrates and champions diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and socio-economic background. The MD has committed to creating an inclusive space that not just encourages talent from different educational backgrounds, but also from underrepresented geographical locations in the UK. 

As a part of their commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the industry, Press Box has formed partnerships with state schools in Croydon and Peckham to raise awareness of careers in media and PR to students, participating in careers events with our own talent clients and staff whilst also successfully delivering paid work experience programmes for students without any existing connection to the industry.

They know they still have more to do, but have made a commitment to continue on this journey with concrete actions backing up commitments and regular reviews of progress. 

Over 80% of the Press Box PR team has no background in the PR industry and varying educational and professional experiences. The agency is committed to ensuring it continues to cultivate its reputation as an environment where anyone can thrive, with increased diversity and an inclusive culture playing a vital part in this journey. 

About the job

• This is a role for a PR professional at associate director level, with at least 6 years of PR agency experience, having played a large part in the business development and growth.
• You’ll be responsible for mapping industry sectors and scoping out growth opportunities within these industries for Press Box to generate revenue from. 
• You’ll be responsible for creating and driving the new business strategy that will drive inbound leads to Press Box, and monitoring and developing opportunities to secure commercial growth for the wider business, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team.
• Develop and maintain a high level of knowledge of the agency’s services and work, and the benefits they provide to customers.
• The role will have strong marketing and sales focuses, to identify and secure new business opportunities. This is the priority in this role.
• You will have experience working closely with Finance Directors with understanding of P/Ls, forecasting and assessing these. 

About you 

• You’ll be somebody from a PR agency, or new business focused background, at associate director level at least, who has a strong understanding of the workings of a PR agency, and how to build revenue and manufacture growth.
• You’re somebody who is a driven salesperson, with their finger on the pulse of the market. What industries are growing? Where are opportunities approaching that can be capitalised on?
• You’ll have a proven track record of securing new clients and business for PR and comms agencies, and has strong revenue growth at previous agencies to show for it.
• You’ll be comfortable working in a senior leadership team, with the gravitas to push back and know how to pitch a new business strategy effectively.
• You’ll be a self starter, who is comfortable with, and enjoys the challenge of growing a business and building momentum.

Interested?

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For more information, please contact Satchit Srikanth: [email protected]