Account Director

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom EMERGE Full time

An Account Director / Senior Account Director at EMERGE is a go-getter with a passion for building brand fame. As part of the senior team, Account/Senior Account Director’s are able to autonomously devise and deliver PR strategies, confidently manage client and team relationships and generate consistent results.

You will be instrumental in the development, evolution + delivery of your brands’ PR strategy, consistently looking for ways in which we can pivot and innovate to achieve against client objectives.

Commercially minded and creative in nature, an Account/Senior Account Director at EMERGE is emotionally intelligent and adept at building relationships with industry, clients and media. As a senior member of the business you will support the Agency leaders, including pitching for new business and growing existing accounts.

The Day-To-Day:

  • Senior client contact on accounts
  • Managing client service and agency performance with regards to servicing + timesheets
  • Overseeing PR campaigns from creative brief to implementation and delivery
  • Delegating to and managing a PR team. At EMERGE, we believe strongly that you move up in the business with your hand held out for someone to move with you.
  • Retention, both of clients + EMERGE team
  • Winning new business and developing current client scopes
  • Contributing positively to overall business culture
  • Developing a wide network and nurturing key contacts

Key Skills:

  • Leadership and management of a PR team
  • Developing and nurturing talent within the business
  • Senior experience within a PR agency or in-house role
  • Experienced at winning new clients and pitching for business
  • Keen networker and adept at building relationships with key media, industry and talent
  • Proven ability to present complex industry information to target audiences
  • Expertise at handling a range of media to place products, grow brands or pitch for new customers
  • Excellent project management skills with strong organisation for forward planning ability
  • Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Ambitious, driven and problem solving attitude

Relevant Experience:

  • Account Director: 5-6 years Comms experience
  • Senior Account Director: 6-7 years Comms experience, with 1+ years already in a Director role
  • Experience handling multiple brands with outstanding communication skills
  • Experience with a wide range of moments in a brand cycle, for example, fundraising announcements, launches, rebrands, founder / spokespeople profiling and product lead campaigns
  • A strong industry network and contacts with senior journalists, editors, talent, influencers and talent managers
  • Proven track record of successfully creating and implementing PR campaigns for a range of client briefs and budgets
  • Strong and confident presenter
  • Strong work ethic and ability to work under pressure remaining positive and present
  • Ability to lead and execute large scale events involving talent, media and stakeholders
  • Highly engaged in contemporary culture i.e. music, fashion, art + design, food + beverage
  • Line management experience in developing and overseeing team performance through goal setting and reviews

Note: This role is office-based 4 days per week.

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