Consumer Account Director – Senior Account Director

1 week ago

Manchester England United Kingdom Black Cherry Recruitment Ltd Full time
Consumer Account Director – Senior Account Director

Manchester/ Hybrid

REF: BCHS336

An exciting opportunity has arisen in one of Manchester's leading PR agencies. This multi award winning agency is looking for a vibrant, experienced, and passionate Consumer Account Director to join their team. The ideal candidate will have a strong earned media background and experience working either within a busy Press Office or on Press Office accounts.

They are looking for someone that understands what it takes to develop successful consumer communications strategies that affect real change in audience perception and deliver earned media coverage. You'll also be actively involved in delivering our growth plans as an agency.

As an Account Director, you will be working closely with your account head to advise and steer market-leading brands, specifically their key social account, in an environment and with a team that will help you reach your potential and support you in your growth.

Responsibilities include:

Client Relationships

  • Cultivate strong relationships with clients, providing counsel on marketing and communications strategies including PR and social media.
  • Immerse yourself within the client's businesses, proactively becoming an integral part of the client's marketing team.
  • Ensure clients understand the agency's services, maximizing growth opportunities.

Strong Delivery

  • Work with the wider team to craft and deliver winning communications strategies to match client briefs.
  • Act as a champion for strategic, creative communications for your team that delivers both the client's brief and KPIs.
  • Ensure a high quality of innovative and forward-thinking work is delivered to client timescales.

Team Management

  • Manage a team of communications specialists, acting as a mentor and a coach for the day-to-day operations, with the support of the Associate Director.
  • Work closely with other leads on capacity planning, people development, and team training.

You should apply if:

  • You thrive in the agency environment, enjoying the creative challenges, fast pace, and thrill of seeing your strategies brought to life.
  • You, ideally, have several years' experience leading a variety of accounts across multiple sectors including FMCG.
  • You are experienced in running campaigns that span earned, shared, and owned media, with an in-depth knowledge of traditional and social media landscapes and how to amplify content.
  • You have experience working in and overseeing Press Office / PR accounts.
  • You have experience in influencer engagement and both internal and external stakeholder management.
  • You are familiar with agency client management and comfortable managing, motivating, and guiding teams, nurturing talent internally.
  • You enjoy crafting organic and new business proposals from small projects to bigger and wider communication strategies.

Benefits:

  • An annual tax-free profit share.
  • A healthy annual training budget.
  • A generous holiday scheme including your birthday off.
  • Wellbeing day off once a quarter.
  • Late start/early finish once a quarter.
  • Flexible public holidays.
  • Health Insurance.
  • Charity, Wellbeing, and Social events.
  • Interest-free loans.
  • Enhanced dependents/maternity/paternity/sick pay.
  • 121 coaching and mentoring.
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