Pr & Social Account Executive

Are you looking for your next opportunity in PR and social media? Have you got a solid base of experience in an agency or in-house environment, with responsibility for communications? McCann Leeds is looking for an energetic and passionate Account Executive to work in its well-established PR/social media division. If successful, you’ll work with some of the most talented and experienced PR and social media strategists, creatives and planners in the industry. And work on a wide portfolio of international and national brands, across consumer, lifestyle and b2b sectors.

As you'd no doubt hope, we've fully embraced hybrid working, with the additional flexibility of core hours to enable you to balance life and work.

**Who we are**

McCann Leeds is the newest addition to McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not the mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So creativity really is at the forefront of what we do.

We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us - like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.

**Requirements**:
As PR & Social Account Executive, you will need to develop a productive relationship with your client contacts, collaborate effectively within your team and, build and maintain solid relationships across the wider agency to deliver successful outcomes for the client and agency alike.

You will need to keep the account team ‘ticking over’ by providing top-class administrative support which pre-empts client requirements, ensures successful delivery of jobs for clients, maintains a profitable service, and goes the extra mile in representing McCann Leeds.

Most importantly, we ask you to take responsibility for your own learning and career development by participating in learning events, undertaking self-learning, and positively contributing to your performance management requirements.
- Know your client’s market, competitors, marcom mix and relevant media platforms; keep this updated at all time reading top trade titles, tracking social sites, bloggers and reading a national newspaper each day.
- Develop solid understanding of full briefing process and what is required both from a client perspective (budget, timescales, briefs etc) and from an internal perspective
- Prepare and update relevant lists (eg. media and features lists) and reports and ensure background information is researched and prepared for briefs, pitches or presentations
- Develop strong relationships in your team and across the wider agency with key contacts.
- Generate ideas, words and pictures to produce content for a variety of formats on
- and off-line.
- Collate coverage/engagement on a monthly basis.
- Social media reporting using native platform analytics and various tools
- Identifying/creating proactive opportunities; secure coverage

**Benefits**

In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, private healthcare, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.

**Our commitment to equal opportunities.**

For us, diversity is a business imperative - one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.

As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it’s vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.

Conscious inclu