PR Account Manager

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Town of Cambridge; Hybrid; AUD 63,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical and dental insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Bonuses

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Cambridge is seeking a PR Account Manager to manage client accounts, craft compelling press materials, and build media relationships with industry journalists and editors.

You will coordinate campaigns across creative and analytics teams, report results in client-friendly language, and spot opportunities to comment on breaking news. Hybrid work comms and strong writing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Two to four years' experience in a PR agency or in-house communications team.
• Strong writing skills, with the discipline to hit deadlines without cutting corners.
• An existing network of media contacts, or the confidence to build one fast.
• Comfortable managing multiple clients and priorities at once without losing attention to detail.
• Some experience with media monitoring tools and basic reporting or analytics.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of client accounts day to day, acting as the main point of contact and keeping campaigns on track.
• Writing and editing press releases, media pitches and briefing documents that actually get picked up.
• Building and maintaining relationships with journalists, editors and industry contacts relevant to each client's sector.
• Coordinating campaign timelines across internal teams, from creative to analytics, so nothing slips.
• Reporting on coverage and campaign performance, translating results into language clients understand.
• Spotting opportunities for clients to comment on breaking news or industry trends before competitors do.

Skills

PR experience

Strong writing

Media relations

Relationship building

Multi-client management

Analytics basics

Tools

Media monitoring tools

Job description

Make your mark as a PR Account Manager in the PR & Communications sector, based in Cambridge.

Cambridge has quietly become one of the UK's most interesting places to build a PR career, thanks to the density of science, tech and biotech firms that need specialist communications support. This role sits inside an established enterprise player in PR & Communications, the kind of organisation with structured teams, clear frameworks and clients who expect polish. You'd be joining at a point where the account base is growing and the work is genuinely varied.

Here's what you'll be doing:

Managing a portfolio of client accounts day to day, acting as the main point of contact and keeping campaigns on track

Writing and editing press releases, media pitches and briefing documents that actually get picked up

Building and maintaining relationships with journalists, editors and industry contacts relevant to each client's sector

Coordinating campaign timelines across internal teams, from creative to analytics, so nothing slips

Reporting on coverage and campaign performance, translating results into language clients understand

Spotting opportunities for clients to comment on breaking news or industry trends before competitors do

Here are the skills you'll need:

Two to four years' experience in a PR agency or in-house communications team

Strong writing skills, with the discipline to hit deadlines without cutting corners

An existing network of media contacts, or the confidence to build one fast

Comfortable managing multiple clients and priorities at once without losing attention to detail

Some experience with media monitoring tools and basic reporting or analytics

The ability to push back on a client tactfully when their instinct isn't the right one

Key perks and benefits:

• Salary of £33,500 to £43,000, depending on experience
• Hybrid working, with time split between the Cambridge office and home
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Enhanced pension scheme and performance-based bonuses
• A comprehensive benefits package built for people who plan to stay

Why pursue a career in PR & Communications?

PR & Communications has grown well beyond press releases and media lists. Clients now want strategic advisers who understand digital, reputation and crisis response in equal measure, and that shift has opened up faster, more varied career paths for people who can deliver. Cambridge adds another layer: a PR Account Manager here works alongside some of the sharpest research and technology clients in the country, which sharpens your own thinking fast. Progress here tends to be earned through results, not just time served.