Account Director - Consumer Tech London

Red Consultancy; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency in London is seeking an Account Director for their Consumer team. You will work with top brands across consumer tech, leisure, and lifestyle, driving campaigns and leveraging influential media contacts. This role offers a dynamic environment focusing on innovation and collaboration, with promising career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salaries benchmarked against the industry

Generous holiday allowance

Private medical care

Hybrid working schedule

Cycle to Work scheme

Free snacks and drinks

Qualifications

• Established Account Director with experience in consumer tech and lifestyle.
• Excellent team player with strong communication and leadership skills.
• Recent experience working on a retailer or gaming brand.

Responsibilities

• Drive campaigns forward and coordinate activity across busy accounts.
• Maximise extensive contacts list to seek out and land top-tier coverage.
• Apply knowledge of the news & social agenda to generate opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Media Relations

Influencer Campaigns

Job description

Red Consultancy are recruiting for an Account Director to join our Consumer team. We work with great brands across consumer tech, leisure and lifestyle including travel, mobile technology, retail and home entertainment.

This role will be working primarily on a major technology retailer, a leading gaming manufacturer, a consumer champion and a luxury hotel brand. We are therefore looking for someone that is incredibly knowledgeable on and connected with a wide spectrum of broadcast, print, online and social media influencers within consumer tech, retail, lifestyle and national media.

Some of the things you’ll be doing…

• Driving campaigns forward and coordinating activity across busy accounts
• Effectively managing a range of coverage generating techniques – identifying possible news hijacking opportunities, drafting spokesperson commentary, driving social editorial etc
• Applying your knowledge of the news & social agenda to client campaigns and using it to generate opportunities
• Maximising your extensive contacts list to seek out opportunities, sell-in and land top tier coverage

Who you are...

• An established Account Director with relevant consumer tech and lifestyle agency/client experience
• An excellent team player with great communication skills and leadership qualities
• Excellent media relations within consumer tech, lifestyle titles, broadcast and national news/ features writers
• Influencer campaign experience – especially with gaming influencers – would be a bonus
• Proficient in developing creative and impactful content for a variety of needs.
• You have recent experience working on a retailer, gaming brand
• You come with a black book of media and influencer contacts in the consumer tech, lifestyle space

Reasons to work at Red…

• Competitive salaries benchmarked against the industry
• Generous holiday allowance plus extra days off around Christmas and the New Year
• Up to 10 weeks’ unpaid sabbatical leave (once you have 2.5 years service)
• Private medical care
• Hybrid working: Tuesday to Thursday in the office, WFH on Mondays and Fridays. Plus, a Work-From-Anywhere allowance
• Active DEI Working Group celebrating Black History Month, Diwali, Pride, Ramadan, Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah and much much more
• Weekly personal hour to start at 10am, take a longer lunch break or finish at 4.30pm
• External mentoring via Creative Access for anyone from an under-represented background
• Premium access to Calm and access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Breakfast and an awesome snack box Tuesdays to Thursdays and a free bar every Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

At Red Consultancy, we recognise that to deliver the best work for our clients, we need a diverse range of perspectives and experiences. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring best practice approaches to a diverse and inclusive recruitment process and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

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