Account Director: Strategy, Growth & Earned Media Leadership

7GH Golin Limited

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 120,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Golin Ketchum in the United Kingdom seeks an Account Director to drive multi-market client delivery across technology, B2B and corporate accounts. You will turn client goals into strategic, data-informed plans, advise on policy and regulation, and lead earned media initiatives with senior visibility programs.

You will partner with Directors to lead day-to-day delivery, grow the team, manage budgets and measure impact against business outcomes.

Qualifications

Agency experience at Account Director level or strong SAM ready to step up.
Earned media results with business, trade and national press.
Experience beyond media relations: thought leadership, exec profiling, analyst relations or social.
Understanding policy and regulation affecting tech businesses.
Confidence with data, measurement and AI tools.
Commercial skills: scoping, budgeting, forecasting.
Experience managing and developing people.
Excellent writing and editorial judgement.

Responsibilities

Turn clients’ business goals into communications strategies grounded in insight and data.
Counsel on reputation, policy and regulation affecting clients.
Lead media relations across business, trade, tech and consumer press.
Run executive visibility and spokesperson programmes.
Brief and collaborate with Strategy, Creative, Data and Digital teams.
Own day-to-day client relationships and deliver to time, budget and quality.
Measure impact against business outcomes; focus on results, not just coverage.
Spot organic growth and coach the team with clear feedback.