Account Executive / Senior Account Executive

Digital Tonic | Digital, eCommerce & Marketing Recruitment; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Life insurance (4x salary)

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Wellbeing support

EV salary-exchange scheme

Away days & team events

Structured training & progression

Profit-based bonus scheme

Job summary

Digital Tonic in Cheltenham is seeking Account Executives to support campaigns for clients in sectors with real economic, environmental and community impact. You’ll work with experienced communications professionals, building knowledge across politics, business and society as you craft communications for diverse stakeholders.

Whether you’re a recent graduate or early-career professional, you’ll develop strong writing, media relations and client-management skills while contributing to campaigns

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curiosity about current affairs and complex subjects.
• Ability to research political, policy and industry developments.
• Experience in campaigns, media relations or public affairs is helpful.
• Comfortable liaising with journalists and coordinating events.

Responsibilities

• Write press releases, articles, newsletters and campaign content.
• Support media-relations activity and coordinate events, exhibitions and briefings.
• Attend client meetings and develop trusted relationships with clients and journalists.
• Turn understanding of issues into clear and engaging communications.
• Research developments and monitor media and government policy.

Skills

Strong writing

Communication skills

Research skills

Organization

Relationship building

Education

Politics

Geography

International Relations

Public Policy

Planning

Sustainability

Economics

Journalism

Job description

We’re partnering with an award-winning communications agency that delivers strategic advice, creative campaigns and high-impact communications for organisations operating within some of the UK’s most interesting and important sectors.

The agency works with an impressive portfolio of clients across infrastructure, renewable energy, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, transport and the built environment.

Many of the projects they support sit at the intersection of business, politics, communities, sustainability and the environment, making this a particularly interesting opportunity for someone who enjoys understanding how the world around us is changing.

Due to continued growth, the agency is looking to add several people to its Cheltenham team at Account Executive and Senior Account Executive level.

This could suit someone already working within PR, communications or public affairs, but the agency is also very open to bright and ambitious graduates looking to build a career in communications.

If you’ve studied Politics, Geography, International Relations, Public Policy, Planning, Sustainability, History, Economics, English, Journalism or a similarly research-led subject, this is an opportunity to put that knowledge and curiosity into practice.

The Role

You’ll work alongside experienced communications professionals, supporting campaigns for organisations involved in sectors that have a genuine impact on the economy, environment and communities.

Depending on the team you join, your clients could include organisations involved in:

• Renewable energy and offshore wind
• Airports and ports
• Carbon capture and low-carbon infrastructure
• Construction and the built environment
• Housing and development
• Manufacturing
• Major infrastructure projects

You don’t need to arrive as an expert in these sectors. What’s more important is that you’re curious about current affairs and interested in understanding the political, social, economic and environmental issues surrounding major projects and organisations.

You’ll research political, policy and industry developments, monitor the media and understand how changing public opinion, government policy and stakeholder sentiment could affect your clients.

You’ll then help turn that understanding into clear and engaging communications.

This could include writing press releases, articles, newsletters, stakeholder updates and campaign content, supporting media-relations activity, liaising with journalists and helping coordinate events, exhibitions and briefings. You’ll also attend client meetings and gradually develop trusted relationships with clients, journalists and external stakeholders.

These are communications-led positions rather than sales roles. Your focus will be on understanding complex subjects, developing strong ideas and helping deliver accurate and engaging campaigns.

About You

Whatever level you join at, you’ll be someone who is:

• Bright, ambitious and intellectually curious
• Interested in what is happening in the world around you
• A strong writer and communicator
• Comfortable researching unfamiliar or complex subjects
• Interested in politics, business, society and the media
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities
• Positive, personable and keen to develop relationships
• Detail-focused and committed to producing accurate work

For the more planning-focused positions, an understanding of local politics, public policy, planning, geography, development or government decision-making would be particularly valuable, although specialist knowledge can be developed within the role.

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day per year of service up to 28 days
• Private healthcare through Bupa
• Life insurance at four times your salary
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Simplyhealth and employee wellbeing support
• Electric vehicle salary-exchange scheme
• Company away days, team drinks and lunches
• Structured training and clear career progression
• Opportunity to work towards a profit-based bonus scheme