Account Manager

EU010 Daniel J. Edelman Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Edelman is seeking an ambitious Account Manager to lead day-to-day client work, develop compelling stories, and drive integrated campaigns across earned media, creators, social and owned channels.

You will manage teams, coach junior staff, and ensure high-quality outputs while delivering proactive counsel and strategic recommendations to diverse clients in a fast-paced, collaborative environment in London.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced agency or in-house PR environment.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple clients and priorities with coaching of juniors.
• Comfort collaborating with diverse practices and teams across campaigns.
• Proactive problem solving and storytelling ability.
• Interest in current affairs and international business.

Responsibilities

• Serve as daily client contact and lead when appropriate, delivering day-to-day work and proactive counsel.
• Lead media relations efforts: story development, outreach plans, journalist briefings, and media contacts.
• Plan and develop integrated campaigns across earned media, creators, social and owned channels.
• Oversee quality and deadlines, coaching junior team members and ensuring high standards.
• Create compelling content: press releases, social posts, articles, and proposals.
• Support new business pitches with research, slides and process coordination.

Skills

Client management

Team leadership

Multi-client handling

Communication skills

Cross-team collaboration

Content development

Job description

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum. At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging. We are looking for an ambitious, proactive and motivated individual with solid communications experience, able to lead the day-to-day management of accounts. The Account Manager role requires someone with excellent writing and communications skills, able to provide informed counsel to clients and develop compelling stories, ideas and integrated campaigns. They should understand how communications can come to life across different channels – from earned media and creators to social and owned – and how those channels can work together to engage audiences and deliver impact. The ability to manage teams and workloads is vital, as well as project managing campaigns, developing junior team members and overseeing the quality of work produced.

Responsibilities

• Serving as the daily client contact and as client lead when appropriate, earning the trust of clients to deliver day-to-day work as well as providing proactive counsel on new approaches, ideas and communications opportunities.
• Media relations, including story and message development, creating and driving outreach plans, speaking to journalists regularly to secure coverage and briefings, briefing spokespeople, and ongoing development of own media contacts.
• Playing a key role in the research, planning and development of integrated campaigns, understanding how ideas can come to life across channels – from earned media and creators to social and owned – and driving these forward.
• Overseeing the quality and operational performance of accounts, ensuring work quality and deadline adherence for junior members of teams, and providing close coaching and development.
• Producing content across channels, including narrative and key message development, press releases, social and owned content, articles and communications proposals.
• Providing support on new business pitches – contributing research and ideas, developing slides, and driving the process forward, including workback plans and managing junior teams’ input.

Key Requirements

• Desire to work as part of a large team in a busy, fast paced and highly motivated working environment
• A deliver-driven manager and creative problem solver that can confidently take responsibility of tasks and accounts
• Ability to service multiple clients and manage workload whilst managing/coaching junior team members
• Team player that can manage both up and down and take overall responsibility of day to day account activity
• Experience of integrating and collaborating with different practices/teams on cross-business work
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to articulate with confidence and gravitas, and understanding of how to incorporate earned, owned paid and social media in holistic communications plans
• Interest in current affairs, news, international business, and consumes media in all forms
• Entrepreneurial spirit - willingness to 'get stuck in' and make the most of opportunities, and desire to share expertise and experience to enhance work of the team

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. It started with one man's passion to make an impact through stories… 70 years later, we are the world's largest communications firm, which foster an environment where people feel empowered to take the kind of bold action that makes careers, reshapes industries, and creates the unexpected.

We are one global team, over 6,000 strong across 60 offices, grounded by our shared values. We promise an experience where our employees see that boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum. Since Dan Edelman founded the firm in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business, and our culture is one that brings understanding, collaboration, and respect to our work and to each other.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our clients, and our communities, and propel us forward as a company. At Edelman, we are in relentless pursuit of a fair and inspiring workplace that is respectful to all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust and collaboration. Each day and on each project, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel a sense of true inclusion and belonging and can bring their best to their work - taking action and shaping impactful moments and movements within our company, on behalf of our clients, and within communities around the globe.

The relentless pursuit of excellence The freedom to be constantly curious The courage to do the right thing The commitment to positively impact society. We grow our people We invite and celebrate differences Our reputation is our brand We're global, yet local We offer more than just a career – we offer a place to grow, make a meaningful impact, and help drive change alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. Our culture is built on trust, innovation, and inclusivity where unique perspectives are not only welcomed, but celebrated. At Edelman, your ambitions are supported, your voice matters and your work contributes to shaping the future of communications and clients' business.