Consumer Account Director - Consumer Tech - c.£50k

Ketchum UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading communications agency as a Consumer Account Director specializing in tech. You'll leverage your PR expertise and media contacts to drive impactful results for high-profile clients. The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and leadership within a diverse team. Enjoy a culture that values inclusivity and offers great benefits, along with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working

World-class training

Great benefits

Qualifications

• Deep technology experience and strong tech media contacts required.
• Experience in media storytelling and proactivity in the tech space.
• Ability to lead a high-performing junior team.

Responsibilities

• Build and leverage knowledge of clients’ objectives for meaningful results.
• Act as subject matter expert in technology media coverage.
• Lead a high-performing junior team and build client relationships.

Skills

PR Expertise

Collaborative Spirit

Passion for DE&I

Innovation Mindset

Leadership Excellence

Job description

Consumer Account Director - Consumer Tech - c.£50k

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At Ketchum, we're not just a PR agency; we strive to be the most inclusive communications business around – one that values creativity, collaboration, and making a real impact. We believe in bringing an entrepreneurial spirit, being a force for good and being a driver of growth within our diverse teams to bring unique perspectives, fuel innovation, and lead to better outcomes for our clients and our people. We work with big, high profile clients in the UK and globally and with high achieving, best-in-class colleagues.

It doesn’t end there though. We win awards for our diversity, inclusivity and belonging practices. We’re regularly voted amongst the top agencies to work in the UK. We have a fantastic culture, great benefits and incredible opportunities to progress with regular recognition. When you work for us, you’ll get to become a part of our family and we’ll support you in every way we can, including world-class training, to ensure you’re the best you can be.

You.

We are looking for an Account Director to join our Brand, Social & Influencer team. As an Account Director, you'll be in a specialist role across all divisions of one of our biggest clients. Bringing deep technology experience and strong tech media contacts, you’ll be the go-to on the account to drive tech media coverage and run awards and reviews programmes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an existing Account Director or Senior Account Manager looking to step up with a passion and smarts for the tech sector.

What you'll do:

• Clients: Build and leverage deep knowledge of the clients’ objectives and competitive environment to develop clear business cases for engagement to deliver meaningful results and drive impact
• Strategic Execution: Pull together strong and strategic reports that tell a story (context behind data, and drive daily excellence across launches, press office plan, newsjacking, cultural storytelling – with clear ROI / deliverables
• Business Development: Communicate account status to agency management regularly; share proactive ideas to team and management to drive client business forward
• Sector Knowledge: Act as subject matter expert, drawing on strong earned media contacts in the technology space and land exceptional media coverage (including news hijacking)
• People Focus: Lead a high performing junior team, acting as a real team player in a very fast-paced environment and build quick, strong, client relationships
• Financial Acumen: Contribute to client growth & One London financial targets (financial growth targets will be set)

What we're looking for:

• PR Expertise: A nous for media storytelling and proactivity in the tech space, including knowing what the latest trends in AI are, what competitor brands are doing etc.
• Collaborative Spirit: You thrive in a team environment, partnering with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders to drive success.
• Passion for DE&I: You understand the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion and are eager to contribute to a workplace where everyone's voice is heard and valued, playing a pivotal role in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Innovation Mindset: You keep up with emerging trends in social media, influencer marketing, and media relations, applying them creatively to your strategies.
• Leadership Excellence: A force for good who fosters team collaboration. You don’t work in silos from the wider team and you can manage upwards and downwards, effectively briefing team members on new client asks and oversee execution to meet deadlines

Could this be you?

Ketchum London is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to our business and how we service our clients. If at any stage of the recruitment and onboarding process you require any adjustments, please do let us know.

We offer hybrid (3 days in office) flexible working and are always open to considering part time and flexi-time applicants.

If you think like the sound of us but this role isn’t right, do take a look at the other vacancies on our career page: https://www.ketchum.com/job-board-uk

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Public Relations

• Industries

  Public Relations and Communications Services

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