Consumer PR Account Executive - Senior Account Executive

Confidential; Lancashire, Manchester, Salford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential agency in Lancashire is seeking a creative and energetic consumer PR account executive/senior account executive to join its award-winning team. You will drive campaigns, handle clients, and craft engaging content for traditional, digital, and social channels.

The role requires a passion for consumer communications, excellent client handling and project management, and at least 12 months agency experience.

Qualifications

• Real passion for consumer communications
• Excellent client handling and project management skills
• At least 12 months agency experience
• Experience when it comes to speaking to journalists and selling-in stories
• Experience in writing and producing press releases and content for social media
• Understanding of influencer engagement and content aggregation
• Understanding of media/stakeholder touchpoints and how to integrate and target them
• Ability to immerse yourself in clients' brands and markets
• Ability to work on new business and help develop presentations
• Stay glued to news and social trends and react when relevant for clients

Responsibilities

• Be a central part of the client team, keeping campaigns moving forward and on track
• Act as key point of contact for your clients
• Create engaging content and distribute across traditional, digital, and social media
• Work alongside studio, creative, social, and B2B specialists to deliver integrated results
• Take advantage of training, mentoring, and development opportunities

Skills

Consumer communications

Client handling

Project management

Journalist liaison

Press releases

Content for social

Influencer engagement

Media relations

Presentations

Trend awareness

Job description

My client is an award winning agency who is searching for a creative and energetic consumer PR account executive/senior account executiveto join its award-winning team. They are looking for someone with a real passion for consumer communications, with excellent client handling and project management skills and at least 12 months agency experience.

Client portfolio includes big brand retail, FMCG, food and drink clients.

You'll be a central part of the client team, keeping campaigns moving forward and on track and acting as key point of contact for your clients. You'll have a natural aptitude for creating engaging content, coupled with a strong understanding of how to distribute it effectively across traditional, digital, and social media to create real impact. In return, you'll be part of a fast-paced, forward-thinking and creative communications consultancy, which cultivates and rewards real talent.

?What we're looking for:

• A determination to drive campaigns, smash targets and deliver bespoke and accurate evaluations that show real business benefit
• Experience when it comes to speaking to journalists and selling-in stories
• Experience in writing and producing press releases and content for social media
• An understanding of influencer engagement and content aggregation
• A thorough understanding of all types of media/stakeholder touchpoints and how to integrate and target them
• Someone who will immerse themselves in our clients' brands and markets
• The ability to work on new business and help develop strong presentations
• For you to be glued to the news and social trends - with the knowledge, confidence and expertise to react when relevant for clients
• Ability to work flexibly, reflecting the changing needs of the industry

While this is a consumer focussed role, you'll be working alongside our studio and creative, social media and B2 B specialists. You'll need to operate in an integrated way - generating results across channels including social and digital platforms, events, national and industry media.

They like to get the very best out of their people, so you'll get all the on-going training, mentoring and development opportunities you need to thrive!