Graduate PR Account Executive (full time, permanent)

KaneHR; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading communications consultancy in London is seeking a motivated Graduate Account Executive to begin their career in public relations. This role involves writing press releases, pitching stories, maintaining client relationships, and developing media contacts. Ideal candidates will have a degree in relevant fields and should possess excellent written and spoken English, strong interpersonal skills, and be social media-savvy. The firm offers competitive pay, comprehensive training, and hybrid working options, along with generous annual leave and other benefits.

Benefits

Salary of up to £30,000 per annum

Excellent training and development programme

Annual bonus depending on performance

4.30 PM finish on Fridays

Workplace pension (3% employer contribution)

Regular social events

Private health insurance

25 days annual leave

FREE half day leave per month

Qualifications

• Graduate with relevant work experience or internship in a PR agency, press office, law firm or fast-paced media environment.
• Expected to be hot on spelling, grammar, and proofreading.

Responsibilities

• Writing press releases, news stories, articles, and case studies.
• Pitching ideas to journalists via phone or email.
• Handling stories with challenging subjects.
• Developing journalist contacts.
• Maintaining client interaction and developing editorial themes.
• Arranging interviews with key journalists.
• Monitoring media coverage and reporting results.
• Delivering analytic reports on social media.
• Supporting Senior Management with new business opportunities.
• Brainstorming ideas for PR campaigns.

Skills

Excellent written and spoken English

Social media-savvy

Presentation skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent telephone manner

Time-keeping

Education

Degree in PR, law, languages, journalism, history, social studies, politics, economics or English Literature

Job description

We have an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and motivated Graduate to take their first step into the exciting world of public relations as a Graduate Account Executive with the UKs market leading legal sector communications consultancy based in London.

Our client

Our client is a fast growing and entrepreneurial PFR consultancy providing reputation counsel across the legal sector to major law firms and legal sector advisory businesses legal tech providers and industry bodies within the profession. Our client advises clients across Corporate Communications Crisis PR and Litigation PR advising some of the biggest names in the legal sector and on the important issues that impact business society and the economy and the law and legal services. You will be working with their clients to promote and protect their businesses market perception and value.

In the role you will be

• Writing press releases news stories articles case studies and product pieces
• Pitching press releases and feature ideas by phone or email to national regional and trade journalists across print broadcast and online to interest them in covering clients stories
• Handling stories with challenging subject matters
• Developing journalist contacts across key trade national and broadcast media for clients
• Maintaining regular client interaction as a key day-to-day liaison including developing editorial themes with lawyers
• Building relationships with key clients Marketing and Communication teams
• Arranging interviews and editorial meetings with key journalists
• Monitoring media coverage and reporting results to the wider team and clients
• Delivering analytic reports on social media reporting on traffic engagement and follower figures
• Providing a reliable point of contact for clients and a trusted source of information
• Supporting the Senior Management Team in researching for new business opportunities / pitches and marketing initiatives
• Immersing yourself in the team and brainstorming fresh ideas for PR campaigns

Skills required

• Excellent written and spoken English. You will be expected to be hot on spelling grammar and proof-reading and have a creative flair for producing engaging copy.
• Social media-savvy. You must be able to understand the role of social media in reputation management.
• Presentation skills. From communicating ideas to your team to presenting stories to journalists we need someone who can organise information in a succinct and interesting way to get peoples attention.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Whether its over the phone by email or in person PR is all about people so you will need to be approachable friendly and empathetic and be able to relate to people on different levels within the agency with clients and with the media.
• Excellent telephone manner. You will spend a lot of your time pitching stories to journalists so you need to have the confidence to pick up the phone and speak to them and maintain a positive friendly and upbeat tone.
• Time-keeping. You will often be working to tight media deadlines as well as meeting the demands and pressures of agency life so you will be required to work quickly and efficiently without compromising on quality.

Qualifications and experience

We are looking for a Graduate with a degree in a PR law languages journalism history social studies politics economics or English Literature.

If you have relevant work experience or have completed an internship in a PR agency press office law firm or fast-paced media environment this would be a distinct advantage.

Benefits

• Salary of up to 30000 per annum
• Excellent training and development programme
• Annual bonus depending on company performance and individual performance
• Hybrid working
• 4.30pm finish on Fridays
• Workplace pension (3% employer contribution)
• Regular social events and Christmas party
• Christmas gift vouchers
• Laptop supplied to enable remote working
• Private Health insurance
• Enhanced maternity / paternity leave and pay 6 months full pay for both
• Fruits and treats in the office
• Mental health and wellbeing group and individual sessions
• 25 days annual leave (plus UK Bank holidays)
• FREE half day leave per month (equivalent to 6 days extra leave per year)
• Office closure during Christmas and the New year without deduction of annual leave

If you have the skills required and are ready to start your exciting career in legal PR please submit your application for us to review.

Closing date: 8th December 2025. Start Date ASAP

Key Skills

Special Events,Blog Posts,Account Executives,Fact Sheets,Press Releases,Account Management,Twitter,Client Relationships,SEO,Content Marketing,Client Meetings,Facebook,ROI,Client Contact,Client Service

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1