London-based PR & Social Account Executive

Havas Media Group Spain SAU; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

One Green Bean, an agency within the Havas group, is seeking an Account Executive to support senior account leads in delivering integrated PR, social media and content campaigns for consumer clients in London. You will act as the organisational backbone, ensuring smooth delivery, learning from experienced practitioners, and contributing to award-winning work that drives commercial impact for brands.

You'll develop skills across client servicing, project management, media relations and creative

Qualifications

• 0-2 years' experience in PR or related agency environment
• Experience supporting integrated campaigns across PR, social and content
• Familiarity with media monitoring tools and social platforms
• Strong organisational and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Client Servicing - Support senior account leads in managing client relationships, ensuring communication is clear, proactive, and solutions-oriented
• Understand your clients' businesses: how they make money, their growth targets and objectives
• Grow relationships and trust with clients and partners by being polite, timely, accurate and helpful
• Regularly attend and confidently contribute to client meetings with account insights and recommendations
• Contribute to the collaboration of decks with meaningful and beneficial actions, ensuring client plans are up to date
• Proactively anticipate your team's needs for meetings and help them present a united front to clients
• Be flexible with workload priorities based on business and client needs
• Project Delivery & Execution - Assist in owning timelines, status updates, and workflow across teams to keep projects on track
• Contribute to press materials, track coverage, manage media lists, and support outreach for earned-first campaigns
• Actively find better ways of working and be solutions-oriented
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, multitasking and prioritising in fast-paced environments
• Proactively problem-solve to prevent and address roadblocks
• Understand and demonstrate different types, tones, and styles of writing dependent on audience and channel
• Start to develop a black book of media contacts
• Market Intelligence & Cultural Fluency - Monitor trends, platforms, creators, and emerging behaviours to help shape work that feels modern and culturally fluent
• Demonstrate genuine curiosity about the wider world, consumer brands, and keen awareness of media trends, news cycles, and internet culture
• Identify reactive PR opportunities and flag key cultural trends and insights
• Regularly read and digest all media types and share learnings, insights and new opportunities with the wider agency - beyond just the daily newspapers
• Learn about client industries and market trends – becoming a sponge for insights
• Performance & Analytics - Compile campaign reports, social metrics, and insights to demonstrate impact and guide optimisation
• Apply good judgement to everyday decisions, thinking about impact and consequences
• Manage administrative tasks (e.g., reporting) with precision and proactivity
• Keep an eye on competitors' campaigns and actions
• Collaboration & Teamwork - Work closely with the PR team across all accounts and initiatives
• Work with and manage any external vendors where necessary
• Contribute to a positive working culture
• Skills & Innovation - Use AI tools and explore how AI can enhance your daily tasks and improve performance on your clients' accounts
• Bring fresh thinking, creativity, and new ideas to brainstorms and client proposals
• Research new business opportunities and contribute to pitches where appropriate

Skills

Organisational skills

Written & verbal communication

Timekeeping

Proactive problem-solving

Multitasking

Interest in PR/media

Team player

Sense of humour

PR experience

Integrated campaigns experience

Tools

Media monitoring tools

Job description

One Green Bean, an agency within the Havas group, is seeking an Account Executive to support senior account leads in delivering integrated PR, social media and content campaigns for consumer clients in London. You will act as the organisational backbone, ensuring smooth delivery, learning from experienced practitioners, and contributing to award-winning work that drives commercial impact for brands.

You'll develop skills across client servicing, project management, media relations and creative