PR Account Executive/Senior Account Executive

5Q Consultancy; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic marketing consultancy in the United Kingdom is seeking an Account Executive/Senior Account Executive. The successful candidate will need outstanding writing skills, a flair for relationship-building with media, and a passion for research on complex topics. Responsibilities include creating marketing content, managing press releases, and liaising confidently with clients and journalists. This role offers a hybrid working model, with opportunities for international travel as conditions stabilize and networking events resume.

Qualifications

• Self-confident individual, at ease with liaising with clients and journalists.
• Highly organized with the ability to keep on top of multiple activities.
• Eager to travel internationally on business.

Responsibilities

• Writing press releases, articles, and social media content with minimal amendments.
• Building relationships with journalists and managing press release distribution.
• Devising and implementing marketing content as directed.
• Liaising with clients to establish good working relationships.
• Undertaking research for client programs and pitches.

Skills

Excellent writing skills

Strong research skills

Relationship building

Confidence in media discussions

Highly organized

Adaptability to change

Team-oriented

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Job description

Account Executive/Senior Account Executive

Guildford (Hybrid)

£25k-£28k

You’ll need excellent writing skills, to be great at researching and enjoy getting to grips with complex topics. Building relationships with media is a must and you will want to achieve outstanding results. We also want to tap your creative instincts to help us create brilliant, original and award‑winning marketing ideas. And when life gets a bit more back to normal, you will be attending in‑person networking events in London, as well as going on occasional international business trips with colleagues.

Written Work

• Writing press releases, articles, social media content and other materials requiring only minimal amendments by senior colleagues and clients.
• Proofreading all written materials carefully before submitting them to senior colleagues.

Media Skills

• Possessing an understanding of how the media works in areas relevant to the company and our clients.
• Building relationships with journalists, with the support of senior colleagues.
• Fully managing the process of press release distribution, to include list‑building.
• Helping research and identify forward feature and other media opportunities for clients.
• Pitching stories to journalists.
• Handling incoming media enquiries.
• Demonstrating confidence and professionalism in journalist discussions.
• Assisting in the organisation of media events, such as interviews, photo calls and press conferences.

Marketing Content

• Devising, creating and implementing marketing content, as directed.
• Developing an understanding of content marketing strategies and programmes. Meetings
• Participating actively in meetings with colleagues, clients, journalists and other parties.
• Sharing responsibility for discussing/presenting information in client meetings and presentations.
• Sharing responsibility for discussing/presenting information in new business presentations.
• Helping prepare materials and information for meetings.

General

• Liaising with clients in a confident and professional manner, establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Undertaking desk research for client programmes and new business pitches.
• Possessing the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritise work appropriately.
• Contributing to social media activities of the company and its clients.

Required qualities

• The role requires a self‑confident individual, at ease with liaising with client contacts and busy journalists.
• You need to be highly organised with the ability to keep on top of multiple activities simultaneously.
• You must be highly adaptable to change and short notice client requests, with the ability to remain calm and think clearly under time pressure.
• You must enjoy a challenge and be ambitious to achieve outstanding results.
• You must possess strong writing skills in all the types of work detailed above.
• You must be team‑oriented and enjoy delivering great results through collaboration.
• You must possess excellent research skills and enjoy mastering sometimes complex topics.
• In normal times, you must be able and eager to travel internationally on business.