PR Account Manager

Major Players | B Corp™; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday, rising to 30

Life Assurance & Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible Hours

Career development

Job summary

A leading purpose-driven creative agency based in London is seeking a PR Account Manager to oversee multiple accounts and deliver impactful PR campaigns. The role requires 3+ years of PR agency experience, strong media contacts, and excellent communication skills. Candidates will manage client relationships, secure significant media coverage, and mentor junior staff. This position offers a hybrid work model and numerous benefits, including a competitive holiday allowance and private medical insurance.

Qualifications

• Experience working with purpose-led, government or charity clients is a plus.
• Ability to craft media-worthy stories is essential.
• Must have strong client communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to spot and craft media-worthy stories.
• Confident presenter with strong client communication skills.
• Highly organised with strong project management and attention to detail.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and handling agency financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple PR accounts ensuring smooth delivery.
• Secure high-quality media coverage.
• Build trusted client relationships and provide strategic counsel.
• Mentor and support junior team members.
• Oversee timelines, budgets, forecasting and reporting across accounts
• Secure high-quality national, consumer and broadcast coverage
• Develop strong media angles and newsworthy stories
• Draft press releases, Q&As, briefing documents and core media materials
• Lead media outreach, sell-ins and adapt media strategy when needed
• Build and maintain strong media contacts across multiple sectors
• Build deep, trusted client relationships and provide strategic counsel
• Lead client meetings with confidence and clarity
• Manage external partners including survey providers, influencers/talent and production partners
• Represent PR within integrated teams and cross-agency workstreams
• Mentor and support junior team members (AEs/SAEs)
• Contribute to new business, pitch development and agency growth
• Bring proactive, collaborative, outward-looking thinking to the team

Skills

3+ years’ PR agency experience

Strong media contacts across national, consumer and broadcast press

Excellent writing skills

Confident presenter

Organised with strong project management

Project management

Job description

PR Account Manager @ Purpose-Driven Creative Agency

Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days in office)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

A leading purpose-driven creative agency is looking for a PR Account Manager to join its award-winning team. The agency specialises in behaviour-change and public impact campaigns for major government bodies, charities, and socially responsible brands.

If you care about meaningful work, strong creative thinking, and campaigns with national visibility, this is an opportunity to make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities:

Campaign Management & Delivery

• Lead multiple PR accounts, ensuring smooth and effective end-to-end delivery
• Develop and launch creative, consumer-facing, purpose-driven PR campaigns
• Manage campaigns from initial insight and KPI-setting through to delivery and wrap-up
• Deliver behaviour-change focused PR and press office activity
• Oversee timelines, budgets, forecasting and reporting across accounts

Media Relations

• Secure high-quality national, consumer and broadcast coverage
• Develop strong media angles and newsworthy stories
• Draft press releases, Q&As, briefing documents and core media materials
• Lead media outreach, sell-ins and adapt media strategy when needed
• Build and maintain strong media contacts across multiple sectors

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Build deep, trusted client relationships and provide strategic counsel
• Lead client meetings with confidence and clarity
• Manage external partners including survey providers, influencers/talent and production partners
• Represent PR within integrated teams and cross-agency workstreams

Internal Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor and support junior team members (AEs/SAEs)
• Contribute to new business, pitch development and agency growth
• Bring proactive, collaborative, outward-looking thinking to the team

Skills & Experience

• 3+ years’ PR agency experience, currently operating at AM level
• Strong media contacts across national, consumer and broadcast press
• Experience working with purpose-led, government or charity clients OR strong interest in the space
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to spot and craft media-worthy stories
• Confident presenter with strong client communication skills
• Highly organised with strong project management and attention to detail
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and handling agency financial processes

Salary & Benefits Package

• Holiday Allowance: 25 days, rising to 28 after 3 years and 30 after 5 years
• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hybrid Working & Flexible Hours: 3 days per week in the London office; flexible hours 10am–4:30pm
• Work Culture & Career Development: Purpose-driven projects with national visibility and social impact, supportive team culture, and clear progression to Senior Account Manager

Major Players are the UK's leading marketing and creative talent agency, and over the last three decades we have consistently championed our people and communities. As a proud B Corp™, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and sustainable change for our partners, candidates and employees.

We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. For further information about our DE&I commitments, please visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/