Pr Account Manager

Lesniak Swann; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading PR agency in Manchester is seeking an experienced PR Account Manager to join their growing team. This role involves forming strong client relationships, managing multiple campaigns, and delivering high-quality results. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 4/5 years of PR experience, preferably within agency settings. You'll leverage your digital PR skills, creativity, and strategic thinking to exceed client expectations while working closely with diverse B2B accounts. This position offers a dynamic work environment rich in challenge and opportunity.

Qualifications

• 4/5+ years of experience with at least a year in an agency environment.
• Proven digital PR/marketing skills and social media know-how.
• Experience in delivering multi-channel PR campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Form relationships with clients to provide PR strategy and planning.
• Manage multiple campaigns and be the primary contact for accounts.
• Ensure timely delivery and high quality of account work.
• Present strategies for achieving quality results within budget.

Skills

Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills

Strong media relations and pitching abilities

Creative thinking and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines

Proficiency in social media platforms and digital PR strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or related field

Job description

Job Overview

Following several recent client wins, we have a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced PR Account Manager to join our growing PR team. You will be responsible for providing expert PR skills to a wide range of B2B client accounts within a busy and fast paced agency environment. This is a client facing role and as PR Account Manager you'll work across all accounts, managing client deadlines, planning, and consistently coming up with ways to add value, and exceed expectations. This role offers lots of variety including PR, social media, digital marketing & content. As the main point of contacts for key clients you'll confidently respond to client briefs and support wider client objectives with proposals for new or renewed PR campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

• Forming strong relationships with clients and providing PR strategy and planning alongside results focussed campaign implementation
• Managing multiple campaigns daily and being the primary contact for a portfolio of accounts
• Ensuring the full lifecycle of account work is delivered both in a timely manner and to a high quality
• Present strategies and ways to achieve the highest quality results possible for clients, within budget and on time

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or a related field.

Experience

Ideally 4/5+ years' experience with at least a year gained in an agency environment, you'll be a strategic thinker with creative flair. As a modern-day PR professional, you'll have proven digital PR/marketing skills, social media know-how and content production experience, and be used to selling-in and talking to media contacts. We're ideally looking for people with experience working in the construction or engineering sectors, who can bring valuable industry insight and networks to the role. You must be a strong communicator with exceptional organisational skills, and have experience of delivering multi-channel PR campaigns.

Skills

• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong media relations and pitching abilities.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in social media platforms and digital PR strategies.

Attributes

• Attention to detail and a results-oriented mindset.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build lasting relationships.
• Inquisitive and a nose for what makes a successful PR story.
• Tenacious, but professional to get the information needed from Clients to earn them a good level of media coverage.
• Commercially minded - spotting opportunities to expand and grow accounts.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in B2B marketing or technology sectors.
• Knowledge of media monitoring tools and analytics software.