PR Account Manager

Kairos Recruitment; Ringwood; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Parking available

Pension

Generous holiday allowance

International travel

Career progression

Job summary

Kairos Recruitment is partnering with an award-winning, full-service communications agency to recruit a talented PR Account Manager. This role manages B2C and B2B accounts, delivering strategic PR activity and integrated campaigns across regional, national and international clients.

The successful candidate will join a collaborative team, contribute to social and marketing campaigns, and progress within the agency with genuine responsibility from day one.

Qualifications

• At least three years' experience in PR.
• Strong understanding of PR and media relations; social media management is a plus.
• Excellent copywriting, proofreading and editing skills.
• Experience planning and delivering PR campaigns from brief through to completion.
• Confidently managing client relationships and presenting ideas.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients, journalists and media contacts.
• Manage several client accounts and ensure campaigns meet high standards.
• Plan and implement strategic PR programmes and integrated campaigns.
• Write press releases, articles, blogs and social content.
• Identify media opportunities and secure impactful coverage for clients.
• Present campaign recommendations to clients and develop concepts.

Skills

PR experience

Media relations

Copywriting

Job description

KRG are working with an award-winning, full-service communications agency to recruit a talented PR Account Manager!

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious PR who enjoys managing client relationships, delivering creative campaigns and seeing ideas through from initial brief to measurable results. You'll join a supportive, collaborative team and work across a varied portfolio of regional, national and international clients. While this is a PR-led role, there will also be the opportunity to contribute to integrated marketing and social media campaigns.

The role

As a PR Account Manager, you will take ownership of a number of B2C and B2B client accounts, acting as a trusted day-to-day contact and delivering strategic, creative and results-driven PR activity.

You'll be a confident self-starter with strong attention to detail, able to think strategically while managing the practical delivery of multiple campaigns. You will be given genuine responsibility from day one, with scope to shape the role and progress within the agency.

Key responsibilities

• Building and maintaining excellent relationships with clients, journalists and relevant media contacts
• Managing several client accounts and ensuring campaigns are delivered to a consistently high standard
• Planning and implementing strategic PR programmes and integrated communications campaigns
• Writing high-quality press releases, articles, blogs, social content, campaign copy and wider messaging
• Identifying media opportunities and securing impactful coverage for clients
• Presenting to clients, taking briefs and confidently developing and presenting campaign recommendations
• Supporting the management and delivery of social media activity where required
• Monitoring campaign performance, including benchmarking, KPIs and return on investment
• Working closely with colleagues across PR, marketing and social to deliver integrated campaigns
• Developing a strong understanding of clients' markets and using this insight to create effective, creative ideas
• Representing clients and the agency at meetings, events and occasional international activity

About you

You will be a passionate and confident PR professional with strong agency or in-house experience. You'll be commercially aware, creative and highly organised, with the ability to build trust quickly and manage competing priorities.

Essential experience and skills

• At least three years' experience in PR
• Strong understanding of PR and media relations, with exposure to social media management beneficial
• Excellent copywriting, proofreading and editing skills
• Experience planning and delivering PR campaigns from brief through to completion
• Confidence managing client relationships and presenting ideas clearly
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple accounts and deadlines
• A creative approach, with the confidence to contribute fresh ideas and campaign concepts
• Experience monitoring campaign performance and reporting on results

What's on offer

• Hybrid working - parking available
• Salary of £30,000 - £37,000, depending on experience
• Pension and generous holiday allowance
• Opportunity to work with an impressive portfolio of clients
• Potential for international travel supporting client activity - think Miami, France, Spain, the list goes on…
• A supportive agency environment with clear scope for development and progression
• Exposure to PR, social media and wider integrated marketing campaigns