Public Relations Account Manager

R. Agency; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days' holiday

Employer pension contributions

Life insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Monthly wellness contribution

Hertility Health membership

Training and coaching

Job summary

R. Agency in London is seeking an ambitious PR Account Manager. You will work on a genuinely varied client portfolio across consumer brands, helping tell stories that cut through the noise and earn attention.

You'll collaborate with teams to translate business goals into strategic PR activity, manage relationships with media, and grow as a strategic thinker in a collaborative, hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in consumer PR or communications; agency-side preferred
• Ability to translate client goals into compelling PR activity
• Strong writing and media pitching skills
• Interest in consumer brands and storytelling

Responsibilities

• Support strategic client relationships across 5 consumer accounts
• Deliver end-to-end campaigns including press events and influencer activity
• Translate client goals into PR activity that drives visibility
• Develop narratives and plan communications for brands
• Build relationships with media contacts across national and digital outlets
• Draft press materials, bylines, and thought leadership content
• Stay curious about industry trends

Skills

PR strategy

Media relations

Client relations

Strong writing

Storytelling

Narrative development

Tools

Press materials

Pitching to media

Job description

Headquartered in London with a global reach, R. Agency partners with the world's most innovative brands and visionary founders who are reimagining the world. Founded over a decade ago, we've retained our entrepreneurial spirit while building a diverse team with a unique blend of skills, cultures, and perspectives.

As an independent, founder-led agency, we remain nimble, original, and agile. Our boutique approach enables us to craft bespoke, high touch campaigns that deliver meaningful results and measurable impact.

You will be joining a team of 20 based in London, working on a hybrid model of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home, with flexibility where needed. We value our time together in the office and regularly come together for monthly team lunches, collaborative workshops, and team activities to keep things engaging and connected.

The Role

We’re looking for an ambitious PR Account Manager who’s genuinely curious about people, culture and what makes brands matter, Someone who’s passionate about PR, the consumer space and consumer medium and excited by the opportunity to build their career across a genuinely varied client portfolio.

To begin with, you’ll work with brands like Hinge, Bugaboo, Paper and Niko Health, helping them tell stories that cut through the noise, earn attention and make an impact. No two clients are the same, so you’ll need to be curious, creative and excited by the challenge of getting the attention of different businesses, audiences and sectors.

This is a role for someone who’s hungry to sharpen their strategic thinking, get better at turning complex business challenges into compelling narratives, and develop their ability to spot the store people will actually care about.

Most importantly, you’ll have the chance to learn from brilliant clients doing genuinely interesting things, while working alongside a team that will challenge you, back you and help you build the next chapter of your career.

What You’ll Do

• Support strategic client relationships across 5 or so consumer accounts with the wider team.
• Deliver end-to-end client campaigns, including press events, influencer activity, media briefings, and full client relationship management (with senior support)
• Translate client business goals into clear, compelling PR and communications activity that drives visibility and impact
• Contribute to narrative development, positioning, communications planning and events for innovative corporate brands
• Build and maintain relationships with consumer, business, trade, and technology media contacts across national, consumer, broadcast, podcast, and social media
• Secure media coverage across top-tier outlets, with support from senior team on strategic pitching
• Draft press materials, bylines, and thought leadership content that resonates with influential media
• Stay curious about industry trends, news cycles, and emerging business conversations

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years' experience in consumer PR or communications, agency-side preferred but not essential if you've got the right attitude
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment where things move quickly, bringing a hands-on, can-do mindset and a strong sense of initiative
• Ambition and potential over years of experience, we want people who are hungry to learn and grow
• Strong attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy and consistency
• Confident in managing processes effectively and maintaining a high standard of quality
• Strong writing skills, you can craft clear, compelling narratives from complex information
• Starting to build media relationships, you don't need an established black book, but you understand how to pitch and build journalist relationships
• Client-facing confidence, comfortable in client meetings and building trust with senior stakeholders (with team support)
• Strategic curiosity, you want to understand the "why" behind campaigns, not just execute tactics

What Success Looks Like

• Contributing to client programmes that deliver against KPIs and business objectives
• Growing your media contacts and securing increasing quality of coverage
• Developing strategic thinking and corporate comms expertise
• Building strong client relationships with support from senior team
• Demonstrate the ability to be nimble, proactive and agile
• Taking initiative and showing hunger to learn

Why This Role?

• Learn from senior team working with pioneering corporate brands and visionary founders
• Develop strategic communications skills across emerging categories
• Work with genuinely interesting clients doing innovative work
• Clear path to progression
• Training, mentorship, and investment in your development

Our Values

The way we work — with clients and one another — is guided by our values:

• STAY CURIOUS — We ask bold questions, seek fresh perspectives, and challenge convention — but above all, we listen.
• CHALLENGE THE NORM — We see disruption as a catalyst for change. By embracing innovation and calculated risk, we create new opportunities.
• BEGIN WITH EMPATHY — We value emotions and experiences, building trust through authentic relationships and shared purpose.
• BRING GOOD ENERGY — We move with intent and optimism, believing that positive energy fuels meaningful results.
• 23 days' holiday + office discretionary closure between Christmas and New Year
• Employer pension contributions
• Life insurance
• Enhanced parental leave package
• Monthly wellness contribution
• Hertility Health membership
• Ongoing internal and external training and coaching

Hiring Process

• 20-minute intro call with our internal recruiter
• 30-minute virtual interview with hiring team
• In-person meet with the hiring team: get to know each other, a few questions from both sides and a short task.
• Final in-person interview with Rebecca (founder) and one other person from the team will pop in and say hi!

Depending on everyone’s availability, do our best to schedule the two final interviews on the same day for your convenience. If you’d prefer to keep them separate, that’s absolutely fine too. Ultimately, this will depend on finding a day that works for everyone.

We aim to respond within 7 working days of receiving your application. Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback at the initial stage.

We really appreciate your interest and the time you take to apply.