Senior Account Executive

Iris London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

IRIS in London is seeking an Account Executive / Senior Account Executive to join the Client Leadership team. You will be the engine room for accounts, keeping projects moving, informing teams and keeping clients confident. The role blends PR, social, creativity, strategy, technology and media across campaigns.

You will grow into an exceptional account person in a connected, integrated agency environment with opportunities to work across disciplines and across culture and audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience in an agency environment, ideally PR/communications or integrated agency work.
• Interest in moving into a more integrated environment across disciplines.
• Curious about culture, press and social, and conversations shaping audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own your workload: plan, prioritise and protect deadlines with clear communication.
• Keep teams connected: produce accurate reports, updates and briefs.
• Interrogate the brief: ask questions and surface ambiguities early.
• Know your client's world: learn their category, competitors and consumers.
• Bring curiosity to the work: monitor conversations and trends relevant to clients.
• Embrace technology: experiment with AI and new platforms to sharpen output.
• Manage the detail: estimate work, track hours and support timely invoicing.
• Contribute to reviews: offer reactions, questions or ideas in discussions.
• Support account growth: identify opportunities to expand scope with the team.
• Get involved beyond accounts: contribute to pitches, culture initiatives and training.

Skills

Agency experience

PR background

Integrated agency work

Curiosity / learning mindset

Communication skills

Client relationship interest

Cross-discipline collaboration

Interest in technology & AI

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Job description

Account Executive / Senior Account Executive

London | Hybrid

IRIS is a global integrated agency driven by one simple philosophy: Participate or Perish. We create ideas that earn attention and inspire people to interact with brands in meaningful ways. Working with some of the world's most ambitious brands, we combine strategy, creativity, technology, and media to deliver impactful campaigns.

We're looking for an Account Executive / Senior Account Executive to join our Client Leadership team: someone who brings energy, curiosity and a genuine hunger to learn, with a passion for brilliant work and a desire to build their career in an integrated agency environment.

If you're coming from a PR agency background and are looking to move into a more integrated environment, this could be a great opportunity to broaden your experience and work across disciplines, bringing your understanding of press, social, culture and audiences into bigger, more connected campaigns.

The role

As an Account Executive / Senior Account Executive, you'll be the eyes, ears and engine room of your accounts, helping keep projects moving, teams informed and clients confident.

You'll be naturally curious and keen to understand the world around your clients: their category, competitors, consumers, culture and the conversations shaping people's lives. You'll ask the right questions, bring your own point of view and use what you learn to help make the work better.

This is a role for someone who wants to develop into an exceptional account person while working in an environment where PR, social, creative, strategy, technology and media come together.

What you'll be doing

• Own your workload: plan, prioritise and protect your deadlines, communicating clearly and early when something shifts
• Keep teams connected: create sharp, accurate contact reports, status updates and briefs that keep clients and colleagues informed without wasting their time
• Interrogate the brief: ask questions, flag gaps and surface ambiguities so the team is solving the right problem from the start
• Know your client's world: become genuinely knowledgeable about their category, competitors and consumers, while staying close to what is happening across culture, press and social
• Bring curiosity to the work: keep your finger on the pulse of the conversations, behaviours and trends that matter to your clients and their audiences
• Embrace technology: actively experiment with AI, emerging platforms and new ways of working to make your output sharper, faster and more creative
• Manage the detail: raise accurate estimates, track hours, flag over-servicing early and support timely invoicing across your projects
• Bring a point of view: contribute in creative and strategic reviews by offering a reaction, question or idea rather than simply observing
• Support account growth: work with your wider team to identify opportunities to grow income or expand scope as you develop your commercial understanding
• Get involved beyond your accounts: contribute to pitches, culture initiatives, training and other cross-agency opportunities to make your mark across IRIS
• Be a great team player: show up with energy, hold yourself to high standards and contribute to making IRIS a brilliant place to work

What we're looking for

We're looking for an Account Executive or Senior Account Executive who is curious, proactive and hungry to learn, with a genuine interest in brands, culture and the world around them.

You'll be someone who:

• Has experience in an agency environment, ideally with a background in PR, communications or integrated agency work
• Is interested in moving into a more integrated environment and excited by the opportunity to work across different disciplines
• Is close, connected and curious about culture, the world of press and social, and the conversations shaping audiences' lives
• Takes ownership of their workload and can be relied upon to keep projects moving and deadlines on track
• Is confident asking questions and challenging briefs to help teams solve the right problem
• Wants to understand their clients' businesses, categories, competitors and consumers rather than simply managing tasks
• Brings energy, enthusiasm and a genuine hunger to learn and develop their craft
• Is comfortable working collaboratively across creative, strategy, social, PR, media and other disciplines
• Is interested in new technology and how it can make the work sharper, faster and more effective
• Has strong attention to detail and understands the importance of commercial and financial discipline
• Is keen to develop their confidence in client conversations, presentations and creative reviews
• Wants to contribute to the wider agency and make an impact beyond their day-to-day role

Why IRIS?

IRIS is built around the belief that integrated thinking creates better work and better business outcomes. We bring together different disciplines, perspectives and capabilities to solve problems in ways that go beyond traditional agency boundaries.

For someone coming from a PR background, this is an opportunity to take that specialist understanding of press, social, culture and audiences and bring it into a broader integrated environment, working alongside different disciplines to create bigger and more connected ideas.

Our culture is built around three things: Passion, Proactivity and Performance. We want people who care deeply about what they do, take the initiative to make things happen and hold themselves and others to a high standard.

IRIS is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.