Senior Account Executive - Consumer/Beauty

Golin Ketchum London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Golin Ketchum London is seeking a Senior Account Executive to join our Consumer team and lead on a major beauty account. You’ll work across high-profile campaigns, events, influencer partnerships and brand experiences, bringing creative ideas to life and delivering outstanding work for our client.

We value a proactive, organised and ambitious self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, builds strong client relationships and helps drive campaigns from planning through delivery.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a PR, social or integrated communications agency
• Beauty, lifestyle or consumer brand experience is highly desirable
• A genuine passion for beauty, social media, influencer culture and emerging consumer trends
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and willingness to roll up your sleeves
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent attention to detail and confidence working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A collaborative team player who enjoys working closely with colleagues and clients
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of budgets and project management
• Ambitious, curious and eager to develop your career within Golin Ketchum

Responsibilities

• Supporting the day-to-day running of a major beauty account
• Managing client requests and ensuring projects are delivered smoothly and on time
• Playing an active role in client meetings and status calls
• Supporting the planning and delivery of events, launches, brand experiences and activations
• Assisting with content shoots, including logistics, talent coordination and on-the-day support
• Monitoring social and cultural trends and identifying opportunities for the brand to show up in relevant conversations
• Building strong relationships with partners and and suppliers
• Managing project timelines and helping keep multiple workstreams on track
• Supporting budget management, supplier set-up, purchase orders and invoice tracking
• Contributing ideas for campaigns, activations and creative opportunities
• Supporting new business opportunities and agency initiatives where required

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Account Executive to join our Consumer team and play a key role on one of our largest and most exciting beauty accounts.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with agency experience who is passionate about beauty, social culture, creator partnerships and brand experiences. You'll work across high-profile campaigns, events, UGC, content shoots and social activations, helping to bring creative ideas to life and deliver outstanding work for our client.

We're looking for someone with a real get-up-and-go attitude. Someone who is proactive, organised and ambitious, enjoys being at the heart of the action and is always looking for ways to make things happen. You'll be a trusted member of the team, taking ownership of projects, building strong client relationships and contributing ideas that help drive our work forward.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the day-to-day running of a major beauty account
• Managing client requests and ensuring projects are delivered smoothly and on time
• Playing an active role in client meetings and status calls
• Supporting the planning and delivery of events, launches, brand experiences and activations
• Assisting with content shoots, including logistics, talent coordination and on-the-day support
• Monitoring social and cultural trends and identifying opportunities for the brand to show up in relevant conversations
• Building strong relationships with partners and and suppliers
• Managing project timelines and helping keep multiple workstreams on track
• Supporting budget management, supplier set-up, purchase orders and invoice tracking
• Contributing ideas for campaigns, activations and creative opportunities
• Supporting new business opportunities and agency initiatives where required

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience within a PR, social or integrated communications agency
• Beauty, lifestyle or consumer brand experience is highly desirable
• A genuine passion for beauty, social media, influencer culture and emerging consumer trends
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and willingness to roll up your sleeves
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent attention to detail and confidence working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A collaborative team player who enjoys working closely with colleagues and clients
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of budgets and project management
• Ambitious, curious and eager to develop your career within Golin Ketchum

About Golin Ketchum

Golin Ketchum is the most awarded public relations agency of the decade. We create change that matters for our clients and our people. The kind of change that earns attention and shapes culture to build business. Formed in 2026 from the merger of two iconic PR agencies, Golin Ketchum combines fearless creative and strategic excellence, fueled by Omnicom's industry-leading data and AI solutions, to uncover powerful insights and execute work that builds and protects the world's greatest companies.

At Golin Ketchum, culture matters. We are fiercely ambitious yet fundamentally kind and collaborate obsessively with the best clients in the world.