Senior Account Executive - Consumer Tech

Axicom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Axicom is seeking a Senior Account Executive to drive media relations and consumer tech storytelling. You will manage press relationships, craft compelling pitches and press materials, and act as a trusted contact for key clients. The role focuses on launching smartphones, fitness tech, and smart home campaigns with a collaborative team.

You will join a hybrid London team, working across consumer technology and lifestyle brands, with opportunities to grow into a consumer tech specialist role.

Qualifications

• Established early career PR experience, two years or more in consumer lifestyle or consumer technology sectors.
• Strong interest in the UK consumer technology landscape and UK media.
• Proven ability to execute and manage media sell-ins across multiple clients.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and manage time effectively.
• Solid writing skills with experience in writing press materials.
• Energetic, passionate about PR & communications with initiative and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Own media relationships with consumer technology, lifestyle, and national press; grow the contact base.
• Write press releases, media pitches, and develop smart content for clients.
• Build relationships with clients; be the main point of contact on projects.
• Spot media opportunities and trends to creatively solve problems for accounts.
• Help the team keep accounts organized and update clients on activity.
• Foster UK media landscape interest and share relevant news with the team.

Skills

Media relations

Writing

Client communications

Proactivity

Account organisation

Media interest

Team player

Job description

Senior Account Executive - Consumer Tech

London, England, United Kingdom

Who we are:

We are Axicom, part of WPP, an award-winning global communications agency for tech-driven brands. We bring together a diverse team of PR professionals passionate about integrated communications and telling the transformative stories of technology. With offices in the Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Brazil, and Mexico, we are the largest global agency specializing in tech communication.
We're proud to be recently recognized as Agency of the Future, Disruptive Agency of the Year, and Best PR Network to Work For (EMEA). This underscores our commitment to innovation, growth, and fostering a collaborative culture. Since 1994, we've delivered ground-breaking campaigns for the world's most innovative tech companies, and we are always seeking new talent to join our team of Futurists.

WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com .

More about the role We are an award-winning team of PR pros who are proud to be PRovoke’s Technology Agency of the Year in 2025 at the EMEA Sabre Awards. We bring together a diverse group of people who share a passion and deep understanding of the technology landscape and tech storytelling and we are looking for new talent to join our team.

Axicomdelivers communication campaigns for some of the world’s most innovative technology companies. From offices in Amsterdam, Austin, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Stockholm,Axicomdesigns, builds, and delivers ground-breaking and thought-provoking campaigns. We offer our clients PR consultancy, creative strategy, media relations, influencer engagement, content, digital marketing, and integrated communications.

As a Senior Account Executive at Axicom, you will work with leading consumertechnology businesses who are shaping how we live and work. This role is perfect for an ambitious individual a few years into their PR career, who is looking to become a consumer technology specialist. You’ll be working with a team launching the latest smartphones and fitness tech products and delivering creative press office and campaign stories across gaming and smart home brands.

We’relooking for someone whohas a passion for the tech space, so if you are a gamer, a gadget nerd or just someone who loves working in the consumer tech landscape this is the role for you. Someone who loves the thrill of securing coverage in today’s media landscape, is always reading the newestsubstack or hunting out the latest YouTuber for theirclients, enjoys heading to trade shows across the world and who has the attention to detail and creative mindset todeliverstand outevents, experiencesand campaignsand wants to be part of a teamthat always goes the extra mile.

We are an agency of Futurists not Followers, so if you are top of your game, ambitious and wanting to work with people who are looking to the future of comms now. This is the role for you.

Our London Office Axicomhas a significant presence in London, as one of our global office locations, enabling us to deliver ground-breaking campaigns for our clients.

Whatyou'lldo

• Media relations: Own media relationships with consumer technology,lifestyleand national press, be a go to in the team for the press we need to be speaking to, building on relationships you already have and establishing new ones. You’ll have a good bank of contacts and want to grow this further.
• Writing: You’ll be writing press releases, media pitches and developing smart content for your clients. We want someone who knows how to tell a story that media will love and clients will sign off
• Client communications: You’ll confidently build relationships with clients, speaking to them regularly as the main point of contact on specific projects, joining weekly calls and proactively updating them on activity taking place. We firmly believe the best work happens when we act as one team with our clients and want engaging, confident people who want build professional relationships with their clients.
• Proactivity: Spot media opportunities, cultural trends and points of interest for your clients, identify ways to creatively solve problems and contribute proactively to your accounts
• Account organisation: You will help your team keep accounts organised, update clients intimately ways and be aware and proactive in keeping your account leads updated
• Media interest : Outside of specific pitches and sell ins you will be expected to foster an interest in the UK media landscape from following relevant journalists to your clients, reading media relevant to clients and actively sharing with your teams
• Team player: Play an active and helpful part in client teams and broader Axicom initiatives, demonstrating effective time management and acting as an agency ambassador.

Experience that contributes to success

• Established early career PR experience, two years or more experience across the consumer lifestyle or consumer technology sectors
• A strong interest in the UK consumer technology landscape and UK media
• Proven ability to execute and manage media sell ins, work on multiple clients and strong interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks at any one time and excellent time management skills
• Solid writing skills with experience in writing press materials
• Energetic and passionate about PR & communications
• High levels of Intelligence, Initiative, and Integrity, with an ambition to create award-winning work.

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You belong at Axicom:

Our vision is for Axicom, a Burson Group company, to be the leading ‘academy company’ for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders. We provide a dynamic environment where ambitious colleagues come to elevate their skills, expand their networks, and ultimately, produce the best solutions for today’s leading brands. Our commitment to your growth is reflected in our robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain top talent. We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.

At Axicom, we’re an agency of learn-it-alls. We recognize that the things we do best, creativity and communications, require a level of nuanced understanding. That’s why it’s imperative for us to hire extraordinarily talented people of all backgrounds and identities. Without that we can’t do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners. Your unique point of view—your talent—is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it’s how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.