Senior Account Executive: Own Campaigns & Build Client Partners

Freud Communications Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Freud Communications Limited in London is seeking a Senior Account Executive who will move from execution to ownership, running assigned projects with growing independence and building trusted relationships with mid-level client contacts. You will be a reliable engine of the team, supporting junior colleagues and delivering high-quality, client-ready outputs.

We are looking for solid communications experience, sharp writing, strong media instincts, sound judgement and the confidence to manage

Qualifications

• Prior experience in consumer or corporate PR, gained in agency or in-house.
• Strong writing ability across formats: press releases, reports, statements, and online copy.
• Confident handling of media enquiries and proactive sell-ins.
• Excellent time management and responsiveness in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to juggle multiple accounts and workstreams with varying demands.
• Solid grasp of the daily news agenda and broader industry context.
• Familiarity with AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Keep activity moving, anticipating next steps and escalating issues as they arise.
• Build trusted day-to-day relationships with junior and mid-level client contacts, providing clear updates and well-prepared meeting follow-ups.
• Produce high-quality, increasingly client-ready written materials, including press releases, messaging documents, reports, statements, social copy and briefing notes.
• Use strong news, cultural and audience awareness to identify relevant opportunities, develop media angles and contribute ideas that move beyond basic execution.
• Handle media activity with confidence, from proactive sell-ins and journalist follow-up to handling reactive enquiries and drafting responses for senior review.
• Maintain strong journalist, influencer and partner relationships, understanding who matters for each client and how best to engage them.
• Coordinate campaign delivery across media, social, influencer, partnerships, experiential and specialist teams, ensuring work is joined up and deadlines are met.
• Prepare agendas, contact reports, status documents, coverage updates and evaluation reports that are accurate, useful and delivered on time.
• Support measurement and optimisation by tracking performance, drawing out insights and suggesting practical improvements for future activity.
• Guide and support junior colleagues by briefing tasks clearly, reviewing first drafts where appropriate and helping maintain team momentum.
• Develop commercial awareness by understanding scopes of work, time allocation, budgets and the importance of delivering efficiently against client priorities.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to improve research, ideation, drafting, reporting and workflow efficiency, while applying sound judgement and quality control.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work—bringing passion to everything we do and the resilience to see it through.

Skills

PR experience

Strong writing

Media handling

Time management

Account juggling

News awareness

AI tools familiarity

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Freud Communications Limited in London is seeking a Senior Account Executive who will move from execution to ownership, running assigned projects with growing independence and building trusted relationships with mid-level client contacts. You will be a reliable engine of the team, supporting junior colleagues and delivering high-quality, client-ready outputs.

We are looking for solid communications experience, sharp writing, strong media instincts, sound judgement and the confidence to manage