Senior PR Account Director

AF Selection Ltd.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AF Selection Ltd. in Manchester is seeking a Senior PR Account Director to shape client strategy and drive results for ambitious B2B brands.

You will lead key relationships, provide strategic counsel, and collaborate with creative and digital teams on integrated campaigns that elevate reputation and deliver business impact.

This role offers a trusted seat at the table, mentoring opportunities for junior colleagues, and the chance to translate complex challenges into effective communications.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in B2B PR and strategic communications.
• Track record of leading complex client relationships and delivering results.
• Able to translate business challenges into effective communications strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead key B2B client relationships and provide strategic counsel.
• Help ambitious organisations tackle business challenges through communications.
• Advise on reputation and positioning for technology/financial services brands.
• Collaborate with creative and digital teams on integrated campaigns.

Skills

B2B PR

Strategic communications

Client relationship leadership

Mentoring juniors

Job description

Ready for an agency role where your experience really counts?

Agency life isn’t always plain sailing. Markets change, industries evolve and clients come and go. The agencies that thrive are the ones that know how to adapt.

We’re working with one of Manchester’s most respected integrated agencies, a business that has continually evolved to stay ahead and built a reputation for delivering brilliant work for ambitious brands. With talented people, long-standing client relationships and a genuinely collaborative culture, it’s a great place to make your mark.

The role

This is about more than managing accounts. It’s about influencing them.

As Senior PR Account Director, you’ll lead key B2B client relationships, provide strategic counsel and help ambitious organisations tackle real business challenges through communications.

You could be advising a technology brand on reputation and positioning one day, shaping thought leadership for a financial services client the next, or collaborating with creative and digital teams on an integrated campaign.

You’ll have a genuine seat at the table, with the trust and freedom to shape strategies, identify opportunities and make things happen.

The clients

The portfolio spans technology, financial services, professional services and corporate brands, with many relationships built on long-standing partnerships and mutual trust.

The focus is on understanding clients’ businesses, becoming a trusted adviser and delivering communications that make a genuine difference.

About you

You’ll likely be working at Account Director or Senior Account Director level within an agency and ready to take your next step in a role where your expertise and ideas carry real weight.

You’ll bring:

• Strong experience in B2B PR and strategic communications.
• A track record of leading complex client relationships and delivering results.The confidence to advise senior stakeholders, present ideas and challenge constructively.
• The ability to spot opportunities and translate business challenges into effective communications strategies.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to mentor junior colleagues and bring people together to achieve great work.

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to work with ambitious, high-profile B2B clients.
• A supportive leadership team that genuinely invests in people and their development.
• The freedom to influence client strategy and make a real impact.
• A down-to-earth agency culture where collaboration matters more than egos.

This is an ambitious agency without the unnecessary noise. Talented people, great clients and a leadership team that cares about helping its people build successful careers.