Senior Pr Account Director

AF Selection Ltd.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AF Selection Ltd. is partnering with a leading Manchester integrated agency to recruit a Senior PR Account Director.

You will influence client outcomes, lead major B2B relationships, and craft strategic communications that tackle real business challenges across technology, financial services, and corporate brands. You’ll shape reputation, positioning, and thought leadership while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring peers to achieve outstanding results.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in B2B PR and communications.
• Strong track record leading complex client relationships.
• Ability to provide strategic counsel and influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead key B2B client relationships and guide strategic communications.
• Provide strategic counsel to clients, spotting opportunities others miss.
• Shape thought leadership for technology and financial services clients.
• Collaborate with creative and digital teams on integrated campaigns.
• Mentor junior team members and mentor colleagues to drive results.

Skills

B2B PR

Client leadership

Strategic advisory

Mentoring

Job description

Let’s face it, agency life isn’t always plain sailing.

Markets change. Industries evolve. Clients come and go. The agencies that stand the test of time are usually the ones that refuse to stand still. That’s exactly what happened here.

We’re partnering with one of Manchester’s most respected integrated agencies. A business that’s weathered economic storms, adapted to changing landscapes and continuously reinvented itself along the way. The result is an agency that’s become a genuine success story, trusted by ambitious brands and packed with talented people who genuinely enjoy what they do.

The opportunity

This isn’t a role for someone who simply manages accounts. It’s for someone who influences them.

As Senior PR Account Director, you’ll lead some of the agency’s most important B2B client relationships, providing strategic counsel, spotting opportunities others miss and helping clients tackle real business challenges through communications.

One day you’ll be advising a technology brand on reputation and positioning. The next, shaping thought leadership for a financial services client or collaborating with creative and digital teams on an integrated campaign.

You’ll have a genuine seat at the table. Clients will trust your judgement, colleagues will value your expertise, and you’ll have the freedom to make things happen.

The clients

The portfolio spans technology, financial services, professional services, and corporate brands.

These are long-standing partnerships built on trust, smart thinking, and consistently delivering results. Success here comes from getting under the skin of a client’s business and becoming a genuine extension of their team.

You

You’ll likely already be operating at Account Director or Senior Account Director level within an agency environment and be ready for a role where your experience carries real influence.

You understand what keeps leadership teams awake at night and where communications can create genuine business impact. You’ll bring strong experience across B2B PR, a track record of leading complex client relationships and the credibility to challenge constructively when needed. You’re confident presenting ideas, developing strategies and turning opportunities into meaningful results.

Just as importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys bringing people with you. Whether that’s mentoring junior team members, supporting colleagues or helping clients see things from a different perspective, you know that the strongest outcomes are usually achieved together.

In return

This is an agency that genuinely invests in its people. The leadership team are passionate about development and proud of the careers they’ve helped build. You’ll be supported, trusted and given every opportunity to progress.

The salary is around £60 – 65,000, but the real attraction is the culture. Ambitious without ego. Talented without the noise. Supportive, collaborative and refreshingly down-to-earth.

Sometimes all it takes is finding the right place to grow.