Job Description

Salary: 355,000 - 365,000 per annum Location: Greater London,Central London Job Type: Freelance Temp to Perm - Corporate comms/PR Account Director needed to join boutique agency in London!
ABOUT THE COMPANY

• Our client is a boutique PR and comms agency covering: corporate communications, campaigning and activation, digital insight and engagement, international media relations and brand and marketing consultancy. Their clients are both b2b and b2c and they specialise in using data to cut through the noise to ensure their clients' brand reputation is protected and enhanced at every stage.
• Very friendly, down to earth culture, the people there really enjoy delivering best in class strategic corporate comms for their clients.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As Account Director, you will;

• Develop and lead corporate communication strategies from design through to execution aligning them with the client's key business objectives
• Plan and implement innovative and impactful campaigns
• Combine creativity with knowledge of the media to recognise media angles and generate positive news coverage, profile pieces and features across a broad media spectrum
• Write "journalist quality" press releases, demonstrating excellent writing skills and a flair for creative writing, also know how to craft a story and pitch it to the media
• Assist in the reporting, analysis and evaluation of PR campaigns
• Liaise with the client, international partnership agencies and act as key point of contact in support of senior consultants
• Sell ideas, promotions and features to clients and media

Why you'll love it here;

• circa 360k based on experience
• Hybrid working from Waterloo 4 dpw (1 from home)

ABOUT YOU
The successful Account Director will have/be:

• Minimum 6 years experience working in Account Management in an corporate communications agency
• Experience of working across account and campaigns on an international level
• A demonstrable track record in corporate communications, both B2C and B2B
• Understand new categories and grow understanding of regulated environments
• A proven track record of pitching new business, selling strategies and campaigns that demonstrate an understanding of a client's objectives / challenges

You MUST have the right to work in the UK - visa sponsorship is not available.
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