Account Director - Seconded

Overview

About Us

The Role

Key Roles And Responsibilities

• Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective
• Counselling clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.
• Overseeing client programmes and driving integrated campaigns.
• Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities.
• Directing media engagement strategy for clients and coaching teams to activate and deliver coverage, leading from the front.
• Strong understanding of sector landscape - energy and industrials not just on a local level, to help inform clients of best practice, share recommendations, and protect client interests and reputation.
• Ability to develop accurate commercials and contributed to new business development to grow the Edelman business.

Knowledge & Skills

• 8 to 10 years’ experience working with leading agencies.
• Experience working in the corporate sector is a must.
• Strong knowledge and experience in putting together communication strategies, tactical planning, and being the client lead.
• Ability to foster strong relations with clients, ultimately ensuring work is complete, delivered on time and earning their trust.
• Writing skills is a given - ability to offer juniors constructive feedback on how to strengthen content pieces.
• Selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to execution.
• WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
• An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge and enable you.
• We offer hybrid work environment where you can work from home twice a week.
• Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of skills
• A dynamic, collaborative and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are.
• A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth.
• *If you apply, we will review your fit against the position criteria and feedback to you.
• If your profile does not meet the criteria, we will retain your profile as an active applicant for future consideration.*
• We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.