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Account Manager

Employer
Alexander James Recruitment Ltd
Location
London (City of), London (Greater)
Salary
£35 - 38K
Closing date
6 Oct 2018

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Job Details

Based in the City of London our client is a well -established and successful PR agency with an impressive reputation. Their clients range in size from FTSE 100 companies to start ups across a wide variety of industry sectors

Due to recent promotion in the team our client is looking to bring on an Account manager to join this busy, friendly and cohesive team.  They’ve pushed the boundaries and this is one of those roles where consumer meets corporate, and you get the best of both sectors!

Principal responsibilities

  • Manage small to medium sized clients
  • Coach junior staff
  • Support AD, acting as ‘second in command’
  • Fulfil new business responsibilities
  • Continue to develop media relations and digital PR skills

PR and client

  • Provide general PR counsel at appropriate levels within the client base
  • Maintain day to day relationships with client contacts
  • Create press releases, case studies, online material, articles, white papers, surveys and other similar content with minimal support and only minor editing from AD
  • Ensure that features tracking is implemented effectively across the team
  • Maintain relationships with analysts and journalists across a range of publications.  Be on first name terms with major trade and national journalists
  • Discuss issues and facts with client and the media, sounding knowledgeable, enthusiastic and authoritative in client's business area
  • Demonstrate industry knowledge and understanding of client and its culture.  Use this to be a more effective PR professional
  • Look for new ways to provide added value to clients and constantly revitalise client engagements
  • Create and convert new business opportunities.  Engage in other new business activities with directors and ADs as necessary, suggest and implement ideas. 
  • Understand how digital and other tactics fit into overall PR programmes and be able to sell new ideas into clients
  • Develop specialist industry knowledge or PR skill
  • Read the business section of a national/broadsheet newspaper every day
  • Have a working knowledge of digital tools such as buzz monitoring, blog publishing software, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn etc

Management

  • Take a constant overview of accounts on which you are the principal point of contact and ensure that the team meets their client commitments
  • Plan own work and meet all commitments, prioritise work well and exceed agreed deliverables
  • Must be able to cope with interruptions to planned work and honest feedback from managers
  • Train, manage and support nominated senior account executives and account executives day to day
  • Manage career development of nominated SAEs and AEs – make recommendations for training
  • Be able to suggest solutions to staff or client problems when they arise
  • Demonstrate knowledge of business principles and issues (i.e. profit/loss, company law, co. structure) 
  • Understand billing procedures
  • Demonstrate effective delegation skills and learn motivational techniques

Benefits

  • 25 Days Holidays
  • Contributory pension – you pay, they match!
  • Private healthcare
  • Life Assurance
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers
  • Eye care Vouchers

Company

A keen appreciation and understanding of people is the Alexander James seal of excellence. It helps explain why we’ve established such an enviable track record over a period of 10 years in PR and Communications recruitment.

Filling person-spaces in organisations means assembling all pieces of the puzzle to build a complete picture of a potential candidate – their experiences, their talents and gifts, their personality.

In the world of recruitment, experience really does count. As does an innate ability to read people.

Company info
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Location
Headley House
Parklands
Railton Road
Guildford
GU2 9JX
GB

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