Account Manager - Top Consumer PR Agency - Travel and Luxury Sectors, London
- Employer
- Media Contacts
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £32000 - £37000 per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Oct 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Consumer
- Seniority
- Senior Executive, Manager / Mid-Management
- Sector
- Travel and Tourism
Job Details
A leading Luxury and Travel PR agency is looking for an Account Manager to join their superstar team. The successful individual will join a friendly and experienced team and work on some of the hottest consumer brands in the market.
This is a world-class luxury and lifestyle communications agency, recognised for creating unique and unexpected partnerships and for generating inspirational ideas and collaborations across the global luxury market.
Ideally, we are seeing someone with an agency background and knowledge of the luxury market, as well as an excellent network of media contacts.
Benefits include competitive salary, pension scheme, private health insurance, subsidised gym membership, and 23 days’ annual leave (plus a ‘Birthday Day’ and the Christmas period when the office closes).
The Account Manager will:
- Have a proven track record of delivering coverage and implementing media campaigns
- Strong media contacts, extending to influencers, and love selling in
- Produce engaging and professional content that is concise and compelling
- Be a quick thinker, able to identify a trend and position clients accordingly
- Be a strategic thinker with the ability to create and develop unique and commercially impactful campaigns
- Be adept at building strong, trusted relationships with journalists
- Identify feature opportunities; understand business issues or product requirements to sell in features
- Be adept at delivering digital / social media as part of your campaign
- Come with lots of ideas, demonstrating an ability to contribute to winning new business
- Proactively look for opportunities for clients, driving the media relations programme
- Have a self-starter attitude and be able to deliver high quality work as part of a team
- Have effective management skills and be adept at providing leadership and direction for more junior members of the team
The Account Manager will demonstrate:
- Confidence in building relationships and selling in ideas and opportunities to media contacts
- Good industry knowledge and experience in building influential networks
- Outstanding organisation with an ability to manage multiple projects and portfolios
- An ability to multitask and prioritise clients and workload
- An understanding of financial controls on all accounts, mark-up rules and budgeting procedures
- A high standard of writing across multiple platforms, tailoring content to the audience / market
- The ability to organise and manage events and suppliers
- The ability to negotiate effectively, briefing designers, photographers etc.
To apply or find out more about this role please send your CV to [email protected] or call 020 7359 8244.
Visit our website media-contacts.co.uk to see other vacancies we are currently recruiting for!
Do you know someone who may be suitable for this role? Should you introduce a candidate to Media Contacts who we subsequently place, we will send you a £150 retail gift voucher!
Visit our website media-contacts.co.uk to see other vacancies we are currently recruiting for!
Do you know someone who may be suitable for this role? Should you introduce a candidate to Media Contacts who we subsequently place, we will send you a £150 retail gift voucher!
Company
Media Contacts is a specialist communications recruitment agency - having been around since 1993, we’ve built up an extensive network of contacts who have come to value the advice and expertise we provide.
The company began solely as a London-based media sales and editorial recruiter, but has since expanded into a range of other areas: media, events, marketing, PR and healthcare communications among them. We also work internationally and have clients across Europe, North America and Asia.
- Website
- http://www.media-contacts.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7359 8244
- Location
-
The Windsor Centre
Windsor Street
Islington
London
Greater London
N1 8QG
GB
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