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Senior Account Executive - Hospitality and Travel - Super PR Agency – London - to £30,000

Employer
Median
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
to £30,000 depending on experience
Closing date
15 Nov 2018

Job Details

Senior Account Executive - Hospitality and Travel - Super PR Agency – London - to £30,000 depending on experience 

With over two decades of industry experience my client understands how restaurants, bars and hotels work and, more importantly, how to make a success of them. They are proud to be the agency of choice for so many operators, guiding them through the initial stages of their business and partnering with them for the long term. It’s their effective approach that’s helped brands grow from a single restaurant to over 100 sites in the UK and overseas.

My client is now seeking a Senior Account Executive to join their busy team, supporting the account manager and account director and managing account executive/interns as appropriate to ensure all the accounts run smoothly.

-           To drive media coverage, either directly or through other members of the team, as appropriate.

-           To take direction on your accounts on a day-to-day basis, taking control of your workload and             ensuring deadlines are met.

Responsibilities:

  • Sell-in stories to all media across news, features, food, lifestyle, business etc. 
  • Proactively develop additional media angles, ensuring optimum coverage at all times.
  • Writing press releases, organise and oversee press reviews and bookings, photography and photo calls. 
  • Stay abreast of developments in the media, including social media - be aware of regular relevant features and columns that impact on your clients. 
  • Follow opening campaigns and calendars for clients.
  • Pro-actively meet new press contacts and identify new leads/opportunities for coverage.
  • Maintain professional, friendly, approachable relations with your clients.
  • Responsible for collating monthly/weekly status reports and activity updates.
  • Attend client meetings and events, create contact reports for meetings attended.
  • Participate in brainstorming sessions.
  • Copywriting for newsletters and client literature.
  • Contribute to pitch documents and attend pitches where necessary.
  • Organise and attend media events and launches to support the AM/AD.
  • Mentoring junior colleagues.

Requirements:

  • Have excellent interpersonal skills
  • Has strong writing skills and a creative approach
  • Has or can quickly make and establish good media contacts and can convert coverage
  • Ability to write accurate status and update reports, as required
  • Ability to build good relations with clients and team members, establish credibility quickly
  • Organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.

In return for your talent and endeavour, my client offers a competitive salary of up to £30,000 depending on experience and an opportunity to further your career working on some amazing accounts.

Please forward your CV without delay and in complete confidence to [email protected]          

Company

Two Time Winner – Recruiter Awards for Excellence

Median Recruitment is one of the UK’s leading specialist PR and communications recruitment consultancies. Established in 1998, over the years Median has helped literally thousands of Public Relations professionals take their next step on the career ladder.

Our success means we have received an unprecedented five consecutive nominations at the prestigious Recruiter Awards for Excellence in the category of “Best Media Recruiter” with wins in 2006 and 2007.

At present we are recruiting on behalf of many of the top 100 UK and international PR agencies, in addition to the in-house PR departments of several world renowned blue-chip companies.

To assist our candidates, we have dedicated recruiters at all levels of PR, from graduate entry level through to account management, right up to board level. In addition, we have a team dedicated to freelance and contract positions. The team consists of highly intelligent consultants, some of whom are from the PR industry itself.

Through referrals, incentive schemes, network events and with a brand that is now entrenched in the PR market, Median attracts a wide audience of PR candidates. As a result we have been able to seriously invest in advertising and our banners, buttons and job advertisements are by far the most recognised on all the main leading PR job boards, websites and publications.

Located in the heart of London’s West End, Median Recruitment truly understands the specific requirements of PR firms and in-house departments; that’s why so many of them trust us, and us alone, to search and select their candidates.

Please don’t hesitate to contact one of our consultants on 020 7292 0455 for further information or visit our website at www.medianrecruit.co.uk

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Telephone
020 7292 0455
Location
3 Kingly Street
London
W1B 5PD
GB

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