Account Director
- Employer
- Capstone Hill Search
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- c£50k plus a wide range of benefits
- Closing date
- 2 Feb 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Marketing Communications, Consumer
- Seniority
- Senior Management, Manager / Mid-Management
Job Details
A highly successful Consumer PR agency is looking to bring in an Account Director to work on a range of clients in verticals such as Food & Drink, Consumer Technology and Automotive.
Benefits Include:
- Company Apple Laptop
- Extra 3 days holiday between Christmas and New Year
- Different finishing hours for Weddings, Valentines Day and Birthdays.
- Regular Friday Drinks
- Sabbaticals
- An award-winning training program
This role is designed to hone in the new employee’s skills in implementing different tactics across a number or PR and Social media accounts. The successful candidate will get a complete experience with tutoring from a seasoned Director, with the hope that they will become a future star of the business. This 30-person agency is known for having a vibrant, social atmosphere with clients that have been retained for 7 years+ and new business being won regularly.
The Role:
- Manage high profile consumer brand accounts to an extremely high standard
- Exacting in delivery, with an extremely high level of rigour, account servicing and project management
- Run different types of communications programmes, from brand building, to a day-to-day ‘drumbeat’ press office, to content and digital
- Lead account teams to achieve impactful results
- Be all over the news agenda, trends, the latest openings, people and events and use this to come up with news angles, ideas, content for clients
- Strong writing skills - whether a thought leader piece or a social post
- Always set the bar high to which junior colleagues can aspire, whilst mentoring, nurturing and motivating them every day
The Person:
- Experience in a Consumer PR agency.
- Agency experience up to Senior Account Manager/Account Director or the In-house equivalent
- Experience running, devising and leading Consumer campaigns
- Mentoring and managing junior team members
- Proven track record of leading new business initiatives
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For more information call Gemma McCartney: 020 7017 3082 – [email protected]
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Capstone Hill: Public & media relations, corporate & public affairs, digital, marketing communications, stakeholder, government & investor relations. Working across UK & Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia.
New York – London – Sydney – Melbourne - Chicago
Company
Capstone Hill Search is a specialist consultancy focusing on communications and marketing recruitment in Europe, US and Australia.
Capstone Hill Search was founded on the principle that to successfully search for, select and appoint high quality practitioners in this field recruiters must first have an in-depth understanding of the industry and the roles they seek to fill.
Capstone Hill Search combines extensive industry specific, on-the-job experience with proven recruitment expertise and leading edge practices to confirm capability, personality and cultural fit, and ultimately deliver outstanding people to your business.
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- Website
- https://www.capstonehillsearch.com/
- Telephone
- 44 (0)20 7017 3080
- Location
-
9 Appold Street
8th floor
London
EC2A 2AP
GB
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