Account Director - Manage a Press Office
- Employer
- Latte
- Location
- London, Soho
- Salary
- £45,000 - £50,000
- Closing date
- 15 May 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Consumer
- Seniority
- Senior Management
- Sector
- Technology
Job Details
About the agency
These guys work with some of the world’s most well-known technology brands. And it's the agency's strategic thinking and creative campaigns that lure these big brands in. They know how to develop long-term strategies which position brands in creatively compelling ways to drive audiences to engage.
Their clients are the Amazons and Facebooks of the world alongside fast-growing challenger brands. Depending on what team you work in, you’ll experience you might be protecting a major brand during times of crisis or helping a challenger with their next round of funding.
- In the past twelve months, they have won a multitude of major clients growing the team from 40 to 55 people.
- Love your workplace with a rooftop bar, cocktails at 4 pm on Fridays and a kick-ass MD. Everyone is there for each other as much as they are their clients. So when you see one team going hard for an event, you’ll see everyone else checking on them, taking treats and helping where they can.
- You’ll be given a helping hand every step of the way and clear guidance on developing your skillset in a number of areas. You'll really be thinking about how what and why of what you are doing.
About you
- You will have experience in managing the press office function for a major global brand. This experience will ideally span both consumer & corporate but either focus will be considered.
- You’ll know how to train a team to follow the news agenda, identify potential threats and what stories the client should be updated on.
- You’ll have a collaborative team player approach and enjoying mentoring and developing your team
Benefits
- Flexible hours
- Rooftop bar
- In-house subsidised cafe
- Sabbaticals for the length of service
- 22 days’ holiday + Christmas shut down + birthday off + an extra day for each year of service
- Free TV subscription service
In this role, you will
- Protect this major band that is constantly innovating and pushing boundaries. You’ll create statements of position, meet with journalists to give facts and follow stories that could affect the brand.
- Mentor and develop a team to be effective media operators. You’ll help them manage the busy inflow of reactive media enquires, craft engaging stories to pitch and train them how to deal with difficult journalist questions
- Develop and manage the media strategy and brand messaging
Company
Latte is a PR & Comms recruitment agency that places proper PR talent into London’s most creative and strategic PR jobs. We give open advice to candidates to support career moves and we stay with them every step of the voyage. We’ve put the human back in human resources by sticking it to the hard sell and allowing PR people to make decisions based on real insight and information we provide. And just because some people ask – no, our super service doesn’t cost the candidate a thing, we’re literally just doing what all recruiters should be.
As for our clients, well, we have awesome relationships with them because they trust us. We don’t send CVs without certainty of potential fit and we’re picky about which agencies, brands and tech start-ups we recruit for so that we attract solid PR candidates. That means only working with London’s most creative and strategic.
- Website
- http://www.wearelatte.com/
- Telephone
- 07544431759
- Location
-
9 Appold Street
London
London
EC2A 2AP
GB
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