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Senior Account Executive

Employer
Ogilvy
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
25 May 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Press / Media Relations
Seniority
Senior Executive

Job Details

Senior Account Executive

Capability:  PR & Influence

Reporting To: Account Director

The Role:

We are looking for an energetic, results driven Senior Account Executive. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience in PR and be passionate about delivering outstanding coverage for their clients. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in news, consumer PR, with exceptional contacts across traditional, digital and social media.

Key Responsibilities:

  • PR SPECIFIC:
  • Write press releases, news stories and photo captions
  • Pitch stories, press releases and features by phone, face-to-face meetings and email to national, regional and trade journalists across print, broadcast, online and influencers
  • Strong relationships with news, picture, consumer and lifestyle media contacts
  • Good time management to ensure response to media in a timely manner
  • Monitor media coverage and report results to client in timely manner
  • Ability to write briefing documents for photographers, videographers and talent
  • Ability to schedule media plans for talent media days

 

 

  • CLIENT SERVICING:
  • Excellent client servicing including time-keeping and general communication on both the phone and email
  • Ability to deliver above and beyond KPIs
  • Attend client events
  • Brainstorm to develop ideas and PR plans to make them truly exceptional
  • Deliver analytics reports on media and social media, including readership, engagement and follower figures

 

 

  • GENERAL:
  • Daily monitoring of the news agenda across the agency’s business (shared amongst the entire PR team)
  • Management of cost trackers  
  • Report to two separate team Account Directors

 

 

Must Haves:

  • At least two years’ PR experience
  • Contacts across lifestyle, consumer and sports media
  • Proven ability to deliver on KPIs  
  • Understanding public relations and influencer relations in all of its guises
  • Ability to write well and develop Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other collateral materials
  • Passionate. Energetic. Strong positive attitude
  • Strong writing skills
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Company

Our vision is to inspire brands and people to impact the world. To create big ideas that make a significant contribution to the planet, society, and the bottom line.   We believe in today’s world this is the best way for our clients to achieve sustainable growth.   

We achieve this by breaking down the barriers that restrict talent and ideas.   

Which is why our teams work fluidly across 5 capabilities: Advertising, Innovation, Experience, PR and Health.   This allows us to not only operate but innovate at the intersection of capabilities and talent.  We believe impact and magic lies at this intersection.   Ogilvy scales this by seamlessly connecting and accessing the deep cultural expertise of 132 offices in 83 countries.   

The result is multifaceted ideas for our clients that drive impact and are born from the intersection of platform x culture x technology.     

We call this Borderless Creativity.   

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