Account Director – Top tier tech clients

Are you a Senior Account Manager eager to step up? Or an Account Director looking for a new challenge? Or maybe you are a PR Manager looking for a new challenge within a PR agency.

The Role

This Account Director role will see you taking on key senior strategic and creative client-facing responsibilities. Reporting to senior management teams and managing AE’s and AM’s, you will be responsible for

Key responsibilities:

• Client Management: Engage with clients to form strategic relationships. Provide insight and partnership across all areas of the communications spectrum, as well as delivering added-value consultancy.
• Media Relations: Maximise media relations activity for the client using strong networks and contacts. Recognise and create media opportunities in line with wider industry activity.
• Content, Digital & Social Media: Oversee the creation of immaculate, engaging and high quality content. Work collaboratively with clients to develop and implement an impactful content strategy. Recognise social media trends and proactively promote new tools to evolve and optimise client offerings.
• Reporting & Analysis: Ensure profitability on all accounts whilst effectively managing budgets. Communicate team performance internally and provide strategic advice.
• Team Collaboration: Take overall leadership responsibility for your team, including coaching, supervision, assessment and reviews. Set team objectives and monitor activity levels against budgets, negotiating with clients where necessary.

The Ideal Candidate

Agile, bold, collaborative, inquisitive and spirited. The ideal candidate for this role will be agile to opportunities; bold in their approach; collaborate with colleagues across different services or offices to deliver amazing work; keep learning and challenging the norm; be spirited and committed to develop themselves, their colleagues and the agency.

Key requirements:

• Highly commercial, with strong strategic client consultancy skills
• Relevant experience of working in a B2B, corporate or digital communications agency environment at a Senior Account Manager or Account Director level
• Well versed in social media and the integration of digital marketing into the PR landscape 
• A track record of retention and the profitable growth of existing accounts
• Considered, assertive and influential; a leader with the aptitude to develop and motivate a team
• Able to provide consultancy on PR requirements as well as broader marketing strategy
• Demonstrable success at securing new business and increasing client revenues

The Company

This truly integrated and global communications agency have quickly flourished from a “fresh on the block” start-up to a multi-national company. With nearly 30 office locations and over 500 team members, they are ranked in the top 40 in PR Week’s top 150 list.

Interested?

Send your CV across to the team at Premier Resourcing via the below application form or, alternatively, get in touch with us directly via [email protected]