Account Executive / Senior Account Executive – Financial Communications
- Employer
- JFL
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £Highly Competitive DOE
- Closing date
- 9 Oct 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Financial PR
- Seniority
- Senior Executive, Junior, Executive
- Sector
- Associations / Institutions, Industrials, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, Mixed / General
- Business Type
- Agency / Consultancy
- Benefits
- Additional Maternity / Paternity Benefits, Bonus, Critical Illness Insurance, Dental Care Plans, Employee Referral Bonus, Flexible Working Hours, Free or Subsidised Canteen, Free or Subsidised Travel, Healthcare Protection, Holiday Allowance, Income Protection, Life Assurance, Lifestyle Benefits, Pension, Remote Working, Season Ticket Loan, Wellness Programmes
Job Details
Are you an ambitious junior PR looking for a career making opportunity?
An established strategic communications consultancy is looking for an entrepreneurial Account Executive / Senior Account Executive to join their close-knit team. Working across a variety of well-known organisations, this role is the ideal opportunity for a junior candidate looking to make their mark within a high-calibre team and gain top tier exposure to client advisory and media engagement.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrable knowledge of the business world and a genuine interest in the media, understand who’s who in journalism and what their various opinions are, and be hungry to learn.
Resposnibilities:
- Managing the media programme schedules for the client teams
- Drafting client documentation, including presentations, key messages, Q&A, press releases etc.
- Researching and analysing competitors for clients and presenting findings
- Researching target clients, their market place and competitors and compiling new business packs to support business development initiatives
- Prepare briefings for clients
- Shadowing senior team members during client meetings and calls and building a solid understanding of how the client / consultant relationship works
- Thinking creatively and proactively to respond to client requests, building direct client relationships
- Handling media enquires
Requirements:
- Proven work experience, ideally within a comms environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- High standard of written work
- Comprehensive understanding of financial media
- Strong planning and prioritisation skills
- Interest in the capital markets and building financial acumen over time
- Accountability for written work and excellent attention to detail
- Proactive and self-starting
This role is a fantastic opportunity for a junior candidate to really build their career! To apply, or for more information, please email your CV to [email protected]
Company
At JFL, we are devoted to our company values: INSIGHT, INTEGRITY & RESULTS. We’re in the business to help candidates and clients tell their stories through building careers and world-class communications teams.
JFL is a specialist communications recruitment consultancy – we work with some of the best-known brands in the world and help clients and candidates tell their career stories. We are a results-driven business with a close-knit team, motivated by success and passionate about our values.
Our team have an incredible network, and we punch well above our weight! We work with some amazing and challenging brands and pride ourselves on building long term relationships with both clients and candidates. Our expertise covers all sectors including Corporate, Consumer, Entertainment, Technology, Luxury, Lifestyle, Digital, Sustainability, Charity, Public Affairs & Policy, and Marketing Communications.
Please see our website for our contact details – www.jflrecruit.com
- Website
- http://www.jflrecruit.com/
- Telephone
- 07960500089
- Location
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Soho Works White City
2, Television Centre
London
London
W12 7FR
United Kingdom
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