Senior Media Account Manager
- Employer
- Key Elements Group
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- Subject to experience - to be discussed
- Closing date
- 3 Mar 2025
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- Contract Type
- Fixed-term
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations
- Seniority
- Executive
- Sector
- Media
- Business Type
- In-house
- Benefits
- Flexible Working Hours, Holiday Allowance
Senior Media Account Manager
Key Elements Group is a strategic consultancy trusted by public and private sector clients globally to provide tailored, high-level advice that delivers results.
If you are experienced in media relationship building, and want to develop serious advocacy campaigns, then this job is for you.
To be considered for this role, the candidate must have a proven recent trackrecord of placing media articles in leading UK and U.S. media outlets, as well as strong connections in the media circles.
We are a small firm with big ambitions. We continue to grow year on year and growth brings opportunities for employees. We push back on boring corporate culture and like to have fun. We’re a meritocracy and your efforts will be rewarded. You will be provided with autonomy and responsibility (whilst being fully supported) from day one and have the opportunity to make a sizable impact.
No recruitment agencies, please.
Core Responsibilities
- Securing high-level publications in leading media for our clients
- Building media relationships
- Producing written content for clients (media articles, memos, policy briefs, research reports)
- Briefing journalists and advisors on behalf of clients
- Support the delivery of client projects across public affairs and policy work ensuring quality, impact and client satisfaction
- Developingstrategies to help clients achieve their policy/advocacy objectives
- Relationship building with key politicians, influencers, advisors, journalists and interest groups
- Providing clients with political/media intelligence and insight, highlighting any implications for the client's business
- Help organising events with senior stakeholders, politicians and journalists
Location
London, United Kingdom: we are a hybrid team working in London, and allowing flexibility.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation (based on experience)
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave
- Friendly, close-knit team
- Exposure to senior industry leaders
What we are looking for Ideal candidate
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field: political science, economics, law, international relations, journalism. etc. Master’s Degree is a plus.
- Previous proven experience in journalism (2-3 years)
- Recent track record in pitching and placing publications (including op-eds)
- Excellent writer/communicator
- Well networked in media (ideally, UK or U.S.), as well as policy circles
- ‘Can do’ proactive/entrepreneurial mindset
- Ideally understanding of the following fields: financial services; geopolitics; data/tech/AI.
- Makes things happen, is proactive and action-orientation
- Communicates complex ideas with clarity
- Public Affairs knowledge and/or experience
- When faced with an obstacle, thinks creatively of potential solutions/options
- Can form clear opinions and recommendations
- Enjoys a diversity of work
- Can pitch for new work and develop the relevant materials to do so
- Can organise events with political and business audience
- Skills in website management/IT/content production platforms is a plus
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