Are you an astute professional with a creative flair and an ability to think strategically, who is motivated to get the best results for clients? If so, you could be the Account Manager that we’re looking for to join our ambitious, award-winning marketing and PR company to play a key role in delivering public relations support for clients across a diverse range of sectors and sizes, as well as liaising with our marketing team to ensure PR and marketing strategies are aligned. 

The contract is offered on either a full-time or part-time basis, with blended office/wfh (maximum wfh 40%).  

Key skills and responsibilities: 

• Running effective PR campaigns to secure editorial, including: keeping abreast of relevant political, social and sector developments; identifying opportunities for campaigns, news hijacking and thought leadership; writing press releases; maintaining media lists; nurturing effective relationships with journalists; delivering and overseeing media campaigns; monitoring and reporting campaign performance 

• Effectively nurturing clients’ needs – working proactively to champion clients’ interests, making strategy recommendations to capitalise on potential opportunities, informed by analytics and campaign monitoring  

• Client liaison – maintaining excellent relationships with all clients 

• Project management – ensuring client and internal projects run smoothly and on time, juggling resources as required to meet budgets and conflicting deadlines, using internal processes and platforms effectively to ensure smooth project management and internal communications 

• Line managing junior members of the team – developing their talent and acting as the quality gatekeeper to ensure clients receive consistently high service and outputs   

• Working effectively with external suppliers, collaborators, sub-contractors and freelancers – including website design agencies, graphic designers, photographers, printers, video production agencies, marketers, copywriters and editors, briefing them effectively to ensure optimal outputs 

• Core sectors: Professional services, financial services, property/construction, tech, health, care. 

You will need to have:  

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, including first-class grammar, evidenced by a portfolio of content demonstrating a range of voices and styles for different brands and platforms 

• Holistic vision to look for marketing opportunities for clients and liaise effectively with our marketing teams to ensure PR and marketing are aligned 

• PR agency (senior account executive) or senior journalistic experience  

• Sector experience, or be able to demonstrate how you will quickly get up to speed in these sectors: financial and professional services, technology (essential); care, property & construction, transport & logistics (good to have) 

• Data literacy: the ability to read data to draw out stories 

• Project management experience, ideally using appropriate software  

• Line management experience  

In return you will receive a competitive salary and benefits and the opportunity to make your mark within a small, ambitious team as you enable the company to expand.  

Interested?  

Email your CV, three examples of your written work including at least one press release, together with a covering letter with your availability and salary expectations to communications@sharpminds.agency