Senior PR Manager

DescriptionSenior PR Account Manager / Junior PR Account Director
£38,000 - £47,000
Office Based - Marlow, Bucks
Our client is an energetic, creative PR & marketing communications agency based in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
They are proud of their reputation as ana award winning, high growth independent agency
Due to company growth the need has arisen to hire a Senior PR Account Manager/ PR Account Director.
They champion engagement and influence to deliver commercial benefits for their clients by making their brands the most important in their market.
They foster a culture of collaboration and creativity so that their clients benefit from a team approach with sector expertise.
Role - Senior PR Account Manager / Junior PR Account Director
Our client’s partnerships span across a range of industries including healthcare, professional services, sustainability, technology, property and construction.
The PR Account Director is an active, client and media facing role in which the right candidate will take the lead on a number of strategic, growth accounts.
Activity will be split between leading core client activity; setting client strategy, objectives and expectations, managing, motivating and leading the account team, to enable them to drive them to achieve monthly client KPIs and supporting the wider agency new business development.
There will also be an expectation to confidently lead the business in the absence of the Managing Director/business owner.
Key Responsibilities: Senior PR Account Manager / Junior PR Account Director
* Retain and grow key client accounts
Take responsibility for the strategic direction of accounts, but also demonstrate clear, hands-on leadership to guide their tactical delivery.
* Assume a clear leadership role with existing clients
This should be reflected both client side, and with the internal team.
* Lead and support the account team to recognise and reinforce the benefit of delivering consistent, commercially-focused communications campaigns that deepen retained client relationships.
* Understand clients’ commercial objectives; establish client confidence in the agency and its abilities by demonstrating how it helps clients achieve their goals.
* Drive, inspire and lead the account team[s] to work on accounts with diligence and commitment
Manage their delivery with effective KPIs.
* Recognise and reinforce the strength of delivering a consistent, commercially-focused media relations campaign, to deepen retained client relationships
Teach this to the account team ensuring that the strategic benefit of this is understood.
* Work with the Managing Director to generate and refine a board-level reporting and metrics programme for account team performance, implemented across the agency.
Key Experience required:
* Degree educated, with at least 5 years experience from within a PR agency environment - agency side!
* Excellent client handling and interpersonal skills
* Well-developed strategic planning and creative PR skills
* Ability to set and drive media relations across multiple accounts.
* Strong proposal writing and campaign development/pitching skills.
* Strong written and verbal communication
* Proven ability to lead and manage projects, to deadline.
* Excellent attention to detail and strong time management
* Strong interest in all media formats and disciplines, especially digital
* Ability to develop strong relationships with others.
* Skilled in Microsoft Office packages and experienced in social media
Lipton Media is a dynamic, proactive and progressive media recruitment agency solely dedicated to the media industry
We are leaders across media sales and creative opportunities
We cover: media sales, digital media sales, print sales, exhibition sales, event sales, conference sales, outdoor sales, radio sales, marketing, conference production and editorial jobs.
Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses
We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge
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  • Excellent Benefits
£50,000
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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