ACCOUNT DIRECTOR / SENIOR | Campaigning, Issues, Corp Comms Agency

CF0708 – Salary up to £55k+

Hankering to work on really impactful global and business issues and campaigns and influence business leaders and entrepreneurs in the future? This agency is looking for a smart, tenacious, enquiring corporate and b2b AD or SAD to work with clients around tech, business and investment ventures, financial services, purpose led and innovation.

Join this exciting team that has a reputation for recognising talent and rewarding and accelerating career paths. Work with some of those most respected and high profile entrepreneurs across start-ups and initiatives as well as global businesses, and be part of a stellar team of some of the most talented PRs in the business.

Skills:

• Strong corporate and b2b communications backgrounds
• Background and interest in business enterprise, global issues, technology, Financial Services, entrepreneurship, destination marketing, SMEs would be beneficial
• Good understanding of thought leadership, corporate reputation and the concept of client business development
• Confident networker, happy to represent the firm at external events on a regular basis and attend and drive client meetings
• Excellent editorial and written skills
• Willingness to push the envelope and challenge traditional approaches
• A desire to join big thinking, highly strategic, creative teams
• Strong in media relations and digital campaigns and good relationship builder with clients and media contacts
• Active knowledge and interest of business issues and emerging politics
• Actively contributing to agency internal initiatives; marketing, training/development, mentoring
• The ability to work in a team and support and help to direct team members
• The confidence to client interface at all levels

The Role:

• Managing a diverse range of clients
• Development of creative plans and ideas to address client’s strategic and commercial objectives
• Development of detailed media relations plans to deliver high quality, targeted outputs campaigns around a rapidly changing news agenda
• Oversight of all media relations activity
• Acting as a point of contact for clients and effective client counsel
• Assisting in the development and the running of thought provoking and challenging campaigns
• Lead client meetings – and ensure that junior team members are well prepared to contribute
• Contributing to the organic growth of existing clients and supporting new business opportunities
• Working with and motivating high calibre and intellectually stimulating teams and managing and supporting junior team members

To apply for this role send your cv to cvs@carterferris.co.uk quoting CF0708 or get in touch with Anne or Tanya on 020 3397 7543 or 07929 008295