PR Manager (Account Manager)

The Role:

The successful candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience in PR and be passionate about delivering outstanding coverage for their clients. Ideally the candidate will have a proven track record in consumer and lifestyle PR, with exceptional contacts across traditional, digital and social media.

Key Responsibilities:

PR SPECIFIC:

• Write press releases, news stories and photo captions
• Pitch stories, press releases and features by phone, face-to-face meetings and email to national, regional and trade journalists across print, broadcast, online and influencers
• Strong relationships with news, picture, consumer and lifestyle media contacts
• Good time management to ensure response to media in a timely manner
• Monitor media coverage and report results to client in timely manner
• Ability to write briefing documents for photographers, videographers and talent
• Ability to schedule media plans for talent media days

CLIENT SERVICING:

• Excellent client servicing including time-keeping and general communication on both the phone and email
• Ability to deliver above and beyond KPIs
• Attend client events
• Brainstorm to develop ideas and PR plans to make them truly exceptional
• Deliver analytics reports on media and social media, including readership, engagement and follower figure

GENERAL:

• Daily monitoring of the news agenda across the agency’s business (shared amongst the entire PR team)
• Management of cost trackers
• Report to two separate team Account Directors

Must Haves:

• At least two years’ PR experience
• Contacts across lifestyle, consumer and sports media
• Proven ability to deliver on KPIs
• Understanding public relations and influencer relations in all of its guises
• Ability to write well and develop Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other collateral materials
• Passionate. Energetic. Strong positive attitude
• Strong writing skills
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines