| Salary | £60000 per annum |
|---|---|
| Location | West Midlands (County) |
| Job type | Agency |
| Company | Fusion Recruitment |
| Contact | Ada Nisbet |
| Job sectors | B2B |
| Job disciplines | Business PR |
| Employment Type | Agency |
| Posted | 11th Aug 2008 |
| Expires | 8th Sep 2008 |
Account Director PR - from £40k pa depending on experience - Knowle, Nr Birmingham
Our client is a technical PR and advertising agency specialising in marketing communications and B2B publicity in both Western and Eastern Europe, the USA and Asia and are now looking for a PR Account Director to join their client services team. The agency focuses on the electronics, industrial engineering and manufacturing sectors. Some of their blue chip clients include: Sandvik Coromant, Toshiba, Tektronix and Panasonic.
The PR Account Director provides reliable support to other members. Day-to-day responsibilities are varied but some include:
- ability to oversee strategic and tactical planning of clients accounts.
- take ownership of and self-prioritise responsibilities to ensure these are effectively managed and delivered on time to team members, clients or other parties.
- proactively run the features programme by monitoring all relevant forthcoming features and tackling opportunities to ensure ideas are sold in and relevant client information is provided ahead of the deadline.
- be responsible for maintaining client relations.
- have strong media contacts in areas relevant to client activity and proactively take advantage of opportunities to regularly meet key journalists face-to-face, either socially and/or as part of a client event.
- management of team
- identify and develop new opportunities on existing client accounts, new business research and development of proposals and presentations.
- one-off projects.
- maintain awareness of key trends and developments within the clients' industry.
- demonstrable ability to formally present to clients
Proven expertise gained in a technical PR environment as well as demonstrable skills of team management are absolutely essential for this role.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a solid but continually growing agency which offers fantastic career opportunities.
For more information on this fantastic opportunity apply here.
Fusion Recruitment is a specialist search consultancy focusing on marketing (DM, interactive, branding, product development, marcomms), PR, account handling and creative appointments.
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