| Salary | £65000 per annum |
|---|---|
| Location | London |
| Job type | Agency |
| Company | Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment |
| Contact | Annaliese Tuke-Hastings |
| Job sectors | B2C |
| Job disciplines | Consumer PR |
| Employment Type | Agency |
| Posted | 17th Jul 2008 |
| Expires | 14th Aug 2008 |
Creative Senior Account Director / Associate Director Central London - £50k-£65k
This creative team, currently comprised of five senior members, is the guardian of all creative output for this top 20 agency, ensuring all ideas that leave the agency are as effective as possible and potential award winners. They are now looking for an additional Associate Director, or a Senior Account Director. The nature of the role will see you taking briefs from the Account Teams, assessing what is required, devising the strategy and then leading the creative process in compiling PR programmes. This involves senior client and board level contact and the ability to challenge other's thinking and deliver innovative, high impact ideas.
In addition to this, you will be the agency's eyes and ears keeping abreast and ahead of the game in terms of cultural and media shifts, enabling the agency to implement cutting edge campaigns, positioning their clients at the forefront of their sector. You will be spending your time away from status meetings and the minute detail of a programmes and instead solving problems, spotting trends and pushing the boundaries of PR.
Key skills and attributes include:
·Senior Account Director or Associate Director level from a PR background with a love of developing campaigns and strategy
·The ability to interpret client briefs and understand strategic objectives
·Good instincts with an awareness of 'what's new'
·Exceptional pitching and presentation skills you must be able to sell your ideas
·Can-do attitude
·Sharp and dynamic
·Ability to convince Board Directors of the value you can add to a campaign
·Gravitas
·Ability to work under pressure as well as being adaptable and proactive in less pressurised times.
Based in the heart of the media hub in Central London, the agency offers competitive, annually reviewed salaries, an annual performance related bonus, 25 days holiday (increasing by one day each year over 3 years worked), an extra 1.5 days holiday at Christmas, contributory pension, medical insurance, life cover, mobile phone in addition to loads of "soft" benefits, such as Friday drinks, subsidised massage and a points scheme rewarding tremendous work.
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