Job details
| Salary band |
£50k - £60k |
| Salary details |
GBP56000 per annum |
| Location |
London |
| Job type |
Agency |
| Company |
Fresh Connect Recruitment |
| Contact |
unknown |
| Job sectors |
B2C |
| Job disciplines |
Consumer PR |
| Employment Type |
Agency |
| Posted |
19/01/2012 |
| Expires |
16/02/2012 |
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Job Description
A global, massively successful Public Relations agency, seeks a polished and professional, Account Director or budding Senior Account Director to lead across a mixed portfolio of high-profile Retail and Leisure accounts. Within this diverse role, you will strategically manage multiple accounts and contribute to the effective development and implementation of a range of quality PR programmes. The successful candidate will lead and help to shape the Retail and Leisure division at this well-established agency.
Therefore, the successful candidate would need to be able to identify, win and manage new business opportunities alongside existing clients and have the interpersonal skills to lead, inspire and motivate co-workers too. You must be an excellent communicator, able to effectively handle both clients and journalists as well as successfully manage and develop a team of talented account handlers.
Working mainly on mobile technology and home appliance retail accounts, the new Account Director (or Senior Account Director) will need some particular personal attributes to be successful, these include:
- Strategic thinking
- Tenacious creativity
- Highly organised managerial skills
- Experience working on integrated campaigns with inter-agency teams
- Strong and persuasive communication and leadership skills
- Experience with social media campaigns alongside traditional PR
This agency needs someone with sound PR credentials and an exceptional knowledge of the industry. The winning candidate must have relevant Retail & Leisure PR experience within an agency setting at this level and a proven track record of delivering successful campaigns.
If you feel you can develop PR campaigns that deliver genuine commercial impact and want to work for a first-class agency, apply now. This is an opportunity not to be missed!
For this and similar vacancies, please contact Gary Hoult on (phone number removed) or email (email address removed)
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