Account Director (hybrid working) - The Purely Recruitment Company : Job Details

Who will I be working for?

You will be working for an award-winning leading PR firm. Due to continued business wins they are seeking to appoint an Account Director to manage a portfolio of exciting digital campaigns.

What will I be doing?

You will be working as an Account Director within the Comms team. Reporting to the Comms Director, as a senior lead, you will have your own client portfolio and dedicated team.

Main duties and responsibilities:

No two days are the same.

• Leading 4-6 accounts, ensuring continuously hitting KPIs and demonstrating impact to each client.
• Developing digital PR and social strategies which help clients meet their business goals (collaborating with Creative and Planning team to maximise impact).
• Leading the quarterly StoryPlanning process, developing creative insight-led ideas for fame (brand awareness) and findability (search visibility).
• Designing and leading large-scale, KPI-busting campaigns from start to finish.
• Being part of a winning new business pitch team.
• Managing 2-3 direct line reports, helping each one flourish and contribute to the company’s success.

What skills and experience are required?

• Have experience running big fame campaigns across PR and social channels OR experience running digital PR campaigns (PR for SEO) campaigns.
• Be creative and intellectually curious, with a passion for brand communications in earned media.
• Be a critical thinker; from dissecting a brief and developing the strategy through to analysing results and making recommendations for optimisation.
• Consistently drive strong results for clients and have the foresight to change the strategy if needed.
• Thrive off team leadership and know that if your team is getting great results, then that can only reflect well on you.
• Trusted and well-liked by clients, able to influence them through well-considered counsel that builds confidence in you and your agency.
• Be commercially minded and able to grow accounts YoY.

What else do I need to know?

This is a permanent role. Hybrid working as standard, 3 days in office in Oxford, 2 days’ work from anywhere (WFA) - plus flexibility on start/end times and additional days to WFA & early finish Fridays in August.

• 5 weeks holiday (plus birthday day off, and '3 for 2’ over Christmas).
• Enhanced employer pension contribution (5%).
• Health cash plan.
• Relocation support package if you want to get closer to Oxford.
• Cycle to work and EV salary sacrifice scheme.
• All-day snacks.
• Life Assurance.
• Equal parental policy.
• Social events through the year and a fabulous Christmas party.

We really hope this great role appeals to you and you decide to apply! We love hearing from you and really appreciate every single application that we receive. We wish we could respond to your CV personally but due to the high number of responses we receive this just isn't possible.

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