Account Director – Food & Drink (b2b/trade)
Central London
£40k-42k
AC457

The Company

Our client is a top London-based agency whose sector expertise covers the Food & Drink, Consumer Lifestyle, Homes & Interiors sectors and whose disciplines reach across consumer, corporate, b2b and digital PR.

The Role

An existing Account Director is required to join the Food and Drink team. This is primarily a b2b/trade role with corporate clients in the food & drink industry. You key duties would be:

Leading accounts and developing strategies;

Keeping abreast of key industry trends and issues and advising clients accordingly;

Managing teams and motivating staff;

Participating in new business activities.

Candidate specifications

The ideal candidate for this role will be an established Account Director looking for a new challenge within the food & drink PR sector. Key attributes are:

A strong background in food & drink PR and an unbeatable knowledge of the industry;

Some experience of crisis management;

The ability to provide client counsel;

Excellent contacts within the industry;

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Account Director – Lifestyle / Consumer
Contract type: Freelance initially. Possible temp to perm.
Salary: up to £45k
Central London
TF455

The Company

Our client is a leading creative PR agency working with big-name clients in the Fashion, Retail, Food & Drink and Leisure & Entertainment sectors.

The Role

A strong Account Director is required to take the lead on three key accounts in the Drinks, Fashion and Entertainment sectors.

Candidate specifications:

For this Account Director role, a great publicist with big brand experience is essential. Other key requirements include:

A strong background in lifestyle/ consumer PR with an affinity to fashion brands

Big agency experience;

Strategic thinking beyond the traditional PR model

Senior level client consultancy

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Senior Consultant / Associate
c. £60k + bonus + benefits
Central London
AC437

The Company

This is a top rated award-winning London PR agency that leads strategic thinking in corporate, financial, brand and behaviour change communications. Clients include some of world’s most recognisable brands and a portfolio of high profile companies from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

The Role

A strong Senior Consultant (or Associate Director) is required to take the lead on a number of accounts. You responsibilities will be to:

Lead existing client accounts

Drive innovation and creativity within teams;

Generate growth in the business and account teams by winning new clients

Maintain a positive working environment and encourage continuous learning and development.

Candidate specifications:

Whilst no specific sector experience is required, you should have:

Several years’ agency experience, including some big brand, blue chip accounts;

An excellent track record in delivering integrated campaigns;

The ability to retain and grow accounts;

Client consultancy skills;

Team leadership skills;

Strategic insight;

Financial management

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the communications industry. Click the link below to be considered.

London, Ref: TF429

This international communications consultancy is seeking a dynamic Senior Account Director with consumer technology and retail/leisure experience to join the central London office.

You would be taking a lead role on existing clients across two practices (Technology and Retail/Leisure), working with big brand consumer electronics and technology products and working with the senior management team on developing new business opportunities.

This role requires you to have experience of working with consumer and/or consumer tech brands as you will need the relevant media contacts; you must also be highly creative and have the ability to implement your ideas; some social media experience would be extremely beneficial, as would the ability to provide client counsel at a senior level.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with 2 ambitious, dynamic teams, to grow the agency’s existing client portfolio and to develop your own Consumer Technology offering.

Greater London/Surrey, Ref: TF419

Calling all candidates with automotive/motoring experience! We are looking for an Account Director who is passionate about automotive/sports/motoring.

You must be a media relations expert, with additional experience in consumer brands and lifestyle PR. Client management experience, strategic planning, strong business acumen, a strong network of contacts and competency in digital PR, are all essential to this role. Clients will include a major European automotive account.

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

London, Ref: AC405

This large agency based in central London is seeking a strong Senior Account Manager / Account Director with extensive UK and European consumer brand PR experience and strong UK media relations skills.

Working in the fast-expanding consumer team, you will be leading accounts in the consumer lifestyle / consumer healthcare sectors, particularly oralcare, visioncare, colds and flu and petcare, so relevant sector experience would be ideal.

UK and multiple European market experience is essential to this role, as are: a background in an integrated agency team; the ability to develop toolkits; an in-depth understanding of social media practices;  excellent presentation skills and experience in new business and pitch preparation; the ability to think strategically and to lead a team to produce excellent results.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a talented team of individuals and to play a pivotal role across the existing client portfolio and in new business development.

Account Director – Consumer
Central London
up to £45k
AC404

The Company

This is an award-winning consumer PR agency with a reputation for excellence when it comes to creative campaigns, media relations and experiential events. Most clients are household-name brands in the Food & Drink, Leisure & Entertainment and Consumer Technology sectors.

The Role

An Account Director is required to work primarily on four accounts in the food & drink, utilities and charity sectors. Key duties:

Planning and implementing creative campaigns
Media relations and client liaison
Team & budget management
Participating in new business activities.

Candidate specifications:

This Account Director role requires a candidate with

Extensive experience of leading big brand campaigns
Excellent media relations and selling-in skills
An in depth understanding of the media and which stories will work;
Team management and budget management skills

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London, Ref: TF378

This high-profile central London PR agency is seeking an Account Executive to work primarily on the digital side of the business, looking after the online presence of market-leading consumer brands.

For this role you must be able to demonstrate hands-on experience of delivering social media activity for consumer brands, preferably from within a large agency environment.

You will be skilled in digital monitoring, and you should be able to use social media monitoring tools and applications to an advanced level.  Experience in producing successful online content such as videos, games and apps, running high profile social media channels on behalf of brands (on Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and the ability to build relationships with bloggers and online media, are also extremely beneficial to this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join one of the industry’s best PR agencies, working on exciting campaigns and becoming a real specialist in the digital PR field.

London, Ref: Tf397

An opportunity has arisen for a strong corporate communications specialist with consumer brand experience to help grow the corporate offer within this global communications agency’s Retail & Leisure; Food & Drink and FMCG sectors.

Candidates must have experience in developing and managing corporate communications strategies, especially for market-leading consumer brands, solid media contacts within the business, city and trade media and a flair for writing corporate materials. Key responsibilities of the role will also include CEO profiling, message development and senior media briefings

You must also have excellent new business skills as you will be responsible for growing the existing client list, and the ability to grow a team and develop junior staff.

This is a great opportunity to work with dynamic teams and to use your specialist knowledge to contribute to the growth of the agency’s corporate offering.

London, Ref: Tf395

This leading global PR agency is seeking a digital specialist (preferably at SAD+ level) with a track-record of delivering effective integrated digital PR campaigns for big consumer brands.

Clients include market-leading household/grooming brands and the role would be to work specifically with the FMCG team, helping them to drive digital PR campaigns, increase digital revenue opportunities and manage the activation of integrated client campaigns.

Experience of applying digital support to consumer facing campaigns across commercial brands is a must. You will therefore have experience of both maintaining social media platforms and preparing campaign-specific promotional features on a variety of digital platforms including social networks, blogs and online communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make your mark in this thriving consultancy and to play an integral role in helping to shape and build your team and the agency’s digital expertise.