PR Manager – Property / High-end Retail
Central London
c. £50k
TF472

The Company

Our client is a global real estate services provider listed on the London Stock Exchange. They have an international network of more than 200 offices and associates throughout the world and offer a range of specialist services to clients.

The Role

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a PR Manager to join the dynamic central London office. Working with this internationally recognisable name, you would be managing your own portfolio. This role is heavily media driven and you would be responsible for:

Engaging and building relationships with key press to place stories and articles as well as mitigate potential crises or negative coverage;

Helping develop campaign action plans and contributing to strategic decisions;

Contributing to corporate communications

Candidate specification

The ideal PR Manager will have

A strong background in the Professional Services, Corporate Comms, Corporate Reputation, b2b and/or Financial Services sectors;

The ability to generate great news stories;

The ability to manage multiple projects at the same time;

An in depth understanding of the media

The ability to work with and communicate effectively with others across the company and in affiliated offices.

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Account Manager – Corporate Comms / Public Affairs
Central London
£26k-34k
AC470

The Company

Our client is an international communications consultancy working with major brands on strategic communications, public affairs, international affairs and digital communications.

The Role

An Account Manager is required to join the Corporate Communications team. Some accounts would be integrated across Comms and Public Affairs so political knowledge is a must. Key responsibilities would include:

Leading a selection of accounts within the corporate communications team;

Engaging and building relationships with key press to place stories and articles and to mitigate negative coverage;

Contributing to the strategic decisions taken on the account, helping develop action plans, delegating tasks to the team and implementing the client program;

Coordinating research, writing press releases, articles and other materials

Candidate specification:

The ideal Account Manager will have the following:

Excellent client handling skills and media knowledge (relevant contacts essential);

A working knowledge of political affairs;

Experience of devising and implementing communication strategies;

The ability to manage projects independently, with limited management direction.

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London, Ref AC434

This specialist agency based in Southwest London is seeking a Senior Account Executive or Account Manager with a healthcare background to join the Healthcare / Pharma team.

This agency offers communications services to various clients at any stage of a therapy’s lifecycle. You could be working across stakeholder engagement and market development, product launches and support of established brands, therefore it is essential that you have a sound track record of medical PR, some consumer healthcare experience and excellent media relations skills. Therapy areas might include paediatrics, child health, infant nutrition, cardiovascular / haematology, so experience in those sectors would be extremely beneficial and a scientific degree would also be desirable.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic PR programmes and directing your account teams’ activities to ensure campaigns are delivered to the highest standard and are in line with clients’ objectives. Additionally you need to be creative, an excellent writer and social media savvy.

Account Director – corporate/B2B/tech/digital
Central London
Salary: £40k-50k
AC465

The Company

This central London agency offers its clients a comprehensive range of PR, digital and strategic communications services including media and influencer relations, digital communications and social media engagement. Their core specialisms lie in the technology, telecoms and media sectors.

The Role

They are looking to find an Account Director whose role would include running ground-breaking campaigns (PR, social, digital) for some of the world’s leading tech and business brands. Your key responsibilities would include:

Managing and developing five/six accounts;

Managing both client contacts and agency teams

High level media and influencer relations

Participation in development and presentation of new business pitches and new business programmes

Supporting the Directors’ strategic approach for the management and culture of the agency and its reinforcement with employees

Candidate specifications

The ideal Account Director will have:

Experience of working with big brands,

In-depth corporate/B2B/tech/digital tech PR

Experience of running campaigns aimed at specific vertical and horizontal sectors

Knowledge and experience of major global brands

Understanding of technology from enterprise and business user perspective

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Corporate Communications Executive – International Industry
Up to £50k
TF460

The Company

An excellent opportunity to work inhouse for this FTSE100, globally diversified technology business.

The Role

Working from the central London HQ, the role will encompass brand management groupwide and involve the management of corporate publications, website management and the delivery of key internal communications programmes. Key responsibilities will include

Assisting in all corporate brand messaging

Corporate website/Publications and Presentations

Internal communications across the Group

Media relations

Candidate specifications:

Ideally you will have experience of working in a similar corporate environment or organisation; have a science, technology or engineering background; strong written and communication skills.

In addition, you should be able to work well under pressure and on your own initiative and be both confident and self motivated.

Senior Associate / Director – Healthcare
Central London
Salary: c. £65k+
TF462

The Company

This international communications consultancy is part of a global network with offices in 46 countries. Their business is organised around industry sectors including FMCG, energy, financial services, food & drink, healthcare, retail, technology and sports.

The Role

This global communications agency is seeking a Senior Associate / Director with strong global healthcare experience. Supporting the head of Healthcare, you will be helping to drive the business forward and motivating/mentoring a large team. Clients are global names in the pharmaceutical industry.

Candidate specifications:

The ideal Director will have:

A strong agency background and experience of working with global healthcare clients

A sound knowledge of the UK media environment and of current affairs and the ability to communicate well with influential journalists;

An understanding of digital communications and the ability to develop crisis management strategies for both off and online channels;

Strong commercial acumen and the ability to drive the team forward

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Senior Consultant (SAM) – Corporate Comms
Central London
£30k-40k
AC464

The Company

This is a leading international corporate and financial communications firm, based in Central London. As part of a global communications group, this agency continues to offer a highly entrepreneurial spirit alongside the challenge of work in a multi-disciplined, multi-market environment. They have seen substantial international growth in retained business throughout this demanding economic time.

The Role

A Senior Consultant (or Senior Account Manager) is required to join the fast growing energy team. Accounts will include a high-profile energy and industrials client whose corporate communications and brand reputation campaigns you would be handling.

Candidate specifications

A background in energy PR is not required, however it is essential that you have a strong corporate communications background, specifically working on FTSE100 or blue chip clients. Also essential to this role are:

The ability to multi task effectively and to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Large event management experience;

Excellent media relations skills

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London, Ref: TF398

This global communications agency is seeking a Director with strong issues & crisis management experience to help drive the Issues & Crisis team forward.

Reporting into the Head of Issues & Crisis, you will be working seamlessly across the full gambit of the agency’s clients from Food & Drink, Retail & Leisure, to Technology, Sport and Healthcare. Many of the projects this team works on are amongst the most fascinating and high profile in the communications industry.

For this role you must have a strong consumer brand background and extensive experience of issues & crisis management, a sound knowledge of the UK media environment and of current affairs and the ability to communicate well with influential journalists. You must also be coherent in digital communications and have the ability to develop crisis management strategies for both off and online channels.

Strong commercial acumen and the ability to drive the team forward are also essential in this role, which is a great opportunity to work specifically on brand reputation and on a range of high profile projects for market-leading brands.

London, Ref: TF390

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Account Manager / Account Director with extensive experience to join the Industrials team in this world-leading communications agency.

Working with a broad range of businesses from start-ups to large multinational companies (including one market leading parcel service), you must have specialist sector knowledge (especially across energy/industrial/freight/logistics) and strong communication skills as you will be developing strategies, managing issues and crisis communications, handling stakeholder relations and ensuring clients’ messages reach the right audiences.

Ideally you will have a large agency background or experience of working in a blue chip company. Experience of leading and motivating a team, providing senior client counsel and managing crisis communications is essential and experience of working on integrated digital campaigns would be beneficial.

This is a 6 month full-time contract with the possibility of becoming permanent.

London, Ref: AC340

One of the world’s leading public relations consultancies is on the lookout for an Account Director to work specifically in the issues and crisis team for some of the agency’s biggest consumer accounts.

The accounts are in the food, electronics, FMCG and retail sectors, so it is essential that you have extensive consumer brand and issues & crisis management experience for this role. You must also have proven experience of managing a large team, providing senior client counsel, a sound knowledge of the UK media environment and an interest in current affairs. An intermediate knowledge of digital communications would also be beneficial.

On a personal level, you should have solid communication skills, be able to keep calm under pressure and able to work well independently as well as part of a team. This role is the ideal opportunity for you to work specifically on brand reputation with a range of high-profile clients, undertaking varied and interesting projects.