Account Manager

Job Description

Account manager

Liverpool

A friendly, multi award winning PR & marketing consultancy, are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Account Manager to work from our Liverpool city centre office, on a range of B2B accounts.

You will have the opportunity to further your career in an ambitious, fast-paced environment. This role is the ideal opportunity for a proactive, creative and commercially literate candidate who is digitally savvy and wants to be part of a successful agency.

This role is suited to an experienced account manager looking for their next career challenge. You will work with senior professionals in a supportive and progressive environment.

Qualifications and abilities

* A minimum of 2 years' experience in a PR and/or marketing agency is essential
* Knowledge of the built environment sector, media and influencers, desired but not essential
* Passionate about developing client accounts and delivering results
* Strong proficiency in media relations work and proven delivery of results
* Awareness of the branding process and how it influences marketing goals
* Digitally savvy with a good understanding of social media channels for business
* Creativity and personality to always bring something different and engaging to clients/the team
* Excellent attention to detail
* Confident presentation skills
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Strong planning and organisational skills
* Proactive and ambitious
* Strong commercial focus
* Ability to multi task, managing multiple projects at once
* Can-do attitude and team player mentality

Responsibilities

* Manage client expectations by consistently delivering work on time and to budget
* Proactively creating ideas to expand client accounts by identifying opportunities and presenting them to the client
* Scheduling activity to service client expectations in the most profitable way
* Create content for press releases, feature articles, blogs, websites and other written materials
* Media / Influencer relations - Knowing how to build meaningful relationships with media that can generate new and consistent results
* Idea generation - Creativity across campaigns, social, features and copy
* Publicity generation - consistently securing positive items of media coverage on behalf of clients
* Attending client meetings and conducting yourself in a confident and professional manner
* Ability to manage own workload and prioritise, including accountability for deliverables and ensuring deadlines are met
* Maintaining positive relations with clients at all times
* Evaluation and presentation of campaign results internally and to clients
* Research of potential PR angles and campaigns for clients or new business prospects
* Media monitoring - regularly keeping track of the UK media agenda
* Analysing making recommendations to improve client profitability



Other requirements:

* Ambition and drive to want to make a difference to clients and the agency
* Confidence in building relationships with clients and their partners/customers
* Team player
* Flexibility to travel across the UK to attend client meetings
* UK based candidates only
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Required education & experience

* Bachelors
* PR/Marketing agency: 2 years

Salary, Remuneration & other benefits on offer:

* This is a full time position
* Competitive salary
* Annual bonus based on hitting target
* Pension scheme
* 25 days holiday plus a day off on your birthday
* Career development
* Opportunity for travel
* Training and career development

Please get in touch today with Danielle Yarlett, Social Housing Specialist on 0151 230 1690 for more details on opportunities available, or apply direct below with your CV.

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Required Skills

PR account manager consultancy marketing