PR Account Director

An award-winning digital agency in Manchester is looking for an experienced PR Account Director or Senior PR Account Director to develop and execute client strategies, deepen and grow client relationships and nurture an exceptional team.

You'll join an amazing team to ensure service excellence for established brands within the financial service and charity sectors, among others, with ultimate responsibility for their success, retention and growth. Reporting into the Managing Director, you will direct and lead on client strategies and ensure client service excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Strategically lead a team to foster and grow key accounts, devising PR strategies and campaigns that deliver real business results
• Build and lead effective client relationships and act as the senior day to day client partner, maximising margins from each piece of work
• Actively retain and develop existing clients to increase revenues
• Remain hands on with client accounts- leading our account managers and execs to deliver tangible results for our clients
• Provide support and guidance for more junior members of the account management team
• Develop new business-researching leads and pitching for new business
• Work with the Associate Director and MD from initial scoping and creative brief through to production
• Meet and liaise with clients to discuss and identify their requirements
• Handle budgets, manage campaign costs and invoicing
• Ensure that all campaigns are planned, briefed and monitored to achieve excellence within agreed timescales
• Contribute accurately to weekly forecasting process
• Attend monthly client meetings and ensure the account team actions client requests and briefs in a timely manner
• Involvement in client planning and strategy sessions, contributing to materials and support with client co-ordination

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of working at Account Director level in an agency environment
• Strong relationship management skills
• People management experience
• Experience of fully integrated solutions, including social media and broader digital activity is desirable but not essential
• Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills, with experience of cultivating senior client relationships
• Demonstrable commercial acumen with experience of growing revenues and effectively managing campaign budgets
• Proven experience in leading new business pitches

What Next?

If you feel you'd be suited to this role as a PR Account Director / Senior PR Account Director, please press "apply" or reach out directly by contacting / (phone number removed)