Junior Account Executive - PR & Comms | Luxury Lifestyle

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
London
Salary
Competitive
Posted
04 Jul 2018
Closes
23 Jul 2018
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Junior Account Executive - PR & Comms | Luxury Lifestyle, Food &
Travel
Clerkenwell, EC1R
Competitive salary + volunteering opportunities, pension, birthdays
off, weekly wellness, bi-annual company trips/socials, ongoing
training / structured reviews

A great opportunity to work for a great London-based luxury lifestyle
agency has arisen. With a wonderful portfolio of clients, focused in
the travel and hospitality sector, coupled with new wins, this
position is not to be missed.

Who we are:

We are a boutique communications agency, working with some of the
world's most beautiful luxury, travel, lifestyle, design and
hospitality brands.

We are is making waves in the crowded luxury lifestyle PR sector,
winning competitive pitches over larger, long-established agencies and
achieving bottom-line and reputational results.

Clients love the agency's expertise, creativity and fresh, innovative
approach, and are spontaneously recommending them to other brands. The
team is constantly evolving processes to maximise efficiency and
output, with a highly focused and results-driven approach, in a
supporting and forward-thinking atmosphere.

The Junior Account Executive Opportunity:

The Junior Account Executive will work within a talented and friendly
team, alongside a Senior Account Executive and a Junior Account
Manager - the team report in to the two Directors of the business, who
have ambitious plans for company growth and currently act as the
Account Directors on the accounts.

They will work on stunning luxury lifestyle accounts including tourist
boards, five star hotels both overseas and in the UK, as well as
Michelin starred restaurants, destination campaigns and a UK designer.

We offer competitive incentives, including volunteering opportunities,
great travel opportunities, benefits and work from stylish offices in
Clerkenwell, a stone's through from the bars and restaurants of
Exmouth Market, sharing an inspiring space with a large marketing
agency, ensuring the buzz of a big agency, with the adaptability of a
smaller company.

Qualifications and Skills:

The selected candidate will

+ Be proactive, self-motivated and professional
+ Be results driven with a proven record of working to targets and
KPIs
+ Be a fast, efficient worker with a strong attention to detail and
excellent time management skills - an eager learner, thriving in a
buzzy, fast paced culture
+ Have a strong interest in media and influencer contacts - be social,
personable and cultured
+ Be passionate about communications and the media first and foremost,
with their interest in the luxury lifestyle sector being a secondary,
but still important factor
+ Be an expert pitcher (media meetings and phone pitching) and with an
eye for a story
+ Have a track record in working well with third parties
+ Be a team player - friendly and with a positive attitude - as well
as working well autonomously
+ Be well trained to JAE level
+ Be confident at managing up and also nurturing and training interns
+ Have event experience

Responsibilities and Duties:

Administrative/agency operations:

+ Follows through efficiently on actions and effective at prioritising
+ Advises management of deadlines and expectations
+ Understands and interested in growing knowledge of business
objectives
+ Plans and manages own time; uses time reporting accurately
+ Becomes an ambassador for company within the wider industry
+ Draft and update strategy and content for social media, blog and
newsletters and generate campaign ideas and collaborations
+ Oversee and where needed execute agency social media strategy daily
+ Oversees that the daily running of the office is managed by Intern
+ Oversees the intern process from hiring to exit interview
+ Mentors Intern

Client services:

+ Becomes a key day-to-day point of contact for some clients
+ Demonstrates knowledge of the client's competitive landscape and
industry sector
+ Demonstrates effective use of internal resources - skills,
knowledge, service.
+ Provides consistent service delivery to clients
+ Contributes via value-add initiatives, generates new ideas
+ Draft strategy and content for social media content calendars and
generate ideas
+ Engage influencers and cultivate contacts with bloggers to utilise
on the client's behalf
+ Demonstrates a strong understanding of key social media applications
- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest in a business context and
analysis (or any other important social channel for clients)
+ Meets with one to two media per week for client briefings

You may have worked in the following capacities:
PR Intern, PR Assistant, Graduate PR Exec, Junior PR Account Executive

Interested? Just Apply Below...

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we shall process your details and pass your application to our client
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quoting the job title & ref. Good luck, Team RR