Senior Account Executive, See Media (part-time; possible job share)

Part-time or full-time, permanent, remote working, UK-based

We are looking for great people to join our award-winning PR team and are keen to hear from anyone who thinks this might be for them.

The Senior Account Executive role can be full-time or a part-time job share – we are open to ideas and what works best to ensure we find the best people.

What we offer

We are an award-winning, specialist PR agency that passionately believes in using our communications skills to make a positive difference. We use our story-telling knowhow to help our social housing clients provide more good-quality, affordable homes in communities across the country.

New client wins mean we have continued our recent growth, allowing us to create these great opportunities for someone to join our friendly team and take the next step in their career.

You don’t need to come with bags of housing sector expertise, but we are looking for creativity, determination and top-drawer organisational skills. The Senior Account Executive role will suit someone with a PR background – either agency or in-house – who is a self-starter and wants to do a job that makes a positive difference to people’s lives.

Salary – Senior Account Executive: £25,000-£27,500 (based on experience; pro rata if part-time – minimum 16 hours per week), new business bonus, annual bonus linked to company performance, company pension contributions. Full-time/part-time job share, permanent position

Work location: Remote based from home; hybrid-working from home and a nearby co-working space is also available. Our current co-working locations are: Leeds, Shrewsbury and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, but we are very happy to consider other locations as needed

To apply: Send a CV and covering letter by 5pm on Monday 27 February. If you’d like an informal chat about the role, Sarah or Stuart is happy to do so – just let us know.

Interviews: We’ll do these remotely via Teams between 6-10 March. Also, we’ll let you know in advance what we’d like to discuss so there are no surprises. However, we may be in touch before then if your application blows us away and we just can’t wait to meet you!

What we need

· At least two years’ PR experience – ideally on B2B

· Examples of work you’ve delivered for clients that you’re most proud of and why

· Strong client management skills

· Sound experience of working with journalists to secure coverage

· Excellent copywriting skills for blogs, social media, press releases, etc

· Experience of working across different client accounts

What we offer

· Meaningful PR work with charities, not-for-profits, social enterprises and corporates, all focused on making a positive difference in people’s lives

· An exciting job with a great team who will welcome and support you to flourish

· Opportunities to work on a variety of client accounts across the country

· Annual training funds up to £1,000 per person to help you take the next step in your professional development

· Annual CIPR or PRCA membership, paid for by the company

· Opportunity for career progression and to have ownership of projects

· Opportunity to shape our growing business with your ideas, and to work closely with the leadership team

· The chance to help pitch for and win work

· An open, collaborative, creative culture – we work as a team to help each other get the best job done for our clients

· Really stimulating clients that want to try new things and welcome innovative thinking across a range of projects to tell their stories

· Varied projects using a wide range of comms techniques, including media relations, corporate communications, crisis and reputation management, stakeholder relationship management, customer communications, social media strategy and planning, copywriting, branding projects, project managing podcasting, photography and video, as well as some marketing and public affairs work

· A competitive salary, new business bonus, discretionary annual bonus linked to company performance, company pension contributions

· 25 days’ holiday, plus eight public holidays with Christmas shutdown

What the job involves

· To provide an excellent service to See Media clients and wider See Media team at all times

· To ensure the client accounts on which you are working and responsible are well-managed and that agreed client aims are delivered

· To help develop core PR content, including – though not limited to – press releases, drafting blogs and opinion pieces, social media posts, award entries, etc

· To commission and manage copywriters, photographers, designers, etc as needed

· To pitch press release and feature ideas by phone or email to national, regional and trade journalists across print, broadcast and online, to interest them in covering clients’ stories

· To arrange interviews and editorial meetings with key journalists for clients’ spokespeople and facilitate those meetings

· To generate ideas for coverage and manage core platforms for clients – including via traditional press (local, national, trade), social media, online content, and broadcast

· To keep abreast of current affairs and use this knowledge to spot opportunities for clients

· To help lead on media monitoring for core clients, including daily monitoring and report writing

· To help with the delivery of stakeholder and public affairs work, including building stakeholder distribution lists, audits, research and intelligence briefings, stakeholder monitoring, and supporting at stakeholder events

· From time to time, to attend out-of-hours events, including attending committee meetings, client events and industry conferences or exhibitions

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16 - 37.5 per week

Salary: £12,500.00-£13,750.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

COVID-19 considerations:
Regular sanitising of workplaces; meetings conducted virtually wherever possible

Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• Public Relations: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 27/02/2023
Expected start date: 06/03/2023

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