Marketing & PR Account Manager

CME ,
Liverpool, Merseyside

Overview

Job Description

A friendly, fast-growing and multi award winning PR & marketing consultancy, are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced PR 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 thriving agency environment. 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. Requirements * A minimum of 5 years experience in a PR and/or marketing agency or role 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 * 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