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PR Account Director | Consumer
| Job Title: PR Account Director | Consumer | Contract Type: Permanent |
| Location: Manchester | Industry: PR |
| Salary: £30k - 40k per year | Start Date: Not specified |
| REF: 48248 | Job Published: almost 3 years ago |
| GET THE LINK: http://mypit.ch/j/48248 |
job description
A talented and well-rounded PR Account Director is urgently required to join one of Manchester’s fastest growing and most exciting PR teams.
As an Account Director within the PR team you will hold responsibility for a mix prestigious consumer, retails brands across broad sectors, so a range of experience is highly desirable.
As you would expect, target press/media will span both national and local, both on and offline. To be considered you will need to have a proven PR agency background, with a portfolio bursting with great campaigns and coverage, along with an ability to nurture and inspire more junior team members. Naturally you will be brilliant with clients also.
Comfortable developing strategy, with a willingness to get stuck in to all the tactical delivery, you are ideally a team player who loves nothing more than achieving brilliant results for your clients. You will also be adept at spotting growth opportunities and developing accounts, along with being confident liaising with board level clients and delivering compelling pitches. In an ideal world, you will have exceptional traditional PR skills, coupled with experience of the world of digital and social media and an understanding of the benefits this offers clients.
It could be that you are a proven Account Director, or that you are an excellent Senior PR Account Manager who is ready to make the step up. Either way, fantastic opportunities await in one of the most exciting PR teams around.
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Rebecca Thomas
Managing Director
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