Senior PR Account Executive

Are you an experienced PR Account Executive or Senior Account Executive looking to take your career to the next level? Are you looking for a role that offers hybrid working and flexibility that suits your lifestyle? Look no further, this role could be for you.

This well-established PR agency has big ambitions, they currently work some exciting tech, data and sustainability clients and this role is pivotal to their continued growth. Established in 2003, they work with data centre and digital infrastructure businesses to disrupt, transform, and accelerate their market position.

They’re on the hunt for an ambitious, creative, and driven PR Account Exec or Senior Account Executive to join their team. This role is ideal for a professional with existing agency experience to progress their career and gain a multitude of new responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

In return, you’ll benefit from working at a company where you’re more than just a number, you’re a member of the family As well as working in a fun and creative working environment you’ll benefit from team days out, a competitive salary, career progression, personal development opportunities, travel occasions throughout the year, flexible hybrid working is offered however you’re more than welcome to work in the company’s shiny new office in Tunbridge Wells.

About Us:

We’re an award-winning PR, social media and content marketing agency based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

We’re on the hunt for an ambitious, creative, and driven Senior PR Account Executive to join our team. This role is ideal for a professional with existing agency experience to progress their career and gain a multitude of new responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

Our successful candidate must be a self-starter with a background in tech PR, and an interest in sustainability. Ideally, they’ll have a passion for media relations and experience pitching national and tech industry media contacts.

As a B2B tech agency, we support clients working across technologies such as AI, data centres and digital infrastructure, renewables, and sustainability.

We truly believe hard work beats talent and are looking for ambitious, committed, and driven communications professionals who want to hone their craft in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Most importantly, as a privately-owned and family-run business, we look out for one another and have a culture of care, making sure that every team member feels valued and has the support they need to grow.

Role Overview:

From writing content and pitching news, to building media relationships and reporting, our Senior PR Account Execs work with company Directors and Account Managers to execute campaigns on behalf of our clients and generate positive coverage.

Key duties include serving as a client liaison, drafting, and issuing press releases, comments, and articles to the media, writing speeches, helping to secure and facilitate client interviews, and organising events.

The role presents an opportunity to work across our PR, social media and creative teams to deliver multi-disciplined campaigns for clients in the UK and Europe, and to be a direct support to our Account Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• To write press releases, news stories and articles
• To network with and build relationships with key journalists, influencers, and analysts
• To regularly pitch press releases and article ideas by phone or email
• To distribute press releases
• To respond to inbound phone calls, queries, and emails from journalists
• To help secure interviews and editorial meetings with key journalists for clients’ spokespeople - in person or over the phone - and facilitate, where appropriate
• To join clients and team members at industry events
• To brainstorm fresh ideas for PR and social media content
• To monitor media coverage and report results

Key Skills:

• English language fluency: You need to have excellent written and spoken English.
• Copywriting: You need to be hot on spelling, grammar, and proofreading, as well as have a creative flair for producing engaging content with a tech-twist.
• Creativity: From communicating ideas to your team, to pitching stories to journalists, you need to organise information in a succinct and interesting way to capture the targets’ attention.
• Prioritisation: The ability to balance and prioritise workloads according to deadlines and to meet campaign deliverables to an exceptionally high standard is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills: Whether it’s over the phone, by email or in person, PR is all about people, so you need to be approachable, friendly, and empathetic.
• Resilience: You must be confident enough to pick up the phone to journalists and resilient enough to handle criticism and rejection if/ when received.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 1-2 years agency experience is required and applicants with existing agency work experience or internships are welcome to apply.
• A relevant graduate or undergraduate degree in PR, marketing, journalism, or English is welcomed, but is not required to apply for this role.
• Qualifications from the PRCA, Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), or Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) are also welcomed.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive pay.
• Health insurance package upon successful completion of probation.
• 50% off Pure, Virgin Active or Nuffield Health Gyms via Vitality.
• Hybrid working environment - we permanently offer a policy that encourages our team to mix work from home and office-based working days.
• Company pension scheme.
• Personal development and opportunities to attend training courses.
• Up-to five weeks paid paternity leave for new Dads.
• 20 days annual leave, plus Christmas Eve to January 2nd off each year at the Directors discretion.
• Birthdays off..
• Bank Holidays observed.
• Regular team meals and team days.
• Fun and creative working environment