Our PR & Social team is growing- due to exciting new business wins - which means that we're on the lookout for an established Consumer PR Account Manager to help us continue to deliver sector leading work.
As our new Consumer PR Account Manager, you will use your prowess to deliver awesome earned media results working across sectors including travel, hospitality and home and lifestyle.
We're looking for a new collaborative colleague, who will be passionate about our clients businesses and competent communicating across PR and Social channels with clarity and creativity. All while working alongside some of the most creative talent in the region, at the world’s most effective and creative agency, with responsibility for supporting a portfolio of exciting national and international accounts.
Why would you want to work here?
McCann Birmingham is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.
We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.
And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.
We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and engineers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.
Requirements
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
1. Building great relationships with clients and providing sound consultancy
2. Driving accounts, campaigns and PR programmes forward and meeting deadlines
3. Creating top quality PR content
4. Leading on media relations and regular sell-ins with key media
5. Providing briefs for other departments / external service providers
6. Managing account teams with skill to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard
7. Helping directors ensure work is on time and top quality
8. Engaging with other specialist teams across the agency
9. Measuring impact and reporting results
10. An understanding of and experience in digital PR and in delivering coverage with back links to client websites
You will have established experience within consumer PR ideally within the following areas – tourism, hospitality, home and lifestyle.
You will have a great eye for story and a strong understanding of the evolving media landscape.
You will be a confident communicator with a keen eye for detail and strong organisation skills. Good time management and a basic knowledge of the latest digital and social media channels are also a must.
This role is the perfect opportunity to develop your skills alongside our award-winning and multi-disciplinary PR and Social team. If this sounds like you and you’re ready to take your career to the next level, let’s talk.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.
A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.
If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now. And not through a recruiter, please.
Our commitment to equal opportunities
For us, diversity is a business imperative – one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.
As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it’s vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.
Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.