Senior PR Account Executive / Account Executive – Guildford, Surrey

£26,000 - £28,000 DOE plus excellent benefits

We are working with an award-winning PR Agency who, due to growth in the business, are looking for PR Senior Account Executive / Account Executive to join their collaborative team Guildford. With ample external training and on-the-job learning opportunities, this is a brilliant next step in your public relations career.  Reporting to an account manager, you’ll be able to hit the ground running in media relations, content writing and social media and you must be interested in or have experience of working with B2B/Corporate technical clients.

They are looking for someone with excellent writing skills, who is great at researching and enjoy getting to grips with complex topics. Building relationships with media is a must and you will want to achieve outstanding results. They also want to tap your creative instincts to help them create brilliant, original, and award-winning marketing ideas. You will be attending in-person networking events in London, as well as going on occasional international business trips with colleagues and the role is a permanent hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Writing press releases, articles, social media content and other materials.
• Proofreading all written materials carefully before submitting them to senior colleagues.
• Fully managing the process of press release distribution, to include list-building.
• Helping research and identify forward feature and other media opportunities for clients.
• Utilise AI tools to enhance media research, insight and expertise.
• Pitching stories to journalists.
• Handling incoming media enquiries.
• Demonstrating confidence and professionalism in journalist discussions.
• Assisting in the organisation of media events, such as interviews, photo calls and press conferences.
• Devising, creating and implementing marketing content, as directed.
• Developing an understanding of content marketing strategies and programmes.
•  Sharing responsibility for discussing/presenting information in client meetings and presentations.
• Utilise AI tools for agenda writing and taking action points.

The ideal candidates will be a graduate with a relevant degree and as strong interest in PR and Marketing.  You will be a self-confident individual, at ease with liaising with senior client contacts and busy journalists and be highly adaptable to change and short notice client requests, with the ability to remain calm and think clearly under time pressure and possess excellent research skills and enjoy mastering sometimes complex topics. You must also be able and eager to travel internationally on business.

Benefits Include: -

• Auto-enrolment pension
• Performance-related company bonus scheme
• 26-30 days’ holiday subject to length of service, plus public holidays
• Private medical insurance