Account Director - Seconded

Overview

**ROLE TITLE: Account** **Director**

**Key Roles And** **Responsibilities**

• ### **Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective**
• ### **Counselling clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.**
• ### **Overseeing client programmes and driving integrated** **campaigns.**
• ### **Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities.**
• ### **Directing media engagement strategy for clients and coaching teams to activate and deliver coverage, leading from the front.**
• ### **Strong understanding of sector landscape - energy and industrials not just on a local level, to help inform clients of best practice, share recommendations, and protect client interests and** **reputation.**
• ### **Ability to develop accurate commercials and contributed to new business development to grow the Edelman business.**
• **KNOWLEDGE &** **SKILLS**
• ### **8 to 10 years’ experience working with leading** **agencies.**
• ### **Experience working in the corporate sector is a** **must.**
• ### **Strong knowledge and experience in putting together communication strategies, tactical planning, and being the client lead.**
• ### **Ability to foster strong relations with clients, ultimately ensuring work is complete, delivered on time and earning their trust.**
• ### **Writing skills is a given - ability to offer juniors constructive feedback on how to strengthen content** **pieces.**
• ### **Selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to** **execution.**
• **WHAT’S IN IT FOR** **YOU?**
• ### **An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge and enable you.**
• ### **We offer hybrid work environment where you can work from home twice a** **week.**
• ### **Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of** **skills**
• ### **A dynamic, collaborative and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are.**
• ### **A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth.**
• ***If you apply, we will review your fit against the position criteria and feedback to you.
• If your profile does not meet the criteria, we will retain your profile as an active applicant for future consideration.***
• We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.