Founded in 2011, FINN Partners is one of the world's fastest-growing independent, integrated marketing and communications agencies. The firm operates from offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, working across health, travel and tourism, technology, financial services, consumer and lifestyle, and public affairs.
The UAE office is based in Abu Dhabi. It is a small, close-knit regional team operating inside a large global network: the agency's scale and specialist resources sit behind a team where every hire has direct, visible impact on client work.
More about the role
Lead day-to-day management of significant international client accounts within FINN's travel and tourism practice, acting as the senior client relationship holder. Alongside this, contribute to new business development for the practice, including hands-on pitching for prospective clients.
Own the day-to-day delivery, quality, and client relationship for major accounts within the travel and tourism practice. Contribute to growth of the practice through new business development and pitching.
What you'll do
- Manage the day-to-day delivery of client accounts within the travel and tourism practice, ensuring campaigns and activities are delivered to a high standard and in line with client expectations.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a day-to-day point of contact and ensuring client requests and priorities are managed effectively.
- Plan and execute PR and communications campaigns, including media relations, press office activity, content development, destination positioning and trade activation.
- Develop story angles, identify media opportunities and proactively pitch stories to relevant journalists across local, regional and international markets.
- Write, edit and proofread client-facing materials, including press releases, media pitches, briefing documents, presentations and reports, ensuring accuracy and editorial quality.
- Research travel, tourism and hospitality trends to identify opportunities for clients and inform campaign planning and media outreach.
- Monitor campaign activity and media coverage, track results and prepare client reports, providing insights and recommendations to support campaign effectiveness.
- Contribute ideas to account planning and campaign development, supporting the delivery of creative and research-led communications programmes.
- Support new business development through research, brainstorming, proposal development and pitch preparation.
- Assist with account financials, including budget tracking, monitoring campaign costs and ensuring work is delivered efficiently.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across FINN Partners’ regional and global network, as well as clients, journalists, freelance support and external suppliers.
- Support and guide junior team members and freelance resources where appropriate, including briefing tasks, reviewing work and maintaining quality standards.
- Manage multiple client projects concurrently within a small, fast-paced team environment, adapting to changing priorities and deadlines.
- Travel as required for client meetings, trade shows, industry events and market visits.
- Reports directly to the Senior Partner, Middle East. May provide day-to-day guidance to junior account staff and freelance support, depending on seniority.
- Works with FINN Partners’ global network, client representatives, external vendors, news media and other PR and advertising agencies.
- PR and communications experience, ideally with exposure to travel, tourism, hospitality or destination-marketing accounts.
- Fluent in English, with strong writing and editing skills and the ability to produce high-quality, client-ready content.
- Experience managing or supporting PR accounts and delivering campaigns from planning through to execution and reporting.
- Good media relations skills, including developing story angles, pitching journalists and identifying opportunities to secure relevant media coverage.
- Experience building client relationships and managing day-to-day communications, with the confidence to take ownership of assigned accounts and activities.
- Ability to research industry trends and develop relevant ideas to support client campaigns and communications objectives.
- Experience contributing to new business proposals, presentations and pitch development.
- Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple accounts, competing deadlines and changing priorities.
- Good editorial judgement and attention to detail, including the ability to verify information and handle sensitive content appropriately.
- A proactive, collaborative approach, with the ability to work independently while seeking guidance when needed.
- Comfortable working in a small, entrepreneurial regional team environment, adapting quickly across different projects and accounts.
- Experience supporting or mentoring junior colleagues would be an advantage, particularly for candidates at Senior Account Manager level.
- Arabic language skills are a strong plus, but not a requirement.
- Availability to travel internationally as required.
Skills Required
- Communications and public relations experience with travel, tourism, or destination-marketing account experience
- Fluent English and strong, confident client-ready writing skills
- Experience managing multi-market or multi-office client programs
- Demonstrated new business pitch experience, including personally writing and presenting winning proposals
- Strong editorial judgment and sourcing discipline, especially for government or reputationally sensitive content
- Ability to manage senior client relationships with limited oversight
- Ability to work effectively in a small, fast-paced, start-up-style regional team
- Arabic language skills
- Availability to travel internationally
Finn Partners Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Finn Partners and has not been reviewed or approved by Finn Partners.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with employer-paid base employee coverage, plus HSA/FSA options and mental health resources. Wellness support such as an annual subsidy and access to counseling and virtual therapy reinforces breadth of care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off encompasses vacation/PTO, numerous paid holidays, sick and personal days, monthly half-days, Summer Days, and a paid Winter Break. Additional paid time for volunteering and Election Day supports balance and community involvement.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching (100% up to 3% plus 50% on the next 2%) is available after six months. The match structure and eligibility timeline provide tangible support for retirement savings.
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What We Do
1400+ People. 3 Continents. 33 Offices. We are a global integrated marketing agency transforming and inspiring the world of communications every day. A LETTER FROM PETER FINN: DECEMBER 2011. FINN PARTNERS WAS BORN. After 11 years serving as co-CEO of an historic agency that carried my father’s name— and mine!—and after 30+ years of working at the firm, I wanted to build something different, bold, meaningful and amazing for clients, our colleagues and the community. "Amazing" was, and is, for me an important word. I imagined we could be "amazing" every day, knowing this is a goal not always achieved but always pursued. A place where talented people could gather and do big things for clients as well as make a difference to the communities important to us. WE LAUNCHED WITH A GROUP WHO SHARED A VISION. This was to be a "new" agency model, driven by a collaborative spirit. We asked, "Can we bind our 60-year legacy to the energy and speed of today’s hi-tech world?" We had $24 million in fees at our founding. Today, we have more than $85 million in fees, over 700 colleagues and 18 offices across three continents. Our Founding Managing Partners, highly respected colleagues who took the leap with me from our former agency, have been joined by the principals of other great agencies that became Finn Partner companies. So many other talented individuals are with us, too, intrigued by the idea of doing amazing things in an amazing workplace community. WE’VE MADE OUR MARK QUICKLY. Finn Partners has been named “Best New Agency,” “Best PR Agency to Work for in North America” and“Best Mid-Sized Agency of the Year” three times. Now, we’re one of the world’s largest agencies. WE ARE A YOUNG AGENCY. We share the genes of a respected agency that pioneered today’s integrated communications. But we are not them. We are unique. We are ourselves. We are focused on the future, building that future during each amazing day.
