PR Senior Account Manager

Location:                 Bristol

Working Pattern:    Full time, hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days flexible)

About the role

We’re looking for a PR Senior Account Manager to join our award winning Bristol team! As either a current Senior Account Manager or an Account Manager ready to take that next step, you’ll be responsible for managing the delivery of effective and creative PR solutions which surprise and delight our clients.

You’ll be fully adept at building strong relationships with the media along with being a skilled people manager. You’ll also be exposed to working on pitches and developing new business opportunities with Grayling teams across the UK, specifically our Southern teams. You’ll be working across a portfolio of clients, predominantly within the corporate comms space, including professional and financial services, education, travel, and energy.

The day to day

• Utilise knowledge of traditional and digital media to maximise PR opportunities, promoting the range of PR services available to clients
• Managing and supporting the Senior Account Executive in the delivery of their role. Using appropriate people management techniques, resolving or escalating issues promptly and fairly, and championing achievements
• Interpret and respond to client briefs and develop effective communication strategies using media expertise, creativity tools and data driven insights, resulting in creative solutions for our clients
• Contribute to crisis management plans and provide support to senior consultants
• Create news stories and build media relationships that will deliver coverage
• Contribute to new business solutions, leveraging previous relevant experience, specialist skills and knowledge while selling Grayling’s full offer effectively
• Assist the senior management team in developing long-term client satisfaction
• Monitor the media landscape for new opportunities to sell in additional Grayling products and services to clients to enhance revenue and profitability
• Connect with colleagues from across the global Grayling network, leveraging opportunities to work together to enhance professional development and learning
• Manage personal and team time meticulously, identifying and resolving time-based issues effectively as well as assisting junior staff in managing their workloads
• Seek out training initiatives and learning opportunities to enhance personal and team development
• Support the senior team with meticulous management and delivery of all reporting and administration using the appropriate business processes
• Develop a personal network of internal and external industry contacts, identifying new business opportunities

What will give you edge

• Previous PR agency experience in the corporate space
• Strong understanding of both traditional and digital public relations
• Local connections and experience of stakeholder communications
• Curious – a desire to learn, improve, apply new knowledge and develop self
• Excellent grasp of clients’ marketplaces, audiences and routes to market
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Commercially aware and decisive
• Confident networker
• Organised with excellent time management skills
• Supportive, inspiring and motivational team player
• Personal drive and passion for the industry
• Self-aware and able to adapt personal style and approach to clients and team
• Ability to assimilate information quickly and recommend a practical response

Our promises to you

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working (where you can work two days a week from home)
• 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.
• Duvet morning on your birthday 
• Gifted time off over Christmas 
• Free breakfasts & weekly drinks in the office
• Regular team socials and early finish Fridays. 
• An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our Grayling Advantage Academy (with courses ranging from writing, resilience, creativity and more) 
• External mentoring via Creative Access for anyone from an under-represented background
• New business and employee referral bonuses.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programmes, including discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
• Life insurance

Get to know us

We’re Grayling UK, a multi award-winning PR & Communications agency that truly creates advantage for our clients. We care passionately about our people too and we’re the proud winner of PR Week’s ‘Best Place to Work’ award. From public affairs to consumer PR, crisis management and everything in between, we help clients across the UK and around the world to build their brand, implement effective comms strategies and engage with their audiences better than ever before.

We’re a sociable bunch and life at Grayling will offer you a whole host of benefits including 4pm Friday finishes, hybrid working, regular training workshops and regular socials – not to mention the opportunity to work across award winning global campaigns!

We are proudly part of Accordience, an international public relations, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group – made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle.  Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries

We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees’ unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with.  We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status. 

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will be very happy to provide any reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process. For any advice or assistance please contact [email protected]