Account Manager (PR) : Brand

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We are looking for an Account Manager to play an integral role on one of the agency's biggest global clients. A confident client handler, the successful candidate will have experience in global Beauty brand management and strategic thinking in crafting earned campaigns to drive conversation across different channels including digital and social, media and events.

They will be part of a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary team which includes research and intelligence, planning, creative, social and digital.

Key Responsibilities :

• Day-to-day client liaison with a range of marketing, PR and technical stakeholders across international markets.
• Active involvement in planning and delivering global campaigns.
• Managing content programmes, including mapping out content themes, spotting industry trends and story angles, writing copy for white papers, opinion articles, web and social as well as working closely with design teams to create digital content.
• Managing major client events, including developing agendas, identifying third-party speakers, briefing spokespeople, working with other teams and agencies on production and promoting events via media, digital and social.
• International agency management such as planning and testing campaigns with other markets, briefing teams on activity and overseeing coordination and reporting.
• An innate understanding of what earns attention in culture, with the ability to create stories that generate coverage across traditional media, digital and social.
• Experience on global or multi-market work is essential with previous Auto experience is ideal.
• Experience in direct client handling, providing strategic counsel on day to day account matters.
• Looking for a strategic thinker who understands how to put together a great client presentation.
• Focus on brand strategy than media relations given global nature of the role.
• Strong communications skills, verbal and written.
• Creative, ambitious and entrepreneurial with good initiative, strong organisation and attention to detail.

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