Pr Account Director - Leading B2B Agency

Our award-winning PR team is looking for a B2B Account Director

The Think Tank is a 40 person strong integrated marketing agency based in Holborn and, as a fast growing business, we need a strategic, creative senior PR professional.

We’re looking for a London based PR Account Director to be part of our supportive, results-focused team of media relations practitioners. B2B, Corporate or Tech PR experience is essential.

A core ethos is important and ours is all about doing great work (and being recognised for it), helping our clients’ businesses thrive. Most importantly, we’ve a friendly, respectful, supportive culture that stretches people.

This role has a day-to-day focus on client and people management, you’re responsible for delivering the strategic priorities for your accounts and you’ll nurture the team to execute, while providing client counsel, and be seen as their trusted PR advisor.

With a competitive salary and additional benefits, this is an opportunity to work with great people and clients, climb the ranks and be in an environment where your voice is heard and you make it on merit.

About You

• At least 5 years’ experience gained in a PR agency
• Experience running both a team and successful PR campaigns – with the ability to motivate colleagues identify challenges
• Demonstrable commercial experience
• A proven track record in B2B, corporate or technology PR and able to show the results
• A news hound with a passion for current affairs and the proven ability to ‘newsjack’
• Superb writing ability with the flexibility to craft copy from pithy comments, press releases, social posts and thought provoking op-eds
• Great media contacts along with superb project and event management skills, you’ll also be keen to act as a coach to junior colleagues – demonstrating how to leverage the contacts and relationships you’ve developed over the years and show the junior team how to nurture these themselves
• A self-starter, with the ability to motivate yourself and your colleagues to achieve amazing results
• A supportive leader with a desire to help junior colleagues develop their skills, through a coaching approach
• Competency around digital and social media and an understanding of influencer campaigns
• The right to work in the UK
• Excellent written and spoken English

The Role:

• This is senior role and you will need to be seen as the account lead
• Day-to-day key client interaction as well as team and project management to ensure results are achieved
• Responsibility for client commercials and spotting opportunities to grow the clients’ business, as well as identifying and developing new business opportunities
• You’ll be confident taking a monthly and quarterly view to planning and execution
• Be able to juggle - as you’ll simultaneously manage multiple projects and clients and ensure delivery against targets
• Responsibility for client commercials and spotting opportunities to grow the clients’ business, as well as identifying and developing new business opportunities
• Ongoing collaboration with your senior team to develop and implement campaign strategy
• New business involvement, proposal writing and strategy development
• We’re committed to continuous development and offer all colleagues continual development
• We work in a hybrid way and the role requires two days a week at our Central London office

Benefits

• 27 days holiday per annum
• Private medical insurance
• Free access to gyms across London plus discounts to others
• On-demand GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support on your phone
• Variety of fitness and travel discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Career Development and training based on individual needs

About The Think Tank:

We're proud to be independent, and for 30 years, we've been born to B2B.

Since 2021, we've grown by 50%, and the multi-generational team is more than 40 strong. We work with our clients to create work that moves the needle, driving sales, raising visibility and boosting their people's morale.

We pride ourselves on our supportive culture; we offer a strong work/life balance and heaps of development opportunities and regularly decline clients that don't fit our values.

The PR team at The Think Tank – we're a ten-strong team of PR practitioners and copy experts.

We're proud to have an exciting client mix who make the world a better place through technology, innovation and changing how things are done.

While this is a full-time role, part-time applications meeting the shortlisting criteria will be considered, and to underline, we're open to returnees.

We're sorry, but this is not a role that is suitable for a career changer. If you're a PR wanting to switch sectors – let's chat 😊 &0E;️

If you're interested: email our PR Director Joanna Wilmot at [email protected] with your CV and portfolio. If you'd like to have an initial chat, please do reach out on LinkedIn

Strictly no agencies.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we're only able to respond to those applicants who meet the shortlisting criteria.