Overview
Our client is a Central London based Branding and Communications Agency with an ever expanding talented team of experts specialising in everything food and drink. They are now looking for a Junior Account Executive to join their busy team
Salary: £23,000
The Role
A Junior Account Executive has had circa 1-year experience in supporting/internship/general experience in PR. The role is integral within a PR agency and the individual is involved in a variety of tasks and duties. This could range from:
- General office management – keeping everything tidy, IT management/liaison, office supplies for kitchen, cleaning, general errands for the team and office, helping organising hotels, restaurants, team events etc.
- Helping put together presentations
- Collating and managing articles and coverage
- Conducting research tasks for clients
- Assisting teams across all admin requirements
- Supporting with events
- Ensuring reports are up to date
- Media sell-ins for client campaigns
- Manage databases
- Research
- Coordinating guest lists
- Social Media support
- Support office management duties
- Copywriting – press releases, blogs, online articles etc.
- Liaising and building relationships with journalists
- Supporting and attending client and media events
- Media list management cross agency, updating, sharing new contacts etc.
- Forward feature list management
- Office stationery management
- Supporting team on mailers
- Supplier list management
- Post – check deliveries, post (left by front door) distribute
- Open all boxes general FSC boxes. Alert those they’re addressed specifically to as soon as they come in in case important.
- Influencer engagement
- Mailers and general support for initiatives on specific accounts
- All admin support in terms of reporting, logging, research, industry news
- Weekly internal meetings to ensure all account teams are aligned and know their actions for the week ahead
- Client meetings/calls where appropriate
- Magazines and newspaper management – subscriptions, sorting in office etc.
The Person
- The candidate needs to have an approachable and open manner and be used to working quickly and under pressure, in a busy Media environment.
- The ability to communicate and listen to others in a professional and helpful manner both face to face and on the telephone
- A good understanding of office admin and etiquette
- Good written, IT and verbal communication skills as well as a good understanding of minute taking and sharing actions with the wider team
- Good level of attention to detail
- Proactive, self-starter with ‘can do’ attitude
- Good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint is essential
- Good time management and ability to prioritise own work with support
- Ability to work under pressure and offer flexibility when required to meet deadlines
- Creative and innovative – able to think laterally
- Team player – must be flexible, adaptable and appreciative of needs of other team members
- Discretion, confidentiality and act with integrity and high emotional intelligence at all times
- Be familiar with all the main social media channels and know how to use them should it be required to upload on behalf of the team or a client (i.e. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest)
Please get in touch with Lisa on 0208497212 for more information or submit your CV using the link below