Director (Associate Director) - Up to £70k

What's Happening

We are looking for a highly-experienced PR Account Director/Associate Director to join Golin and run one of the agency’s biggest, most exciting accounts; you’ll be working with a brilliant team to oversee the running of the account, provide counsel and strategic direction, and motivate the team to craft work that truly is their best!

You’ll already work as an Account Director/Associate Director and have extensive agency experience with a strong grasp of PR, gained in a professional capacity.

Your role will be broad and varied, but with a focus on managing fast-paced, talented teams, as well as overseeing all work delivered for this well-known brand. You will "own" many of our key client relationships. You'll need to be an excellent leader with a creative, earned eye, and with a proven track record in delivering best in class, earned-first stories across a range of media types. You’ll have an eye on the big cultural trends of the moment and truly understand the shifting media landscape and the opportunities that exist as a result. You’ll be able to help lead on ideation of big ideas that have earned at their heart, whilst running day to day projects with ease and skill.

What will you be doing?

Working in a tight-knit team, you will be the main client contact on one of our biggest clients. As a senior member of the team, you’ll be managing the team’s performance and outputs, and be the go-to for strategic and client counsel. You’ll be overseeing campaigns, projects and day to day press office activity (ensuring the highest quality of work) whilst pushing boundaries, and thinking outside of the box to deliver best in class earned campaigns.

Day to day

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with clients and improve the company's reputation in terms of delivery and quality.
• Provide strategic counsel to clients, being able to assess problems and define logical and effective solutions for clients.
• Lead the delivery of high quality earned activity, which includes development of media and channel strategies, story development and management of third parties.
• Brief and inform account teams. Communicate expectations/goals to team on an ongoing basis, helping to keep team motivated by communicating clear tasks and actions.
• Work successfully with partner agencies as part of a client integrated agency team, both internally at Golin and externally.
• Predict possible problems on the account and be ready to take care of any crises and action appropriately.
• Work effectively with finance colleagues to deliver accurate quotations for all client projects or new business work.
• Contribute innovative ideas for client and new business work, inspiring ideation amongst team members.

Who are you?

• A brilliant understanding of what makes an earned story – and how to make them travel across multiple channels.
• An excellent communicator, you'll build connections quickly with the people around you.
• Strategic mindset - you will be able to anticipate potential roadblocks and keep ahead of the curve with emerging trends.
• Proven project management skills, leading multiple teams, as well as interagency, to deliver work that is on brief, on time, and on budget.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to ensure profitability, avoiding over-servicing.
• Strong social and digital acumen – highly competent at developing and executing influencer programs, social listening and wider digital and social strategies.
• Excellent project management skills with strong organisational and planning skills.
• First-rate written, verbal and presentation skills; accomplished at delivering successful pitches.
• Curious with a drive to deliver new and premier work for the agency and client.
• A little black book of contacts built up from over the years in industry.
• A good, collaborative team leader with experience of managing teams and individuals.