Team: Brand Communications
Location: London (Chancery Lane)
Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working (3 days in, 2 days flexible)
About Grayling UK
Our people are in equal parts exceptional professionals and wonderful human beings.
We’ve created a culture that champions personal growth and development, empowering everyone to be creative, innovative and enjoy their work. Your growth is our priority because when you thrive, so do we.
We’re serious about our work but never about ourselves, so if you’re looking for your next move and are passionate about consumer PR, you’ve come to the right place!
The day to day
We’re looking for a driven and ambitious Senior Account Executive who’s looking to continue their career in PR & communications. This is pivotal role within the agency where you’ll be responsible for delivering excellent day-to-day client work, playing a key support role within the team.
Based in Central London, you will work across a broad spectrum of well known consumer and corporate brands, gaining exposure to a wide range of exciting campaigns and projects.
You will:
- Play a crucial role in the delivery of PR campaigns for your clients including developing compelling press releases, landing media coverage, engaging with influencers, and delivering social media campaigns
- Drive media relations activities, including media monitoring, trends analysis, opportunity-spotting and media liaison
- Build and manage media and forward feature lists and recommend appropriate opportunities to target
- Conduct effective media sell-ins & identify most advantageous opportunities for client coverage
- Communicate accurately and keep the team and client informed on progress in accordance with agreed processes, ensuring expectations are managed and any issues are escalated in a timely fashion
- Organise client meetings, helping to prepare agendas and share follow up actions
- Deliver accurate written communications and write a range of copy including: press releases, quotes, emails, status & contact reports, social media materials
- Manage departmental administration and support the team, ensuring internal processes are followed
- Build and manage top-tier media relationships
- Assist in the new business process including participating in brainstorm meetings, research and proposal preparation
What will give you the edge
- Previous experience within a PR agency or communications environment is essential, alongside a genuine passion for public relations and media communications.
- A love of consuming different types of media and digital content
- Excellent writing abilities
- Personal drive and passion for the industry
- Strong administrative and organisation skills
- Creative thinker and problem solver
- Ability to juggle multiple and changing priorities
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and recommend a practical response
Our promises to you
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, a work from anywhere policy, flexi time and 4pm Friday finishes
- 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days
- Additional day of leave on your birthday & gifted time off over Christmas
- A monthly cash allowance to use on the benefits most important to you - you'll have the freedom to choose how you enjoy it!
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Free subscription to Calm app
- Office perks, including free breakfasts & fruit
- An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our internal training programmes
- New business and employee referral bonuses
- Interest-free season ticket loan & Railcard reimbursement
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
- Life assurance
Get to know us
Grayling is one of the UK’s most connected communications agencies, working across Public Affairs, Planning & Infrastructure, Consumer and Corporate. With nine UK offices and more than 20 worldwide, we help organisations navigate complexity, shape conversations and make a meaningful impact through smart thinking, cultural insight and creative ideas.
We’re excited to keep raising the bar for impactful communications around the world and are proud to share that we have been named in PRovoke Media’s 100 Best Public Relations Agencies in the World.
Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees’ unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will consider all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status. If you need any adjustments during the application process, we’re here to help - just let us know.
