Senior Account Executive - Reading, United Kingdom - Office Angels

Office Angels

Verified Company

Reading, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Account Executive / Senior Account Executive / Account Manager

Location:
Caversham, Reading (office based) RG4

Salary:
up to £26,000 per annum

Hours:
Monday - Friday / 9:00am - 5:00pm

Type:
Full time / permanent

Benefits:
On-site 25 days holiday + bank holidays, good transport links

Summary of main purposes of the job:
Account Executives support the implementation of all areas including account admin, day-to-day PR activity and social media.

They are involved in executing the campaign tasks to meet clients' needs and work towards long-term client retention and productivityacross all channels.

THE ROLE:

Key Objectives for the job role

Media activity to include drafting and issuing press releases, including selling in, building media lists etc as well as helping with logging coverage you will be responsible for supporting the coverage KPIs for clients
Working with the client teams as and when necessary to identify relevant influencers/ bloggers and working with them on specific accounts including arranging their contracts, issuing product, following through to point of activity and evaluating the success/ reach
To provide support to ensure that campaigns are evaluated efficiently, and results reported back to clients in a suitable manor
To regularly spot key opportunities within the target media and highlight them to Account Executives, Account Managers and Directors
To work within target hours to ensure that accounts are not over serviced and to prioritise personal workloads
To provide support to the account team to help ensure the smooth running of social media accounts
To monitor the named social media accounts and news feeds to ensure maximum engagement and to highlight potential issues as they arise in conjunction with the relevant Account Manager
To provide support as required ranging from research for new business to office admin
To provide office admin support as required such as stationary ordering and general filing

Knowledge and Skills required

Minimum 2 years' PR experience
A strong communicator both verbal and written
A proactive approach
Strong initiative and personal desire to achieve and deliver results
A demonstratable understanding of consumer and ideally trade ( but this is optional) media from key relationships to how it works and how to achieve positive on message coverage
Understanding of social media channels e.g Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (media is primarily the focus for this specific role but some time will include support on social and working with influencers)
Ability to prioritise with a can do and organised approach
An interest in food and wellbeing
Good attention to detail
IT skills to include Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.