Trainee Account Executive - Reading, United Kingdom - Berkeley PR International Ltd
2 weeks ago
Description
Account responsibilities:
- Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as selling in
- Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires, and blogs, for opportunities for clients
- Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients, and the media
- Building and keeping media lists up to date
- Attending client meetings and providing event/exhibition support where appropriate
- Researching, writing, and distributing press releases and other written collateral to targeted media
Company responsibilities:
- Daily newspapers overview
- Answering incoming calls
- General administration duties
- Regular contributor to the face of Berkeley through social networking (including company blog and Twitter) on
- Beginning to support and understand the agency values (PIES)
- Develop an initial understanding of Berkeleys storytelling philosophy and begin to bring elements of storytelling into written work
Key skills:
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills
- Confidence, articulate, adaptable, creative
- Selfmotivation and a persuasive manner
- Good spoken and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Good 'people skills', for working with a range of colleagues and clients
- A professional manner
- Good business sense
Our benefits:
- Every member of the team gets CPDaccredited Storytelling Academy training
- Comprehensive induction programme
- 21 days holiday, rising 1 day per year up to 5 years of service (26)
- An extra days holiday on your birthday
- Flexible, hybridworking role
- Pension
- Private Health Care
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