PR Account Director

Due to incredibly exciting new business wins, our PR team is growing, which means we're on the lookout for an established PR Account Director to deliver award-winning work with us.

You will be responsible for leading and delivering campaigns across existing clients, as well as driving growth.

We're looking for a confident account director who has a great track record of developing strategic PR programmes and delivering outstanding results.
Contribute to the functional and professional development of your team and ensure best
practice sharing with other disciplines

Develop positive integrated team relationships to work collaboratively towards client goals

You will need to demonstrate a passion for storytelling, expertise in earned media and in applying latest techniques to deliver meaningful work with commercially relevant results. You will need a keen eye for the detail coupled with a big picture view of where your clients should be heading.

Your client relationship skills will be second-to-none and you'll be passionate about helping to grow and develop the team. As a senior hire within our multi-disciplinary PR, social and influencer team, you'll also be adept at pitching for new business, spotting and converting opportunities to grow current clients and managing client finances.

If this sounds like you and you're ready to take your career to the next level with a highly driven and award-winning team, let's talk.

Delivering fame building campaigns and effective earned media results for some of the UK's most well-known brands your enviable portfolio will allow you to work with a raft of highly talented McCann specialists who will help you hone your skills in strategy, creativity and much more.

You'll be highly collaborative and enjoy the challenge of developing and implementing sector leading work and embracing new ideas that push clients to achieve more. As part of the world's most effective and creative agency network, we'll give you all the support you need to be brave, to shine and to succeed in your career and beyond.
About McCann and you

You'll be joining our Birmingham team which is part of McCann Central, the UK's largest integrated agency with over 550 people working together to help brands earn a meaningful role in people's lives, by telling stories worth sharing.

We are also one of the biggest and fastest growing regional PR and social operators in our own right. Committed to delivering stand out work that delivers true impact, we have 60+ operators in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Leeds. And, as a part of the senior team, you'll have a say in how we build on our success and create even greater clout in the future.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world's biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we've got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign's European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central's haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards, so creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do., A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you'll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you'll get to work closely with the world's biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you'll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you'll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.
Our commitment to equal opportunities
For us, diversity is a business imperative - one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense.

As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, it's vital that the talent mix in our agencies encompass all dimensions of diversity, and that we demand the same of the people we work with.

Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural, and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection, and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.

In addition to a competitive salary, we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.