Senior Account Executive
Publicis Groupe, City of Westminster
Senior Account Executive
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Publicis Groupe, City of Westminster
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 8 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: ed31a21613ef423bb02dad01315c1986
Full Job Description
- Sky Mobile & Broadband - creative campaigns and press office, for example: https://www.skygroup.sky/article/sugababes-shut-down-london-with-surprise-rush-hour-performance
- Samsung - creative consumer PR activations, for example: https://www.taylorherring.com/samsung-launch-public-art-installation-to-promote-new-galaxy-z-fold6-and-galaxy-z-flip6/
- McVitie's - creative campaigns and press office, for example: https://www.taylorherring.com/mcvities-rally-britain-to-bring-back-the-tea-biscuit-break, As a Senior Account Executive, you will be:
- Working with your senior team to manage day-to-day client activity across both retained and project work for consumer brands
- Supporting with the drafting of newsworthy press releases, survey questions and media pitches
- Participating in media sell-ins, pitching stories and projects to journalists to deliver client coverage through press, online and social media channels
- Maintaining strong relationships with key journalist contacts and making new ones to account for changing clients and journalist teams
- Participating in all-agency brainstorms for new client briefs and contributing to new ideas and the writing of the pitch deck
- Contributing to the implementation of campaigns, supporting in client meetings and assisting with the organisation and execution of client projects and retained press offices - including updating status timelines and weekly reports
- A key day-to-day contact and support for junior clients, ensuring you gain a solid understanding of the client's business, their competitors and wider industry trends and news
- Participating in daily newspaper reading to identify potential news hooks for reactive media sell ins, plus also keeping abreast of any coverage relevant to clients within the agency
- Researching, outreaching, negotiating and managing influencers across your campaigns, both from a paid and organic point of view (such as securing influencers to attend events or to gift products to)
- Supporting the team on video and photography shoots, including liaising with our production team, liaising with suppliers, organising props, managing call sheets & running orders, being a runner on set
- You will be responsible for compiling detailed campaign reports, including coverage analysis - both weekly and at the end of campaigns (existing experience of media monitoring platforms such as Meltwater or Cision useful but not essential)
- Ability to work as part of a cross-agency team for clients as required Team:
- At Taylor Herring we work within a team-based structure - within which sit project leads and team leads. As a general rule you work with, sit with and grow with your team.
- You will have a line manager to support your growth - and after a year, you also have the option of being assigned a Mentor from outside your team if you would like one
- This opening is on an experienced Senior Account Director's team who has been at Taylor Herring for 5+ years and works across many of the agency's key consumer clients
- The team's portfolio consists of projects and retained accounts - giving a fair and nurturing opportunity for team members to experience a variety of client work. You'll be trained on account, client and creative management whilst also getting exposure to the amazing campaigns that come with working at Taylor Herring.
Taylor Herring are looking for an ambitious Senior Account Executive to join one of our consumer PR teams. We are a creative and fast paced agency, who thrive off turning around extraordinary award-winning projects, creating campaigns that get people talking and pushing creative boundaries. We're looking for applicants who would thrive working on these types of campaigns and love to be part of the team behind them. We're keen to meet candidates who are self-motivated, passionate, smart, particular with their time planning and have the ability to adapt from one project to another. Due to the nature of big brand clients you will be working on, being at ease with process and having a sharp attention to detail would be well suited to this role too., - Demonstrable agency or in-house experience working within consumer PR and be client/stakeholder facing within their current role.
- Writing: Strong writing skills are essential, to support with drafting newsworthy press releases, survey questions and media pitches.
- Multi-Tasking: Executing responsibilities across 3-4 accounts at any one time
- Proactive: Actively taking responsibility for day-to-day tasks and priorities and updating team on progress/requesting support where required
- Problem Solving: Using creative insight and problem-solving daily
- Media Knowledge: Must have fantastic selling in skills, with a strong news sense and a host of key media contacts demonstrated through secured coverage
Taylor Herring is an award-winning creative PR, social media and influencer agency that delivers solid business outcomes for its consumer brand clients through smart thinking, creativity and innovation. The agency is famous for its eye-catching, creative campaigns - which generate headlines, crash social media timelines, capture the imagination and inspire people to take notice. Commercially and creatively driven, we deliver long-running PR programs as well as high-impact launch moments for consumer and entertainment brands. Taylor Herring has won more PR Week awards than any other agency in the past decade, have been Campaign's Agency Of The Year three times in the past five years - and are shortlisted again for 2024! The Taylor Herring and St Marks (our production company) crew are a great bunch of passionate, smart, creative, determined, supportive, collaborative people. We are a tight-knit community all in pursuit of delivering the best work possible, and having a good time while we do it. Our Commitment We believe diversity drives innovation and creativity. It connects us closer to our clients and the audiences we serve. So we're shaping an inclusive agency culture where difference is valued. We celebrate the diverse voices of our team. As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. - WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
- REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
- HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
- FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
- HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
- AGENCY DISCOUNTS , onsite gym, and discount in our Publicis-Owned Pub - "The Pregnant Man" Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us! Taylor Herring operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process. Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page (https://www.publicisgroupeuk.com/careers/) which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).
Taylor Herring has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;
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