PR Account Executive / Senior Account Executive
Grayling Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Grayling Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Location: Southampton
Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working (3 days in office, 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, innovate 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 PR, you’ve come to the right place!
The day to day
We’re looking for a driven and ambitious Account Executive or Senior Account Executive to join our team in this 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.
You’ll get to:
* 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.
* Manage Media relations activities, including media monitoring, trends analysis, opportunity-spotting and media liaison
* Build and manage media and forward feature lists and recommends appropriate opportunities to target
* Conduct effective media sell-ins & identifies most advantageous opportunities for client coverage
* Communicate accurately and keeps 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 sharing follow up actions.
* Deliver accurate written communications and can write a range of copy including: press releases, quotes, emails, status & contact reports, social media materials
* Manage departmental administration and supports 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
* Monitor the media landscape for new opportunities to sell in additional Grayling products and services to clients to enhance revenue and profitability
What Will Give You The Edge
* A strong desire to build a career in public relations
* Excellent writing abilities
* Digitally savvy
* Curious – a desire to learn, improve, apply new knowledge and develop self
* 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
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Our promises to you
* Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working & 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 flexible benefits platform that puts you in control—choose from dental, gym, wellbeing initiatives, training, discounts, or even contributions to everyday bills like Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify!
* Enhanced family-friendly policies
* Free subscription to Calm app
* Free breakfasts & fruit
* An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our internal training programmes.
* New business and employee referral bonuses
* Railcard reimbursement
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
* Life assurance
Get to know us
Grayling is the UK’s best-connected communications agency, working across Consumer, Corporate, and Public Affairs. With nine UK offices and 20+ worldwide, we help brands make an impact through smart thinking, cultural insights, and creative ideas.
We’ve been on a huge journey the last year and have just been shortlisted for PRWeek UK’s brand-new People and Places Awards 2025.
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.
Seniority level
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Employment type
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Public Relations, Writing/Editing, and Marketing
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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