About us
We are an award-winning team of PR pros who are proud to be awarded Best Agency To Work For EMEA Network by Provoke in 2024 as well as shortlisted as Technology Agency of the Year in 2024 for the EMEA Sabre Awards. We are looking to welcome new talent into our team. We bring together a diverse group of people who share a passion for integrated communications and tech and want to tell the world amazing stories about the transformative power of technology.
Axicom delivers integrated communication campaigns for the world’s most innovative technology companies. From offices in Amsterdam, Austin, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Stockholm, Axicom designs, builds and delivers ground-breaking and thought-provoking campaigns. We offer our clients analyst and influencer relations, content, digital marketing, media relations, events and stunt management, internal communications, and research and insights services.
Intelligent Working
At Axicom, we work intelligently. Intelligent working is our industry-leading approach to flexible working. It is an adaptable framework that gives you more freedom every day and the flexibility you need to provide you with balance.
We have removed core hours from our contracts and believe that your work life should work for you.
As a progressive workplace we welcome and support flexible working and believe that with high trust, we don’t need rules, just principles that we can all agree to.
Our Guiding Principles
We Play at Work
We delight in differences and prize peculiarity
We find fun in the most unexpected places
We are brave and bold in the face of the unknown
We Push Everyone
Ourselves: We take initiative and exceed expectations
One Another: We are generous with constructive and appreciative feedback
Our Clients: We are challengers and counsellors as well communicators
We Win Together
We readily ask for help and eagerly offer support.
We are clear on our goals and accountable for our results.
We are united as one team. Every single success is shared.
About you
We look for three values when onboarding talent: Intelligence, Initiative, and Integrity.
Our promise to candidates
At Axicom, Diversity just isn’t a word for us – its power. We recognise what makes us great is the individuality of our teams.
As such, we actively welcome applications from individuals and groups who are under-represented and celebrate difference; be it ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We will only assess candidates on abilities we believe are critical for the role.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed to ensure a level playing field during the recruitment process.
The role
We are seeking an Account Manager to join our team who is eager to learn and contribute to the execution of day-to-day tasks and the overall success of the team and agency.
You will work with leading consumer technology clients on launching their new products in the UK and globally, coordination of agencies across the world and hijacking the news agenda with witty angles.
Proficient in PR skills, the Account Manager will act as a trainer to junior consultants and interns and will also oversee and monitor their workload. The Account Manager will play a key role in winning new business and will have an understanding of the budget implications of their actions.
Our Account Managers possess an in-depth understanding of their clients’ business, keeping up to date with industry trends and the competitive landscape. They become champions of inventive thinking and identify opportunities for client growth while fostering curiosity within their teams to identify new possibilities.
As an Account Manager, you will:
* Plan and implement impactful PR campaigns
* Be proactive in all that you do
* Develop and lead PR strategies from formulation through to execution aligning them with the client’s key business objectives
* Combine creativity with knowledge of the media to recognise media angles and generate positive news coverage, profile pieces and features across a broad media spectrum
* Have the ability to write “journalist quality” press releases and other content
* Assist in the reporting, analysis and evaluation of PR campaigns
* Liaise with the client and act as key point of contact in support of senior consultants
* Sell ideas, promotions and features to clients and media
* Delegate to junior consultants effectively
* Supervise AE’s and Interns activity and workload
* Establish professional relationships with colleagues in other offices
* Fully participate in brainstorms and create workable programmes for new business and existing clients
* Keep track of impending deadlines and ensure all work is completed in a timely manner
* Actively participate in new business development including proposal writing
* Identify new business opportunities
* Ensure all work is completed on time and within budget
* Track and reconcile project fee and expense budgets
* Champion Axicom’s social and environmental sustainability principles
General
* Demonstrate the ability to manage your time in an effective manner
* Take ownership/accountability for the results of your actions and decisions
* Represent both clients and Axicom in a professional manner at external events
* Be an ambassador for the agency at all times
* Play an active, effective and helpful part in all your client teams, your practise and broadly within Axicom London.
What we offer
As well as exciting career growth opportunities we offer a generous remuneration package including a comprehensive selection of employee benefits, such as; gym membership/wellness contribution, dental insurance, 25 days holiday entitlement, company pension scheme and many more. You will also have access to Employee Assistance and LinkedIn Learning as well as other training and development opportunities.