Senior Account Manager
Location: Hook, Hampshire
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £35,000 to £42,000 per annum
You will take the lead in driving the success of your team’s client campaigns through excellent, regular client communication and delivery of agreed tactics across PR, digital, social, content and creative, achieving the agreed results.
As the media lead in the team, you will oversee media strategy and execution, acting as the go-to expert on media relations both internally and externally. Working with the Account Director, you will clearly understand your clients’ objectives and requirements and translate quick but creative thinking into decisive action to ensure long-term retention and growth of clients.
What we would like you to do:
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, establishing self and Whiteoaks as an invaluable long-term partner for PR, content, digital and social media services
• Manage all communication with the client and ensure deadlines and service agreements are met consistently
• Work closely with the Account Director to regularly review account performance, identifying and communicating opportunities for additional services
• Oversee the running of regular client meetings and calls, providing consultative advice on tactical communications activity
• Act as the media lead for the team, driving media strategy, maintaining oversight of media-related activity and ensuring excellence in execution across all accounts
• Build, maintain and develop productive relationships with journalists, influencers and analysts across broadcast, national, trade and vertical media channels, leveraging networks to maximise client coverage
We would like to hear from you if you have:
• PR experience in a role with account management responsibilities.
• Strong understanding content, digital and social media services with PR.
• Ambition, and are commerciality focussed and looking to make a big impact in fast growing market.
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Experience of working in a fast paced, target driven environment and are results orientated.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Why Whiteoaks International?
At Whiteoaks, we focus on impact and results - our clients trust us to deliver PR strategies that drive business growth. As the UK’s leading B2B tech PR agency, we work with clients in the retail, fintech, enterprise IT, and security sectors to create campaigns that generate real-world outcomes.
As an employee-owned business, you’ll have a direct role in the success of the agency. You'll also benefit financially from our collective success.
Other benefits include:
• 22 days holiday (pro-rata), plus Christmas and Birthdays
• Option to buy/sell additional holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Weekly running coach sessions
• Office perks like fresh fruit, croissants, coffee, hot chocolate, and soft drinks
You may also have experience in the following: Senior Account Manager, PR Account Manager, Public Relations Manager, B2B PR Manager, Media Relations Manager, Communications Manager, Client Services Manager, Account Director (PR), Digital PR Manager, Social Media & PR Manager, Integrated Communications Manager, Content & PR Manager, B2B Communications Manager, Agency Account Manager
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