Job Description
JUNIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER
PR & Events | Full-time, 5 days a week | 4pm finish on Fridays | Fully remote, UK-wide
About LUYA
LUYA is an independent PR agency specialising in media relations, social media, influencer engagement and events.
Our client portfolio spans hospitality, retail (with a particular strength in multi-site UK rollouts), property and place, leisure and travel, B2B and manufacturing.
We’re a collective of strategists, communications specialists, media experts and event curators all with boots-on-the-ground experience across the UK. Our team is spread throughout the country and unified by a shared purpose: to make brands unmissable.
The Role
We are looking for a Junior Account Manager to step up and take the reins on a portfolio of established hospitality and property accounts. Reporting to a Senior Account Manager and the Agency Director, you will be the daily point of contact for clients and will line manage a small team of Account Executives, ensuring activity is on brief, on time and to the LUYA standard.
You will lead on PR strategy, media relations and comms across your accounts, while also managing and attending events as part of LUYA’s wider service offering. You will work alongside our in-house Social Media team and our Influencer/Campaigns Exec on integrated campaigns.
Although the role is remote, working predominantly from home and through Teams, it includes regular onsite client meetings, team meet-ups and catch-ups in Manchester and London, co-working sessions and attendance at client events throughout the year.
Experience We’re Looking For
Typically 2 to 3+ years’ PR experience, ideally agency-side, with exposure to line management or mentoring junior team members.
Preferred but not vital:
* Experience in PR alongside planning and delivering events on time and within budget
* Consumer and B2B awareness and knowledge
* Hospitality, property, retail or leisure sector experience
* Driving licence and car or easy access to trains
Key ResponsibilitiesPR (lead focus)
* Compiling and delivering annual PR strategies for your client portfolio
* Developing news angles, campaigns, stories and pitches to elevate clients’ profiles, products and services
* Building and maintaining a network of media contacts - journalists, editors and industry spokespeople
* Daily proactive outreach: contacting press, following up on opportunities and identifying inbound leads
* Copywriting and editing across press releases, feature articles, blogs, newsletters and supporting copy
* Monitoring Response Source and other lead sources for relevant client opportunities
* Issuing press coverage to clients and compiling monthly PR reports alongside the team
* Keeping abreast of PR trends, tools and the wider media landscape
* Supporting new business pitches and contributing to PR proposals
Events
* Managing and attending client events across the year; from press days and brand launches to regional activations
* Overseeing event budgets and finalising costs
* End-to-end event management, from prior planning through to on-the-day delivery
* Supporting and directing Account Executives on supplier research, quotes, logistics and operations
Influencers
* Account-level oversight of influencer and creator activity, working closely with our Influencer/Campaigns Exec
* Managing paid and unpaid influencer outreach and campaigns as part of integrated client programmes
Account Leadership
* Acting as the daily point of contact for clients and the strategic lead across your accounts
* Line managing a small team of Account Executives- daily check-ins, workload management and quality control
* Holding overall account oversight across PR, events, social and influencer workstreams to ensure everything aligns
* Leading internal and client meetings
What We Offer
* Fully remote, UK-wide working with regular team meet-ups in Manchester and London
* 4pm finish every Friday
* Senior-led culture with genuine career progression and direct mentorship from the Agency Director and Senior Account Managers
* Quarterly mental health workshops for the team
* Regular media and presentation training, focused on confidence, storytelling and presence
* Exposure to Tier 1 national media work- FT, Sky News, BBC, ITV alongside high-profile regional and trade campaigns
* Bonus holiday scheme
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.