PR Account Manager /Account Directior - B2B Technology

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Fantastic opportunity for a PR Account Manager /Account Director to join an award winning international agency working on prestigious B2B technology Accounts.

The Role
Due to exceptional growth this top technology PR agency is looking to hire a truly exceptional PR Account Director to work on high profile B2B Technology clients including IT and telecoms brands.

If you are a seasoned PR Account Manager / Account Director with extensive experience of devising and implementing integrated PR campaigns for big brand technology clients and managing account teams, ideally within an agency – this is the perfect role for you!

As Account Manager/ Account Director you will have sophisticated client handling skills, be a highly creative and strategic thinker who can provide senior level client counsel and have a proven ability to win new business.

You will need to be passionate about technology, eager to create award winning campaigns that deliver ROI and have an extensive network of press contacts from national and trade verticals.

Account Managers / Account Directors are still involved in media relations so need to be commercially astute with a strong news sense of how their clients can contribute to the news agenda.

An advanced understanding of how to harness the power of social media as part of a PR campaign is also essential.

The successful Account Manager / Account Director will be able to provide creative and strategic leadership to manage account teams, campaigns, budgets and client expectations as well as be a persuasive communicator who can win new business.

Key skills:
*Excellent team leadership ability, the desire to motivate and develop a team
*Strategic and innovative thinking, both for clients and the agency
*Superb client relationship skills
*Experience of resource and budget management
*A solid network of influencer contacts spanning media, social media and wider stakeholders (e.g. analysts, think tanks, academics etc)
*An entrepreneurial outlook, backed up by solid new business experience and a strong track record in organic growth of client budgets

The Opportunity
This is a superb role for a seasoned PR Account Director or a strong Senior PR Account Manager looking to take a more senior role with one of the top technology PR agencies in the UK. The agency is truly international, providing excellent training and development, as well as a generous salary and benefits package.

May & Stephens acts as an “employment agency” in relation to this vacancy.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
May and Stephens Recruitment is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified

May & Stephens Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.