About the Role
We are looking for an Account Manager to support a couple of global household names within our Corporate Affairs team, which helps clients build and protect their reputation across a broad range of stakeholder groups.
Responsibilities
- Drive media coverage across UK and international media, including crafting creative media angles, developing comment opportunities, and creating content for media.
- Enable clients to build closer relationships with stakeholders by developing and managing events, roundtables, partnerships and briefings.
- Ensure the smooth running of accounts by managing team activity, overseeing the delivery of timely, high-quality deliverables, providing feedback and guidance to junior team members, and supporting on budgeting and financial management.
- Build effective client relationships by using your understanding of your clients’ priorities and pain points to offer strategic counsel and anticipate client requests and needs.
- Be actively involved in the team’s new business efforts, including contributing to proposals and pitches, supporting marketing activity and networking with prospects.
- Work with other FleishmanHillard offices, ensuring processes and systems work efficiently and supporting the development of multi-country campaigns hubbed from London.
- Deliver continuous feedback both upwards and downwards to help us be more inclusive, supporting and effective as a team.
- Contribute to the London office, global and regional network initiatives and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Communications experience in a PR agency, or in-house communications team, with a focus on corporate affairs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce clear, compelling materials for clients and the media.
- Excellent project management, organisational, and multi-tasking abilities.
- Experience advising clients on reputation, media engagement, and issues management.
- A proactive, solution-oriented approach with attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of the UK media landscape, contacts, and experience building relationships with journalists.
- Ability to think strategically and deliver against client objectives.
- Interest in business, current affairs, politics, and the wider stakeholder landscape.
- Must have the right to work in the UK.
- Must be able to work in our Bankside office at least 3 days per week.
Skills
- Strategic counsel
- Media engagement
- Issues and crisis management
- Executive visibility
- Thought leadership
- Project management
- Organisational skills
- Multi-tasking abilities
- UK media landscape knowledge
- Journalist relationship building
Location
- London
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Account Manager
Benefits
- Warm and friendly team with a fantastic portfolio of global and UK clients
- Truly global network, opportunity to be part of multi-market campaigns
- Global mobility, short-term or permanent exchange opportunities (EMEA or US)
- Strengths-based L&D framework with an in-house coach and development opportunities
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Work-life balance support
- Culture Club activities (manicures, nutritionists, massage, Yoga, quizzes, boot camps, exhibits, get-togethers)
- Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups, Shadow Board or DE&I Steering committee
- Career Guardian Scheme for underrepresented talent
- Mentorship opportunities
- Pro-bono comms, volunteer opportunities and personal charity matching
- 30 days of holiday plus a day off on your birthday (or child's)
- All days between Christmas and New Year off
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- 6-12 week sabbaticals
- BUPA medical cover (including 24/7 virtual GP, funded eye tests, fertility, and menopause support)
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Generous Pension contributions
- Personal finance clinics
- Life Assurance
- Discounted gym membership
- FHeel Well reimbursement
- Cycle2Work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Generous parental leave
- Emergency childcare provision
- Passion Project Grants
- Retail, dinner or spa vouchers for key milestones
- Omnicom employee discounts
About the Company
- FleishmanHillard is an award-winning global agency named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year and Best Places to Work.
- Recognized as a “Standout Agency” on Advertising Age’s A-List.
- Named one of NAFE’s “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women” for six consecutive years.
- Received 5 Lions at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.
- Committed to creating an inclusive and equitable working environment.
- The only PR Agency awarded EY’s National Equality Standard (twice!).
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent and building inclusive teams.
Equal Opportunity
- All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
- Please let us know if you need any adjustments made during the interview process.
