Advent Communications – the PR company that helped to land Coventry the UK City of Culture title – is on the hunt for an Account Manager as the business expands.
Advent, which is set to celebrate its 21st anniversary in 2019, works on behalf of a range of clients including everything from the Ricoh Arena to the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce locally through to national and international companies and organisations.
Advent has a high reputation for its levels of customer care and superb results, has a dynamic team and undertakes award winning, stimulating work.
More information and the job description are below – so if you fancy joining our winning team and have the right experience, get in touch!
PR Account Manager
Advent Communications PR has a vacancy for a communications specialist to support the expansion of the agency.
We’ve enjoyed a strong 2018 and have won a string of new contracts with high-profile organisations based across the Midlands and UK.
The successful candidate will join an award-winning agency which provides news driven PR and exposure for a range of top clients and a highly-reputable firm is marking 20 years in business.
If you have a minimum of three years of experience in the media and communications industry, with a background/training in journalism or writing, and fancy the chance of working with some exciting and varied clients then please forward your CV to Julie Bristow at Julie@advent-communications.co.uk
The role
- To work alongside Account Managers and Account Executives to devise and support the delivery of PR strategies to target local, regional, national and trade media target audiences
- Managing a diverse range of PR accounts
- Liaising with key stakeholders, including partners, managing directors, chief executives and government ministers
- Representing the company and clients at various events, including launches, press conferences, exhibitions, awards and seminars
Main duties
- Writing news stories and features
- The preparation and writing of press releases
- Liaising with regional and national journalists daily, handling media requests and enquiries to tight deadlines
- Maintaining and building relationships with media on a local, regional, national and trade level
- Administration reporting work
- Client handling and relationship building
Experience
- A minimum of three years of experience in the media industry, with a background/training in journalism or writing
Skills and abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- The ability to work to tight deadlines
- The ability to work flexibly with a range of organisations and demonstrate creativity
- A flair for coming up with new ideas to help us make our clients’ businesses, everybody’s business
- The ability to work effectively in a close knit team, and also independently
- Good IT skills and strong use of Microsoft Word and social media platforms
