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We’re looking for an experienced B2B PR Account Director to join The Think Tank in Manchester.

You’ll lead client relationships and strategy, work closely with our wider PR and integrated agency teams and stay close to the work itself: finding the story, shaping the angle, talking to journalists, improving the writing and helping the team turn good ideas into effective campaigns.

The Think Tank is an integrated B2B marketing and PR agency with a 40-person team. You’ll be part of that wider agency from day one, collaborating regularly with colleagues across PR, content, digital, media and account management, with time in our London office around once a month.

The role

You’ll be the senior day-to-day lead across a portfolio of B2B clients.

That means getting properly under the skin of their businesses and markets, understanding what they need PR to achieve and giving them confident, informed advice about how to get there.

You’ll have the freedom to shape the approach, challenge a brief when necessary and change direction when the evidence says we should.

You’ll:

• Lead client relationships, providing informed counsel and clear recommendations
• Develop PR strategies and turn them into focused plans that clients and teams can act on
• Stay hands-on with media relations, from developing stories and building journalist relationships to guiding pitches and finding a better angle when something isn’t landing
• Turn campaign insight and results into persuasive plans, presentations and recommendations
• Set a high standard for writing, editing and editorial judgement across your accounts
• Guide and coach colleagues, helping them produce better work and develop their confidence
• Manage account budgets and resources, spotting issues early and identifying opportunities to grow client relationships
• Play a leading role in relevant new business pitches and help shape the thinking behind them

You’ll be based in Manchester and work closely with colleagues across the agency throughout the week. We’d expect you to spend time with the wider team in our London office around once a month, giving you regular face-to-face time with colleagues while keeping Manchester as your day-to-day base.

What we’re looking for

You’ll already have solid agency experience in B2B, corporate or technology PR and be comfortable taking responsibility for both the relationship and the work.

We’re particularly interested in people who combine strategic judgement with a genuine enthusiasm for PR. You should still enjoy developing a story, talking to the media and getting the words right rather than seeing those things as work you leave behind as you become more senior.

You’ll bring:

• Experience leading B2B, corporate or technology PR accounts in an agency
• A track record of owning client strategy and delivery and advising senior stakeholders
• Recent, hands-on media relations experience, including developing angles, pitching journalists and building relationships
• Strong writing and editing skills and the ability to make complicated subjects clear and interesting
• The confidence to form a point of view, explain your thinking and make recommendations to clients
• Experience directing work, giving useful feedback and helping colleagues develop
• Sound commercial judgement and the ability to keep several accounts moving without losing sight of the detail
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team that collaborates across locations

Working at The Think Tank

The Think Tank is a 40-person integrated B2B marketing agency, bringing PR together with expertise across content, digital, media and account management.

That means our PR team doesn’t work in isolation. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to broader campaigns, work with specialists from across the agency and bring PR thinking into a much wider range of client challenges.

We want people to have ownership of their accounts and a voice in how we do things. You’ll have room to bring your experience, challenge ideas, develop others and help shape the continued development of our PR offer.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits including health insurance and CIPR membership, alongside ongoing professional development.

If you’re looking for a senior B2B PR role with genuine responsibility, strong team support and the opportunity to work from Manchester, we’d like to hear from you.

Right to work in the UK is essential.

If this sounds of interest please get in touch, with a CV and cover note to [email protected]

We’re looking for an Account Executive to join our supportive, results-focused team of media relations practitioners in London.

Our team loves the media and gets a real kick out of placing clients at the heart of the debate. Nothing energises us more as a team more than securing clients’ press coverage that beats their expectations. And then doing it better, month after month.

We’re all about doing great work (and being recognised for it), ensuring our clients’ businesses grow. Most importantly, we have a friendly, respectful, supportive culture that stretches people.

This is an opportunity to work with great people and clients, climb the ranks and be in an environment where your voice is heard and you make it on merit. Competitive salary and benefits.

About You:

• We’re looking for someone who is an excellent communicator, well organised, with a love of current affairs and technology
• You’ll be numerate and able to grasp a story from the statistics
• Able to take feedback
• Fluent native standard written and spoken English
• You’ll have the right to work in the UK and be in a position to come to Holborn, Central London twice a week

The Role:

• This is a media relations role, and will involve lots of time on the phone.
• Writing is also a big component and you’ll soon be writing basic press materials
• Full training and successful candidates will receive funding for their CIPR diploma
• New business support, including research and pitch attendance
• This is a full-time role, with at least two days a week in our Central London offices.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday per annum
• Private medical insurance
• Free access to gyms across London plus discounts to others
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Career Development and training based on individual needs

If this sounds of interest please get in touch, with a CV, cover note explaining why you want a career in PR. Email [email protected]