Office Angels are currently recruiting for a Public Relations Account Executive for our client based in Reading.

Role: Public Relations Account Executive

Location: Earley, Reading

Salary: £24,000 - £28,000 depending on experience

The Role:

PR

Maintain a good understanding of each client and their products
Regularly flag up key points of category knowledge, competitors and trends
Demonstrate understanding of consumer behaviour and differentiated channels/approaches
Have a great all round knowledge of media including national, lifestyle, specialist, broadcast etc
Know key media and influencer contacts
Identify new contacts and opportunities
Negotiate and understand changes to the contracts
Target media slots, platforms and influencers
Draft responses to the media, influencers, client, consumers and partners enquiries
Obtaining data to hit feature deadlines
Own the advance feature process
Research and explore local suppliers
Draft design, photographic and other briefs to brand guidelines and platforms
Write consumer and trade news releases
Draft tactical adverts and boosting plans
Implement social boosting and advertising campaigns, monitoring and suggesting insightful changes
Provide new ideas both within and outside a brainstorm situation
Provide new and different story angles to secure consumer and channel coverage

Business Development

Involvement in writing new business and client proposals
Creating new case studies from recent projects
Maintain and take responsibility for project budgets

Account Management

Identify and justify campaign audiences and platforms that they play on
Monitor and communicate progress of each account and campaign
Acts as a mentor for Junior Account Executives
Handle and resolve simple enquiries from clients on copy or campaign plan updates

The ideal candidate:

Previous and demonstrable experience as a PR Account Executive role or similar position
Strong copywriting skills
Display perseverance and the ability to be persuasive
Understand consumer audiences and behaviours on social platforms to be able to advise on the right platforms
Manage own time and workload efficiently and effectively
Display understanding of campaign strategy If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to Morgan Lay at (url removed) or alternatively please apply online.

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