Professional, ambitious and driven bunch with a reputation for delivering outstanding results!

We are looking for a Senior / Account Manager to join an amazing communications agency based on the outskirts of Exeter, with a varied and diverse group of clients. A professional, ambitious and driven bunch with a reputation for delivering outstanding results for our clients.

The agency team has a full commitment to sustainability and works with many clients in the environmental sectors, where they choose to work with people who have a purpose and cause for their community and our plant.

About the job

 This role could well suit an experience PR professional wishing to move to Devon, a fabulous county in the South West of the UK.

Working as part of the account management team, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of agency clients as well as providing strategic counsel to help develop their PR and wider marketing campaigns; developing relationships with new and existing clients; building relationships with media and influencers; proactively identifying and developing creative ideas and campaigns; devising and managing digital campaigns across multiple platforms; and contributing to the future direction and development of the agency.

There’s lots of variety in the job and your clients will vary and could include the following sectors: engineering; recycling; travel and tourism; financial services; food and drink and luxury properties to name a few so the ability to communicate with different target audiences, both B2B and B2C, is key. You need to be a confident writer who enjoys generating content and copy for a variety of audiences but with an emphasis on trade and technical/business ones.

In addition, the account manager will play a key role in identifying and developing new business opportunities to include developing and compiling PR and marketing strategies, research, presenting campaigns and on-boarding new clients, digital technologies and services.

About you

Essential skills:

• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Commercial acumen
• Strong writing skills for varied B2B and B2C audiences and platforms
• Proactive, highly organised, good at multi-tasking to manage competing internal/external demands whilst working to deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy – high quality outputs are paramount
• Industry knowledge and proven track record in media relations activities including understanding how the media operates, media liaison, press release and feature writing, securing media coverage
• A proven track record of generating social media led news
• Experience using Facebook Business Manager and Ads Manager to create Traffic and Lead Generation campaigns
• An understand of the fundamentals of SEO
• Video production experience (iMovie/Final Cut Pro)
• Mail Chimp – experience of delivering content and campaigns
• WordPress experience or similar CMS system
• Experience of using Google analytics
• Knowledge and the implementation of PPC campaigns (FB, Instagram, LI, Google)
• Broad digital marketing skills and experience
• Curating social media content across multiple platforms
• Excellent timekeeping and time management skills
• Experienced of using Microsoft Word 365

Your relevant experience:

• Experience of managing b2b accounts
• Previous agency experience
• Demonstrable copywriting, reporting, social media, client liaison, PR and marketing skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• A network of media and influencers
• Industry knowledge and contacts

£30k - £35k

Mostly office based, with some remote working

Next Steps

Apply with your CV to hello@rusticandrural.uk

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