Junior Account Executive

Our client is a Central London based Branding and Communications Agency with an ever expanding talented team of experts specialising in everything food and drink. They are now looking for a Junior Account Executive to join their busy team

Salary: £23,000

The Role

A Junior Account Executive has had circa 1-year experience in supporting/internship/general experience in PR.  The role is integral within a PR agency and the individual is involved in a variety of tasks and duties. This could range from:

• General office management – keeping everything tidy, IT management/liaison, office supplies for kitchen, cleaning, general errands for the team and office, helping organising hotels, restaurants, team events etc.
• Helping put together presentations
• Collating and managing articles and coverage
• Conducting research tasks for clients
• Assisting teams across all admin requirements
• Supporting with events
• Ensuring reports are up to date
• Media sell-ins for client campaigns
• Manage databases
• Research
• Coordinating guest lists
• Social Media support
• Support office management duties
• Copywriting – press releases, blogs, online articles etc.
• Liaising and building relationships with journalists
• Supporting and attending client and media events
• Media list management cross agency, updating, sharing new contacts etc.
• Forward feature list management
• Office stationery management
• Supporting team on mailers
• Supplier list management
• Post  – check deliveries, post (left by front door) distribute
• Open all boxes general FSC boxes.  Alert those they’re addressed specifically to as soon as they come in in case important.
• Influencer engagement
• Mailers and general support for initiatives on specific accounts
• All admin support in terms of reporting, logging, research, industry news
• Weekly internal meetings to ensure all account teams are aligned and know their actions for the week ahead
• Client meetings/calls where appropriate
• Magazines and newspaper management – subscriptions, sorting in office etc.

The Person

• The candidate needs to have an approachable and open manner and be used to working quickly and under pressure, in a busy Media environment.
• The ability to communicate and listen to others in a professional and helpful manner both face to face and on the telephone
• A good understanding of office admin and etiquette
• Good written, IT and verbal communication skills as well as a good understanding of minute taking and sharing actions with the wider team
• Good level of attention to detail
• Proactive, self-starter with ‘can do’ attitude
• Good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint is essential
• Good time management and ability to prioritise own work with support
• Ability to work under pressure and offer flexibility when required to meet deadlines
• Creative and innovative – able to think laterally
• Team player – must be flexible, adaptable and appreciative of needs of other team members
• Discretion, confidentiality and act with integrity and high emotional intelligence at all times
• Be familiar with all the main social media channels and know how to use them should it be required to upload on behalf of the team or a client (i.e. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest)

Please get in touch with Lisa on 0208497212 for more information or submit your CV using the link below