PR Account Executive (Corporate) London 2023

We’re currently recruiting for an Account Executive to join our award-winning corporate communications team in London. You’ll be ambitious and driven, with a strong desire to jump start your career within the communications industry.

We are looking for an excellent communicator, team player, creative thinker and a naturally curious individual. You don’t need to have a specific educational background but we are looking for someone with the enthusiasm and creativity to make the most of the opportunities at Grayling. Day to day responsibilities will include client servicing, problem solving, researching and writing.

The day to day

• Utilise your knowledge of traditional and digital media to maximise PR opportunities, promoting the range of PR services available to clients
• Use the full range of media, creativity and digital tools available to devise, review, evaluate and present progress on campaigns, identify gaps and recommend improvements in consultation with the Account Manager
• Build and manage media lists and recommend appropriate opportunities to target
• Conduct effective media sell ins & identify most advantageous opportunities for client coverage
• Deliver insightful research driven by data and manage key new business assets which underpin proposals
• Keep the team and client informed on progress in accordance with agreed processes, ensuring expectations are managed and any issues are escalated in a timely fashion
• Deliver accurate written communications including: press releases, quotes, emails, status & contact reports, social media materials
• Build trusted relationships with journalists and media professionals covering their specialism/client area and develop their external network
• Pro-actively keep up to date with client-specific media, industry and digital developments and seek to apply this knowledge in their work
• Manage departmental administration and support the team, ensuring internal processes are followed

Our promises to you

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working (where you can work two days a week from home)
• 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.
• Duvet morning on your birthday
• Gifted time off over Christmas
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
• Flexible benefits platform where you are in complete control of what you receive. It could be anything from dental to gym membership, wellbeing initiatives, training, discount deals or simply a contribution to everyday bills and subscriptions (think Netflix, Amazon, Spotify etc!)
• Regular team socials and early finish Fridays.
• An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our Grayling Advantage Academy (with courses ranging from writing, resilience, creativity and more)
• New business and employee referral bonuses.
• Cycle to work scheme

About us

Grayling is the UK’s best-connected communications agency. With nine offices across the UK and multiple offices around the world, we create advantage for our clients through insight-led campaigns that deliver tangible results. Our teams’ skills are broad, ranging from consumer communications, corporate reputation and political engagement to design, digital and social media. We placed in the top 5 of Newsweek's 100 UK Most Loved Workplaces due to our open and supportive environment and were ‘Highly Commended’ in the large consultancy of the year category in the 2022 PR Week awards.

We’re a sociable bunch and life at Grayling will offer you a whole host of benefits including 4pm Friday finishes, hybrid working, regular training workshops and regular socials – not to mention the opportunity to work across award winning global campaigns! We’re growing fast, winning pitches and looking for the best talent to join us!

We are proudly part of Accordience which is an international public relations, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group – made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle. Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries.

We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees’ unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will be very happy to provide any reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process. For any advice or assistance please contact lucy.southall@grayling.com

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.