PR & Social Account Manager Leeds 2024

Are you looking for your next opportunity in PR & Social? Do you want to be a part of a progressive new team that unites the two fast-paced, trending disciplines to deliver winning results? Have you got experience in an agency or in-house and would love to get involved with bigger campaigns, in a team where you’ll have every opportunity for your career to really take off?

The role

McCann Leeds is looking for an energetic and passionate PR & Social Account Manager with a real passion for trends, newsworthy winning content and Social Media to join its rapidly growing team working across some great home and lifestyle brands. If successful, you’ll work with some of the most talented and experienced strategists, creatives, producers and writers in the industry.

Why would you want to work here?

McCann Leeds is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency. Over 500 individuals working together to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

And to add to the (literal) wheelbarrow full of awards we’ve got including Euro Effies most effective global agency, Cannes Network of the Year, Campaign’s European Integrated Agency of the Year, not to mention McCann Central’s haul of awards in recent years at Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, Golden Drum & Creative Circle Awards. So creativity really is at the forefront of everything we do.

We’re a team of passionate creatives, strategists and marketers from a wide mix of backgrounds. But there’s a lot that unites us – like caring deeply about everything we make. And though our skillsets are wide and our process knowledge is deep, we are all still learning every day.

Requirements

The role will involve campaign planning, creative ideation, delivery, measurement and tracking and day-to-day account management including, but not limited to:

• Copywriting press releases, comments and features and understanding how to write for different audiences and media titles
• Media relations – including handling enquiries, forward feature tracking, copycalls and regular sell-ins with key media both national and regional
• Broader PR content creation – including content calendars; working with influencers; gifting/sample services; drafting website/social media copy; overseeing photography briefs/shoots
• Social Media account management, ideation, reporting and proposals
• Strong knowledge of Meta, TikTok, X and other social channels
• Taking part in regular ideation sessions to come up with new ideas or suggestions or helping out on new business
• PR & Social reporting and evaluation – including logging coverage, skey message and sentiment analysis, tracking web traffic/SEO data and producing regular reports
• Managing status reports, work in progress and quality control to ensure work is delivered on time and is top quality
• Running face-to-face or Teams calls with clients and internal staff ensuring actions are captured, providing status updates, presenting new plans and proposals and using your project management skills to deliver work within deadlines
• Building great relationships and consultancy skills with clients and colleagues
• Providing briefs for other departments / external service providers where required

You will be a confident communicator with a keen eye for detail and strong organisation skills. Good time management and a basic knowledge of the latest earned and social media channels are also a must.

This role is the perfect opportunity to develop your skills alongside our award-winning and multi-disciplinary PR and Social team. If this sounds like you and you’re ready to take your career to the next level, let’s talk.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary we are committed to creating a brilliant environment for all our people. This includes benefits such as 28 days holiday, plus the opportunity to buy more holiday, enhanced pension contributions, life assurance and much more.

A culture of learning and development is also central to our ethos, so you’ll have access to industry leading training and development programmes, plus you’ll get to work closely with the world’s biggest media partners to access exclusive features and products.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a fun and collaborative team and you’ll work in an environment where you are supported and developed.

If you want to join an iconic network agency that offers you the chance to work on one of the top clients in our portfolio & the opportunity to progress your career with an unrivalled development programme, contact us now.