ABOUT US
We are a leading global communications marketing firm helping business and organisations evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations. We are independent and family owned, which allows us the freedom to deliver original thinking and invest in our clients.
Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders.
THE ROLE:
You will be the business-minded steward of the client relationship and is entrusted and empowered to ensure both the clients’ and agency’s business objectives are met. You will effectively identify and anticipate business problems and help clients solve them through applying deep industry and tactical knowledge.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Ability to identify business problems that clients are looking to solve and ensure they are understood by team.
- Maintains understanding of the clients’ businesses, priorities, pain points and competitive landscape and helps the team do the same.
- Stays knowledgeable about markets, sectors and channels in which clients operate; uses internal/external resources to address knowledge gaps for self and team.
- Anticipates what’s next; helps clients get ahead of issues and capitalize on new opportunities.
- Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective
- Counselling clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.
- Overseeing client programmes and driving integrated campaigns.
- Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- 8 to 10 years’ experience working with leading agencies.
- Experience working with clients in the government sector is a plus.
- Experience working in the corporate sector is a must.
- Strong knowledge and experience in putting together communication strategies, tactical planning, and being the client lead.
- Ability to foster strong relations with clients, ultimately ensuring work is complete, delivered on time and earning their trust.
- Writing skills is a given - ability to offer juniors constructive feedback on how to strengthen content pieces.
- selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to execution.
What's in it for you?
- An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge and enable you.
- Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of skills
- A dynamic, collaborative and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are.
- A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth.
If you apply, we will review your fit against the position criteria and feedback to you. If your profile does not meet the criteria, we will retain your profile as an active applicant for future consideration.
