Account Manager

Job Title: Public Relations Account Manager

Working For: Higginson Strategy

Location: London

Salary: £33,000 – £40,000 depending on experience

Deadline: 8am on 22nd April 2025. We reserve the right to move forward with interviews at an earlier date, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job details

We are looking for a confident and experienced Account Manager to join our team, working with a wide range of clients and supporting them with powerful purpose driven public relation campaigns. The role will involve delivering both campaigns and press office functions on various inspirational client accounts.

The ideal candidate will have either experience in journalism or a strong track record of media relations management/publicist experience (ideally with an accompanying portfolio) as well as a minimum of 3 years’ experience in journalism/or in a PR agency. Excellent writing skills are a must, as are a keen eye for detail and the ability to juggle multiple workstreams.

About us

Higginson Strategy is an award-winning communications agency specialising in delivering engaging and impactful campaigns for purpose-driven organisations. We are a small but fast-growing ambitious team, passionate about driving positive change for society and the environment. Our clients share this vision and include charities, NGOs, and commercial companies looking to do business in a way that means better outcomes for all. We empower clients by putting purpose at the heart of their organisation and spreading their message in a bold and attention-worthy way.

In addition to our client work, we deliver in-house campaigns on female empowerment and the environment, as well as our own thought-provoking podcast.

The role

• Oversee and manage the day-to-day delivery of PR programmes with efficiency and effectiveness
• Drive forward media relations, both in securing excellent coverage and managing the team to achieve strong results
• Plan and implement multiple media strategies across national, trade and broadcast media
• Deploy excellent writing skills to produce high quality written work with a strong attention to detail
• Proactively contribute creative ideas to develop exciting and engaging campaigns for existing and prospective clients
• Plan and lead routine client meetings, offering coherent and concise advice, and instil confidence in your oversight and command of the account with the client
• Think and act independently, taking the initiative when appropriate
• Provide concise and high-quality advice on the significance of external developments and the consequences for the client, making robust recommendations for a response
• Manage the junior team through solid forward-planning and coordination, acting as the key lynchpin between the junior and senior team

Skills

• At least 3 years’ experience in journalism or in PR, as a now established Account Manager
• Excellent writing skills across multiple disciplines
• Strong media relations skills and network of journalist contacts
• Confident team player with strong communications skills and the ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, partners and suppliers
• Understanding and management of the competing pressures of client needs and profitability of the business

Benefits

• Hybrid working environment (3 days office-based, 2 days at home)
• Premium office space with showers and cycle parking
• Vitality Health Insurance
• Training budget and an ‘academy’ environment with career mentoring
• PRCA membership
• Car and bike salary sacrifice schemes
• 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• 2 spontaneous half days a year
• Christmas and referral bonuses
• Regular team events/socials
• £25/month mobile phone rebate

Application Details: If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and a covering letter (max 1 page) outlining why you are interested in this position and responding to the criteria outlined above to: [email protected]

Please note, we do accept job sharing applications and flexible working is considered.