Main Responsibilities:

• Over-seeing Account Executive and their roles
• Pitching to press for variety of coverage on client accounts
• Running own client accounts and delegating tasks to junior members of the team
• Developing creative concepts and news worthy stories that will result in press coverage
• Overall promotion of the messages and brand values of clients through the media wherever possible
• Responding to Journalists enquires
• Helping to grow client’s awareness by securing weekly, monthly and digital coverage and meeting weekly targets
• Securing product sponsorship for Black PR events 
• Writing client and product news press releases
• Assist plan and implement seasonal Press days and events for Black PR clients with the Black PR team
• Keeping clients updated with monthly and weekly press reports
• Creating newsletters on new products, trends or relevant brand news to send out to relevant key media
• To represent Black PR on the telephone and at meetings with current and potential clients
• Securing new business for Black PR
• Writing brand PR strategies and implementing them
• Managing PR events including catwalks, presentations, dinners and breakfasts

Knowledge and skills: 

• Good writing skills, including the use of Microsoft Office
• Established relationships with Journalists, Editors, Stylists and Influencers
• Diverse experience in public relations work covering consumer, fashion, celebrity sectors 
• Good previous press and ideally sales event experience
• Communication skills to be able to talk to clients, press and stylists and write professional emails
• Experienced Adobe Suite skills 
• Knowledge of fashion, and an interest in trends and fashion media
• Experience in using mailer accounts such as Mailchimp
• Able to exercise initiative when performing tasks in the office and prioritise own workload
• Skills required are consistent with at least three years experience working at this level in a PR Agency, EG
• LFW experience essential
• Sales experience desired
• Event management experience essential 

Reporting to: Rebecca Myers, Harriet Elsey Company Directors

Location: Black PR Offices Dalston

Nature/purpose of the job role: Account manager, assisting the two company Directors in running the large client accounts and running own client accounts.

Hours of work: 10am – 6pm, 1 hour for lunch break

Salary: Competitive

If you are interested please email your CV and a cover note to becca@blackpr.co.uk 

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