Little Red Rooster - Senior Account Executive (Reading)
Date Posted: Thursday 24th April 2025
Date Expires: Sunday 25th May 2025
Summary
Little Red Rooster is a PR and social media agency with a relentless work ethic, working on the frontline providing fast-paced PR, influencer relations, and social media wizardry to wow our clients. We’re proud to be a Certified B Corp as well as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work.
We’re on the hunt for a passionate, proactive Senior Account Executive with 1-2 years of PR agency experience to join our lifestyle team.
What we’re looking for
Are you ready to deliver stardust coverage in top national and glossy lifestyle titles, further your press contacts, and smash the day-to-day running on exciting brands such as Smeg, Ariat and Hush Puppies?
You know the media landscape and who’s who in lifestyle media, and you keep an eye out for new press opportunities, page changes and contacts. You’ll have a good collection of press contacts across lifestyle and national titles, you can spot a good story and identify current trends.
You’ll be able to secure coverage with the likes of Cosmopolitan, The Independent and The Telegraph, and have a plethora of stand-out pieces under your belt already.
As a day-to-day contact for clients, you’ll be comfortable balancing the needs of several accounts, ensuring everything runs smoothly, and using your knowledge of your clients to consult appropriately on their PR approach.
You’ve also had experience with client events and media briefings, so you’ll be able to help plan and manage these for your accounts, from brief all the way through to delivery.
Key responsibilities
- Proactive client management, acting as key point of contact with guidance from an account director
- Planning and managing regular client and journalist meetings
- Suggesting and developing sell-in angles, and pitching to relevant titles
- Crafting press releases, media alerts, trend round-ups and social media content
- Monitoring and working towards coverage KPIs
- Assisting with drafting scopes of work, client budgets, plans and proposals
- Organising client and press events
- Working on paid and gifted influencer partnerships
- Briefing interns and account executives on tasks, and reviewing and proofing these as required
- Supporting the senior team on new business pitches
Key skills and experience
- 1-2 years of PR agency experience, preferably working with lifestyle brands
- Able to liaise with clients independently on the day-to-day of accounts, dealing with requests in a timely, calm and reassuring manner
- A dab hand at securing coverage across print, online and broadcast, with a solid book of contacts
- Brilliant writing skills are a must, but will also be polished thanks to regular training sessions
- Excellent attention to detail; able to produce high quality, error-free work that needs minimal changes
- Confident in communicating professionally, both verbally and in writing
- Strong organisational skills; able to plan and manage a busy workload, deliver projects and tasks to deadlines and flag any issues that need senior support.
Above all, a passion for PR and for securing coverage are essential!
What we offer
The role is based in our brand-new office in the heart of Reading’s town centre, just a couple of minutes from the station, and with a wealth of fantastic amenities right on the doorstep.
This is a vibrant, predominantly office-based role offering four days in the office and one day working from home.
The salary for this role will be between £28,000–£33,000, dependent on experience.
Little Red Rooster offers a range of unrivalled benefits, including:
- Unlimited holiday
- We cover 50% of your public transport costs to the office
- Private healthcare for you and your immediate family
- Gym or spa membership
- Pension scheme
- Buddy programme to help you settle in
- Individual training plans
- Family friendly policies
- Various incentive programmes
- Paid volunteer days
- Monthly team lunch
- Plus plenty more!
We believe in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, heard, respected, and where everyone’s contributions matter. We recognise and thrive from difference and offer equal employment opportunities for all candidates.
To apply, please submit your CV and covering letter
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