PURPLE - Account Manager/Senior Account Manager, Beauty (London)
Date Posted: Thursday 12th March 2026
Date Expires: Monday 13th April 2026
PURPLE are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic Account Manager or Senior Account Manager to join its fast-paced, growing Beauty & Wellness Division.
The PURPLE Beauty & Wellness division works with some of the most globally recognised luxury brands across haircare, skincare, colour cosmetics, fitness & wellness, including: Make Up by Mario, Medicube, Byredo, Beauty of Joseon, Color Wow, Maison Francis Kurkdjian and many more.
PURPLE is amongst the foremost Global Communications agencies for luxury brands & innovation across fashion, beauty & wellness, lifestyle, events, VIP and digital with offices in London, New York, Miami, LA, Dubai, Hong Kong & Singapore.
Reports to:
Account Directors
Place of Work:
United Kingdom – London
Employment Type:
Full time
Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic and tactical support to the Account Directors
- Day-to-day client contact and manage client expectations
- Generate coverage in appropriate titles
- Maintain regular day-to-day contact with key press
- Quality work, on brief, on time and on budget
- Assist senior team members in managing PR campaigns for diverse clients from conception to completion
- Working with our in-house events team to manage launch events for media and influencers
- Ability to develop credentials and proposals with support from your Account Director
- Able to lead and execute events and press days.
- Able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the media developments and spot opportunities for Purple and your clients.
- Contribute to the agency's new business efforts, both creating proposals and participating in relevant pitches
- Line managing junior staff to ensure they meet targets
- Be a brand champion, an expert on Beauty & Wellbeing knowledge and build key relationships
- Delivering coverage across online, offline and blogs, and leveraging added value from all PR activity
- Promote Purple and its brands, campaigns, activities and events to the media, public and external audiences globally
- Own media relations and to continue to develop and maintain relationships with key journalists
- Monitor Purple brand placement/exposure, ensuring all communication and activity are on-brand
- Work closely with the social media team and brief on all events and launch initiatives
- Work closely with the other business channels within Purple to ensure campaigns are thoroughly planned and executed in good time
- Support AD’s on communication with all clients, building rapport and credibility based on trust and expert counsel
Skills and Experience
- 4-6 years of Beauty & Wellbeing of luxury brand experience (adjacent industry experience will be considered) with an established agency or similar role for an in-house marketing department.
- Develop and implement PR strategies to support brand image, increase awareness and visibility in support of business goals
- Superb critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesise complex information, confidently make recommendations based on data, and work with an action-oriented mindset
- An ability to handle pressure with equanimity and to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast- paced, and accountability-focused organisation; a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude
- Discreet, professional, and well spoken, with excellent communication skills
- Extremely well-organised, methodical and efficient, with a good dose of common sense and initiative
- Pro-active and able to show initiative/ideas to constantly promote the Purple offering
- Creative and strategic thinker
- strong established UK media contacts
- International press contacts are also desirable
- Strong presentation & superb writing skills
- Able to identify communication opportunities across multiple media platforms
- Strong MS Word skills; working knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel
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