Rachel Harrison Communications UK is hiring - Senior Account Executive or Account Manager for Food & drink and Senior Account Executive or Account Manager for Travel, for our new London office. The right person for these roles will live and breathe eating, drinking and travelling in London and around the world, with a passion for the new and exciting.

Although supported by a global agency and international offices, we work as a small team in start-up mode and we are looking for a self-starter who has a keen understanding of and genuine interest in the UK media landscape, alongside an interest in the PR industry. We are looking for someone with prior agency experience working on public relations for food and/or drinks brands or hotels and travel brands, with a minimum of two years experience in the UK.

Your day-to-day will be working with our PR Director to proactively pitch our food & drink or travel clients as well as assist on the management of the account. You’ll also help with new business so that our portfolio in London grows. Occasionally you will be working transatlantically with our US colleagues.

The successful candidate will have strong proactive and reactive media relations skills; a good base of contacts in food & drinks media or travel media; media relations strategy experience; strong creative writing skills that spans press releases, media alerts & written content and a creative flair - the company works across more disciplines than just PR and contributing to brainstorms and being part of wider marketing strategy will come with the territory.

We are also looking for someone with an eye for trends - spotted the Negroni Sbagliato video before everyone else? Or noticed that pistachios are on everyone’s lips? You’re our kind of person.

Responsibilities

• Media networking and pitching
• Proactively pitch stories to deliver high quality results
• Building and managing lists of media, bloggers and influencers. As we are a start up, this role falls to all team members currently
• Create key assets for accounts including press releases, fact sheets, biographies, messaging, media alerts, agendas and recaps
• Seek out creative ideas and opportunities to identify and cultivate story ideas for media pitching
• Follow industry and client category trends and regularly share insights, thoughts and key findings as it relates to clients and competitors
• Contribute to creative brainstorming sessions
• Act as day-to-day client contact for a selection of accounts. Manage quality of work on multiple accounts with professionalism and support team leaders
• Actively take part in client calls and meetings. Write thorough agendas and meeting notes
• Work with PR Director and wider team to feed into annual client plans, advising on media relations strategy
• Supports on new business proposals with research, brainstorming ideas and proposal creation
• Ability to manage a junior team where required
• Strong attention to detail, highly organised, able to delegate effectively, set clear expectations and deadlines

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in public relations; agency preferred
• Must have food and drink or travel media experience - lifestyle will be considered if other experience is clear

Salary range

• £28,000 - £35,000 depending on experience

Perks

• 20 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 extra all company holidays
• Annual company trip with our US office
• Hybrid working - three days in the office (Liverpool St), two days at home
• Summer hours on Fridays (reduced working hours)
• Office Christmas closure
• Private Healthcare
• 9% Pension of which 6% inputted by the company
• Summer and Christmas parties

About Rachel Harrison Communications

We are a lifestyle focused communications agency. Strategic storytellers that work with hospitality, travel and spirits brands to help build their awareness and drive revenue through media awareness, marketing tactics and word of mouth. Started in New York in 2020 by Rachel Harrison, our founder is hands-on and involved, leveraging her 20+ years in the industry; stellar network; strategic thinking and finger-on-the-pulse creativity - all of which she channels through the agency and the team she hires. The London office recently opened its doors, and we are looking to find the next member of our small, nimble and creative team to help get our clients seen and heard.

Experience: 2-4+ years 

Location: London (UK)

Timings: Immediate start (tba) – Full Time Permanent Contract (with 3-month probationary period)

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