The Friday Agency - Account Director / Senior Account Director (London)
Date Posted: Monday 20th October 2025
Date Expires: Friday 21st November 2025
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Account Director / Senior Account Director
The Friday Agency · Beauty · Lifestyle · Wellness · London (flexible)
About Friday:
We’re the full-service brand-building communications agency with that Friday feeling. Since launching in July 2020, we’ve partnered with some of the most exciting established and emerging names across beauty, lifestyle and wellness. We’re now creating a new senior role to work closely with our founder and leadership team.
The Role:
We’re seeking a proven PR Account Director / Senior Account Director to lead flagship accounts, grow client relationships, and mentor a high-performing team. You’ll shape integrated comms strategies, drive standout media moments, and play a pivotal role in the agency’s next phase of growth.
What you’ll do:
- Own a portfolio of client accounts as primary contact, building trusted, senior-level relationships.
- Develop and deliver integrated PR strategies and campaigns that map to client objectives and deliver measurable impact.
- Oversee day-to-day activity: media relations, content, events/experiences, talent/creator and social amplification.
- Advise clients on messaging, issues/crisis comms, and timely opportunities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (creative, digital, insights) to produce cohesive, culturally sharp work.
- Mentor and grow junior team members with clear feedback, coaching and progression plans.
- Support new business: identify opportunities, shape responses, and present in pitches.
What you’ll bring:
- 5+ years in PR/communications with a track record in beauty and/or wellness.
- Confident team leadership; sets the bar, motivates, and manages up/down with clarity.
- Excellent writing and storytelling; turns strategy into compelling narratives.
- Media operator: strong journalist relationships, sharp pitching, proven placements.
- Strategic mindset: culturally curious, data-literate, and channel-aware.
- Calm under pressure: able to prioritise, multi-task and hit deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
The Offer:
- Competitive salary + bonuses
- 25 days holiday
- Flexible working (hybrid
- Open to part-time arrangements for the right candidates
- Great clients, smart teammates, and a culture that actually feels like Friday
How to apply: Email with your CV and a short cover note.
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