PR Senior Account Executive​/Account Manager

Ipswich, Suffolk (UK) | Permanent | Flexible/hybrid working | Full time

We’re looking for an experienced communications professional to join Pier at either Senior Account Executive or Account Manager level
, depending on experience.

You might come from PR, communications, stakeholder engagement or a related field. Job title matters less to us than your ability to communicate confidently, write brilliantly and keep multiple projects moving.

You’ll work across a varied portfolio of clients, combining PR and media relations, stakeholder relations, social and digital content, campaigns, research and events
. You’ll have regular direct contact with clients and will be expected to take ownership of your work, stay highly organised and proactively spot opportunities.

• Write strong press releases, features, event material, social content, blogs, briefings and other communications materials.
• Develop media angles, pitch stories to journalists and build strong media relationships
• Manage stakeholder relations, keep excellent records and manage regular reporting
• Plan and create social and digital content and support influencer/creator activity
• Work directly with clients and keep projects, deadlines, actions and meetings moving
• Juggle several accounts and priorities while maintaining excellent attention to detail
• Contribute ideas to campaigns, client planning and new business pitches
• Help plan and deliver events, including practical tasks such as preparing materials, transporting equipment, setting up venues and packing down afterwards
• Liaise with suppliers including designers, photographers, venues and printers
• Monitor time and budgets and help ensure client work is delivered efficiently

You’ll have at least 2–3 years’ experience in a relevant communications role and will be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent writing and proofreading skills
• Confidence talking to journalists and clients
• Good knowledge of PR, media, social media and digital communications
• Strong organisational and project-management skills
• The ability to work independently and use your initiative
• A proactive approach – you spot opportunities rather than wait to be told what to do
• The ability to manage several competing deadlines without losing sight of the detail
• A practical, collaborative attitude and willingness to get stuck in
• A full UK driving licence and confidence driving a company or hire vehicle when required

Experience in sustainability, renewable energy, infrastructure, food & drink or stakeholder engagement would be useful but isn’t essential. Pier works across both B2B and B2C clients and in multiple industries.

We’re open to appointing either an experienced Senior Account Executive ready for more responsibility or someone already operating at Account Manager level.

An SAE will confidently deliver work, take ownership of projects and increasingly work independently. An AM will bring greater experience and judgement, taking broader responsibility for client delivery, planning, budgets and more complex work.

We’ll appoint at the level that reflects your experience and capability.

Salary – competitive.

Pier is an integrated communications agency. Established in Suffolk in 2008 by Kate Bowden Smith, Pier has grown into a multi-award-winning agency, working with local, national and global clients across a range of sectors.

We are a small team, with more than half based near Ipswich and others in Scotland and London, supported by a handful of trusted freelancers. Working at Pier you can expect training and support with career progression, benefits including private healthcare and profit share, and a friendly and collaborative team culture.

From PR and campaigns to community consultation and…