PR Account Director

Agency :

One Green Bean

Job Description :

PR Account Director, One Green Bean

Location:

London

Reports to:

Associate Business Director  Direct reports:
Account Managers/ Senior Account Executives PR Account Director, One Green Bean

Location:

London

Reports to:

Associate Business Director  Direct reports:
Account Managers/ Senior Account Executives About One Green Bean  We’re a creative communications agency specialising in PR, social media and events. Our sole purpose in life is to deliver insightful ideas that have big commercial impact. We create branded initiatives designed to get press coverage and spark positive conversations. We do this because we believe brands should entertain and add value to consumers’ lives.

Our job is making content contagious, and we've been getting the job done since 2007. We play in a unique agency sweet spot - an agile, independently spirited, with the backing and fire power of one of the world’s largest communications groups, Havas. Our clients reap the benefits of a hands-on senior team and an extended network, that includes offices in 22 countries worldwide and the likes of Universal Music, Canal Plus & Vivendi as part of the extended family.

Our clients often call us ‘a big little agency’ and it sums us up perfectly. Our current clients include Domino’s, Tesco Mobile, David Lloyd Clubs, and many more. We pride ourselves on having the best people who live and breathe our four simple values:
We See It Through We Step Up and Stay Close  We Trust Judgement and Act with Courage  We Have Fun All the Way

The Role  We are looking for a strong Account Director (AD) with experience working across consumer clients who can direct, manage, develop and key accounts within the agency. As an AD we would like you to help develop and maintain strong client relationships, take responsibility for delivering client expectations and driving forward integrated communications programmes.  We’re looking for someone who has a creative flair for storytelling and can shape a story that lands in editorial media, and that can direct and manage accounts, teams and internal programmes with a high degree of independence.

Delivering outstanding work and winning the trust of our clients is essential, as it helps us to continue to raise the bar of our creative work, while driving continued growth. Alongside delivering brilliant work, you would work closely with the senior team to achieve the agency’s exciting vision and values across new business.  Experience & Skills As an AD you should be able to routinely provide leadership in the following areas:
Client Servicing As an AD we would like you to direct a portfolio of clients, working with the senior management team to:
Strategically respond to briefs and ongoing programme management, overseeing implementation, evaluation, budgets and timelines Demonstrate a solid understand of research and strategy, refining key insights to shape client strategies, effectively interrogate briefs and identify a strong brand narrative and strategic proposition  Provide strategic counsel to clients in support of programmes or ad hoc situations, identifying and addressing potential problems before they become issues Maintain a strong knowledge and understanding of the media and industry influencers in order to oversee and direct successful media campaigns, and share this knowledge Demonstrate an excellent command of written work, executing high level quality control of team documents and be able to draft difficult client comms effectively   Efficiently and effectively plan and manage campaigns (including activations and events) Manage client teams to exceed expectations in terms of PR programmes, integrated PR and social programmes, evaluations, timelines,…