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Account Executive

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£18,000 - £23,000
Surrey
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Salary: £18,000 to £23,000 depending on experience

Location: Whyteleafe

Skills: property, housing, PR, public relations, administration, account executive, marketing, social media, events organisation

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm

Benefits: 20 days holiday plus the company closes between Christmas and New Year, pension and side street parking.

 

Our client, a family run PR company are seeking an Account Executive to join their team. Specialising in luxury property and interior design, the PR team has an exciting, rapidly expanding client base including the UK’s largest housebuilder, award winning agencies and boutique developers.

 

The company’s ethos places value on maintaining happy employees and they are able to offer full training, flexible ways to work and a company phone and a laptop.

 

What will your working week be like?

 

The successful candidate will be expected to work with the innovative, forward thinking property PR team to deliver national and international public relations for its growing client base. If you want to be part of a friendly, fun and hard-working team and have experience or the passion to work in PR please apply today.

 

  • Handle day to day PR tasks working with the team to drive and manage client accounts
  • Support with the generation of press coverage in UK and overseas media, delivering on the client brief and requirements
  • Assist with the preparation of PR proposals and participate in new business pitches – attending client visits within London and Surrey
  • Draft press releases, editorial and advertorials for the client
  • Organise and attend spectacular events – which has included a “Hollywood Glamour” event! Exhibitions, brand alliances, journalist briefings and press trips
  • Support with all business and client social media
  • Prepare award entries
  • Lead and run accounts
  • Prepare data led reports
  • Liaise with the media, pitch stories, exclusives and handle reactive media requests

 

Who will suit this role?

In order to be successful in this role you will:

 

  • Ideally have experience in the property, consumer and/or corporate PR sectors, although full training will be given, so a hardworking, focused and hunger to learn are important attributes
  • Be well-organised with good time management ability
  • Have excellent communication skills, including a confident telephone manner
  • Be well-presented, polite and confident
  • Strong attention to detail and proofreading ability
  • Be proactive, creative and willing to work hard to deliver exceptional results for the client
  • Have a friendly, approachable and energetic personality and find it easy to build rapport with others

 

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Skills: construction, property, housing, PR, public relations, administration, manager, director, executive, marketing,

 

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