Kickstand is hiring a
Public Relations Senior Account Executive, Remote - United Kingdom

Summary

Kickstand is seeking a Senior Account Executive with 3-5 years of PR experience to join its team in London. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of core PR skills, excellent client management skills, and a passion for technology. The position offers opportunities for growth, flexible work schedule, wellness benefits, and family planning grants.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree (preferably with a PR or Marketing-related major)
• 3-5 years of PR experience
• Some previous agency experience required (tech PR agency environment preferable)
• Good knowledge of print, broadcast and digital media
• Excellent client management skills, including day-to-day management and counsel across multiple accounts
• Ability to build and deliver client reports, including the mastery of several tools
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
• Time management and organization
• Ability to establish and foster media relationships and convert into meaningful media opportunities
• Attention to detail
• Positive, constructive attitude

Responsibilities

• Support multiple agency accounts, both consumer and B2B
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with clients
• Ensure speed and accuracy across all client correspondence
• Understand clients’ business and objectives, and offer counsel and advice that reflects understanding
• Manage projects for clients, ensuring delivery to deadline and results
• Manage budgets and costs
• Lead client calls and attend in-person client meetings
• Ideate, craft and edit short and long-form content
• Manage speaker and awards programs
• Extensive media relations, including serving as media lead across multiple accounts
• Developing and maintain relationships with key media contacts
• Contributing to client strategies and execute against quarterly plans
• Manage press meetings and media tours
• Showcasing a deep understanding of today’s media landscape and regularly monitoring for breaking news
• Provide leadership and direction to team members and co-workers
• Support development and mentor junior team members
• Support development and growth of a strong agency culture
• Consistently demonstrate creative problem solving
• Support development of training opportunities, including participation in and leading brainstorms, training and planning sessions
• Offer ideas for Kickstand company initiatives (cultural, operational, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with PR tools/databases, such as CisionPoint, TrendKite, etc
• Work in Google Analytics not required, but a plus
• Experience conducting or working with market research not required, but a plus

Benefits

• An opportunity to join a high-growth agency and help it continue to scale
• Monthly wellness and social stipends
• Continuing education benefits
• Family planning grants, paid maternity and paternity leave, and working parent stipends
• Generous paid time off, including an on-call schedule for end of the year
• If eligible, alternate Fridays off
• Real opportunity for advancement in a high-growth firm
• Flexible work schedule - 100% remote