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