Senior Account Executive

England, United Kingdom

The PHA Group

PHA North & Corporate

Senior Account Executive Job Description

About us

The PHA Group is a leading, independent public relations, social media, and digital marketing agency with offices in London, Manchester, Leeds, and Wokingham. Founded in 2005 by former newspaper editor Phil Hall, PHA boasts an impressive client roster spanning the consumer, corporate, and reputation spaces. Our passionate, ambitious, and entrepreneurial employees and exceptional company culture make PHA a fantastic place to work, and we’re hiring!

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Account Executive to join us in a hybrid role working with our fantastic colleagues in our PHA North team based in Manchester and Corporate division based in London.

You’ll be part of a talented team, thanks to a group of motivated individuals who strive to deliver impressive results and work with exciting clients that are driving change within their industries.

PHA North and the PHA corporate team already work closely on a roster of impressive clients across a range of sectors, including globally recognised companies and ambitious brands with fantastic stories to tell. We have a growing portfolio of exciting corporate and B2B clients that are at the forefront of game changing innovation that they want to amplify on a regional and national level. Therefore, we’re looking for an individual that has some experience and passion for corporate and B2B PR.

Team members at every level are client-facing and encouraged to come up with ideas to add value. The role involves putting our clients’ messages at the fore of the national and sector media agenda, with a proactive news-led approach.

What you will be doing

Client responsibilities

Writing long form thought leadership articles across a variety of topics.

Proactively identify media ideas and angles for clients, ensuring a steady pipeline of activity which is reported up to managers.

Regular delivery of high-quality coverage for accounts and accountability for results

Proactively build personal relationships with journalists and influencers (where relevant) by attending regular desk visits/coffees/networking with media and influencers.

Proactively monitoring the news agenda and leveraging relevant stories for reactive coverage opportunities.

Ownership of client calls on account activity for our Corporate and B2B clients, prepare agendas, and accurately document and circulate actions.

Development of strategic, creative and value adding ideas for clients including contributing to writing client strategies

Work with other team members to proactively ensure client-facing documents are accurate and up to date, such as WIP documents, coverage logs, reports, etc.

Growth

Supporting the team on new business by sourcing opportunities and assisting with proposals.

Suggest potential brands and businesses who may need PR support, working closely with Sales & Marketing alongside other senior members of your division, and assisting with proposals and content creation support S&M campaigns.

People Management

Involvement and contributing to team discussions around long-term account strategy.

Demonstrate consistent and effective upward management to Account Managers, sharing successes and flagging issues/challenges at the earliest opportunity, whilst also starting to identify and suggest possible solutions.

Provide ad-hoc support and guidance to junior colleagues across accounts, helping them to develop core PR skills, including media relations, writing, and team management.

Industry knowledge

Develop your network of journalists, influencers, and other key figures relevant to your sector to provide regular opportunities for your clients.

Use your knowledge of industries relevant to your clients and research skills to contribute to planning and campaign strategies.

Agency responsibilities

Participate in agency wide activities and initiatives to build relationships and colleagues to include All Staff training, social events, and internal seminar relevant to level.

attend role-specific training organised through the PHA Academy.

Benefits – click here for full brochure

Memories: £500 annual birthday bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, wedding present, new baby gift, length of service awards, enhanced holiday allowance

Rewards: £500 wow bonuses, £500 talent recognition awards, auto-enrolment pension scheme, and monthly new business, campaign, and kudos awards

Wellness: £1,000 healthcare cash scheme, 4pm finish on Fridays, annual wellness day and voucher, weekly wellness hour, flexible working charter, annual mobile phone scheme

Training & Development: PHAcademy, regular appraisals, promotion plans, industry membership, secondment opportunities, New York exchange scheme

Charity & CSR: volunteering opportunities, annual development day, regular fundraising initiatives

Open Conversations: annual diversity and inclusion report, drop-in sessions, webinars, seminars

Environment & Sustainability: company commitment, annual initiatives, PHAseOut

Sport & Social: summer and Christmas parties, team treats, seasonal competitions, quarterly drinks, new starter breakfasts, sport events, afternoon brews

If you are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals, not settling for the easy and forgettable, but challenging them to do better and be different in an environment that fosters openness, honesty, and diversity – we want to hear from you! In return, we will give you the opportunity to develop your unique talents so that they shine through your work, a role in which your voice is heard, and a variety of benefits, incentives, and rewards. Please send your CV to [email protected] or apply via LinkedIn or our website.

As an equal opportunities employer, we actively encourage applications from candidates belonging to groups that are underrepresented in the communications and digital marketing industries. Please let us know if you require us to make any adjustments to support your application and/or recruitment process. To find out more about our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive working environment enable everyone to reach their full potential whilst feeling valued and respected through our Open Conversation initiative, please click this link to our website