OverviewPress Box PR, a fast-growing PR agency, is hiring an Account Director to join its expanding Consumer team. The business continues to grow in its 6th year, with the consumer team winning new clients both within its Digital PR specialism and increasingly for brand and content marketing activations.The successful candidate must be highly skilled in the realms of client management, commercial growth and work with brands on a range of briefs. This will complement and bolster the exceptional journalistic and Digital PR experience within the team.This role would suit a candidate who has proven experience being the main agenda-setting point person with a client in an influential, consultative and ultimately revenue-generating capacity. We are interested in hearing from aspiring AM or SAM who can make the case for why they are ready to take the step up to own this aspect of client communications.The successful candidate will report into the Director and Head of Consumer and work closely with the Managing Director and Founder with a focus on growing revenues in the division.Press Box PR’s Consumer team work for clients in a range of sectors, spanning Government organisations through to household name betting and gaming brands, with recent new business wins including e-commerce, payments and other consumer sectors.The role will involve a focus on winning new business and smoothly onboarding clients in multiple sectors as well as delivering brand and activation campaigns to our existing Digital PR clients, primarily where betting and gaming meets entertainment.Press Box PR has offices in London and Manchester and has grown from 0 to over 45 in 5 years, branching out from a background in sport to successfully grow a B2B and consumer division.The successful candidate will spend an average of three days a week working away from home, spending time with teams in our London office and out with clients and at industry events.You are:A PR professional with over 5 years of relevant experience, including in a senior client-management and commercial growth capacityA PR professional with direct experience of leading and influencing clients and decision makers in a new business environment, as well as high-level client management delivering revenue growthComfortable working with a range brands and organisations, proactively defining and delivering strategy and securing buy in to plans and ideasConfident and comfortable in working in a growth environment, finding and converting leadsA professional with excellent client, stakeholder management and communication skillsWell organised and effective at proactively managing competing deadlines, priorities and tasksCapable of rigorous advance planningAn excellent relationship builder, capable of managing client expectations and setting agendas through a range of forums including in-person meetingsWorking with Digital PR/PR for SEO and reporting into performance marketing functionsWorking in growing agencies and start up to scale up businessesExperience delivering brand activation work or brand-led campaignsExperience working for clients in sectors including payments, finance, e-commerce, FMCG, betting and gaming and other fast-paced, regulated consumer industriesUs:Press Box PR is a fast-growing PR agency with a head office Barbican, Central London and an office in ManchesterFormed in 2020, Press Box PR has grown quickly to become a thriving 45 person agency working for a range of consumer, sport and B2B clients on digital and creative PR projects, standing out from the crowd as almost every member of the team was a journalist before working in PRPress Box PR is an agency proud of:Its track record of career progression, promotion and developmentIndustry-leading staff and client retention rates100% track record of annual bonus paymentTraining provision including people management, creative development and commercial skillsPerks including medicash, enhanced sick pay and Juno credit (use on any perk you wish)Being an environment where 35+ journalists are now thriving in PR, having moved to the industry for the first timeCreating a positive office environment fostering meaningful in-person interactions and relationship building with colleagues, clients and mediaThe important parts:Annual bonus scheme paying up to 15%Enhanced private pensionJuno credit - use on any perk you like31 days annual leave including Bank Holidays and your birthdaySeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionMarketing, Public Relations, and Writing/EditingIndustriesPublic Relations and Communications Services #J-18808-Ljbffr