Account Manager, Euro Hub Manager
Leading Global Tech PR Agency, AxiCom
London Based

Great opportunity to join this award-winning team of PR pros who are proud to be 2022’s best networked agency to work for! They have also been nominated for no less than 10 Sabre Awards in 2023. We are looking to welcome new talent into our team. We bring together a diverse group of people who share a passion for integrated communications and tech who want to tell the world amazing stories about the transformative power of technology.

AxiCom delivers integrated communication campaigns for the world’s most innovative technology companies. From offices in Amsterdam, Austin, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Stockholm, AxiCom designs, builds and delivers ground-breaking and thought-provoking campaigns. We offer our clients analyst and influencer relations, content, digital marketing, media relations, integrated communications, internal communications, and research and insights services.

Intelligent Working

At AxiCom, we work Intelligently. Intelligent Working is our industry leading approach to flexible working. It is an adaptable framework that gives you more freedom every day and the flexibility you need to provide you with balance.

As a progressive workplace we welcome and support flexible working and believe that with high trust, we don’t need rules, just principles that we can all agree to.

Our Guiding Principles

We Play at Work
We delight in differences and prize peculiarity
We find fun in the most unexpected places
We are brave and bold in the face of the unknown

We Push Everyone
Ourselves: We take initiative and exceed expectations
One Another: We are generous with constructive and appreciative feedback
Our Clients: We are challengers and counsellors as well communicators

We Win Together
We readily ask for help and eagerly offer support.
We are clear on our goals and accountable for our results.
We are united as one team. Every single success is shared.

The role
We are seeking an Account Manager who is eager to learn and take responsibility for the execution of tasks on both ongoing work and large integrated campaigns.
You will be a PR professional with solid knowledge of the consumer tech landscape, including journalists and influencers across platforms (YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn). You will possess expertise with building and placing stories for lifestyle, national and broadcast media. B2C tech focussed. You will work with leading consumer technology clients on key campaigns and will preferably have Hub experience.

Fully proficient in PR skills, the Account Manager will act as a trainer to junior consultants and interns and will also oversee and monitor their workload. They will play a key role in winning new business and will understand the budget implications of their actions.

As an Account Manager, you will:

Plan and implement impactful PR campaigns
Be proactive in all that you do
Develop and lead PR strategies from formulation through to execution aligning them with the client’s key business objectives
Combine creativity with knowledge of the media to recognise media angles and generate positive news coverage, profile pieces and features across a broad media spectrum
Have the ability to write “journalist quality” press releases and other content
Assist in the reporting, analysis and evaluation of PR campaigns
Liaise with the client and act as key point of contact in support of senior consultants
Sell ideas, promotions and features to clients and media
Delegate to junior consultants effectively
Supervise AE’s and Interns activity and workload
Establish professional relationships with colleagues in other offices
Fully participate in brainstorms and create workable programmes for new business and existing clients
Keep track of impending deadlines and ensure all work is completed in a timely manner
Actively participate in new business development including proposal writing
Identify new business opportunities
Ensure all work is completed on time and within budget
Track and reconcile project fee and expense budgets

Champion AxiCom’s social and environmental sustainability principles

General

Demonstrate the ability to manage your time in an effective manner
Take ownership/accountability for the results of your actions and decisions
Represent both clients and AxiCom in a professional manner at external events
Be an ambassador for the agency at all times
Play an active, effective and helpful part in all your client teams, your practise and broadly within AxiCom London.

What is on offer
As well as exciting career growth opportunities we offer a generous remuneration package including a comprehensive selection of employee benefits, such as; gym membership/wellness contribution, dental insurance, 25 days holiday entitlement increasing by one day each year after three years of service, company pension scheme and many more. You will also have access to Employee Assistance and LinkedIn Learning as well as other training and development opportunities.

PR Account Manager - Tech