Job Description

Ready to make headlines? We have a fantastic hybrid opportunity for a Mid-weight PR Account Manager to join an award-winning creative communications agency based in Cape Town. We're looking for a dynamic candidate with exceptional media relations skills.
You'll work across a mix of consumer and business PR clients, flexing your storytelling muscle and building lasting relationships with media, influencers, and clients alike. You'll need a solid understanding of B2B and business media, with established corporate and financial media contacts.
This is a brilliant opportunity for a hands-on, proactive team player who knows their way around content, comms, and client service - and isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves to make the magic happen.
So, if you're a media relations whizz with a solid grasp of the social media landscape, this could be your next big move. Apply today!
Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning

• Support the Account Director in the development of all client strategies and plans, assisting with delivering well-researched, thought out and excellent strategic documents.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the client's goals and objectives and the ability to translate this into ideas that are insight-led.
• Demonstrate creativity and insight in developing new and innovative plans and ideas.

Media Relations, Relationship Building & Content Creation

• Responsible for implementing media relations campaigns, under guidance of the Account Director, and supported by the Account Executive, to ensure targets are met and plans are delivered against.
• Demonstrate ability to create compelling, relevant, insightful, creative and (if needed) newsworthy, content that is relevant to the client.
• Demonstrate good media relations skills with proven relationships and results in traditional media placement.
• Maintain a strong set of relationships with media and influencers, which is up to date and relevant to the client accounts.
• Draft press releases and other content, creating collateral and content that is of a good quality with little input needed in terms of edits, builds or amends.

Events & Projects

• Support the Account Director in developing proposals and budgets for events and other projects and ensuring sign off by client.
• Support the Account Director in delivering against these plans, ensuring objectives, timelines and budgets are met.
• Display good programme delivery and project management skills.

Team Management

• Support the Account Director in managing and mentor the Account Executive.
• Demonstrate a potential to lead, motivate and inspire others.
• Input into building company culture.

Account Management

• Build a relationship with the client and deliver against all briefs, plans and activities.
• Support the Account Director in the day-to-day implementation and roll out of agreed plans, meeting and exceeding all agreed KPIs as agreed and set out with the client.
• Display an understanding of the client business and an excellent relationship with the client.
• Display financial acumen - show an understanding of account budget forecasts, time recons and budget management
• Attend client meetings and presentations, responsible for creating agendas in advance of the meeting, and circulating minutes or contact reports within 24 hours after the meeting.
• Draft and circulate weekly and monthly status reports, accurately and on time.

Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:

• Industry relevant qualification
• 4-5 years relevant PR agency experience
• Exposure to basic social media know-how (i.e. community management if need be)
• Exceptional media relations skills
• Influencer know how
• Able to proactively research, recommend and implement new trends and ideas in the communications sphere.
• Display good presentation skills - verbal and written.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of all marketing disciplines, including social media, digital, branding, graphic design, online etc.
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and organisational skills e.g. editing, time planning, meeting deadlines etc.
• Demonstrates confidence
• Calm under pressure
• A self-starter (getting stuck in and getting hands dirty)
• Creative
• Enthusiastic.

If you don't have the relevant experience required for this role, please consider your application unsuccessful.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Med
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Tamara
Reference Number: #Tam863

Skills Required