Pr Account Director: Boutique PR Agency

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Viv Gordon Placements Full time

If you believe in partnership and mutual respect so that you can be happy at work and have fun along the way, we want to hear from you

**Responsibilities**:

- Main client contact and own the client relationship. Core understanding of client business and display excellent relationships with the clients
- Strategy lead on account - research, development of PR and marketing strategies
- Crisis management and communications as needed
- Day to day implementation of agreed client PR plans
- Media liaison and relationship building - with traditional media and online influencers
- Well versed with content creation - press releases, online content and more
- Excellent presentation skills - verbal, in front of an audience, and written
- Excellent programme delivery and project management skills
- Financial acumen - lead budgets forecasts, time recons, budget management
- Management of junior and mid-level staff
- Identify and secure new business for the agency
- Develop and present client proposals and new business pitches
- Other duties as assigned
- Working closely with the Managing Director to manage the teams and provide senior counsel on clients
- Step in to work on and help out on accounts as a senior lead when MD is away or not available
- Mentor the mid-level and junior team members, particularly in terms of skills development in media relations and stringent quality control
- New business and project work as required.

**Requirements**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Five years minimum experience in a PR or communications agency
- Excellent media relations skills with proven relationships and results in traditional media placement
- Very good writer and able to develop and implement ongoing PR and media relations campaigns
- Very good attention to detail and editing/sub editing skills - much of this will entail quality control of the work produced by the rest of the team, and well as drafting and editing reports and other collateral along with a designer
- Able to work independently and comfortable with managing and mentoring the team
- Massively organised
- Experience in managing and leading mid-level and junior staff
- Understanding of all marketing disciplines - digital, branding, design, online etc.
- Outgoing, opinionated, and confident - but with being arrogant or obnoxious. Prima Donnas not wanted, but neither are wallflowers
- Ability to lead others
- Calm under pressure
- Self-starter: high energy, ability to get stuck in and get their hands dirty
- Creative
- Enthusiastic
- Articulate and well presented
- Obsessed with media - whether that be a passion for magazines or news, or fanatical about blogging
- Based in Cape Town.

City: Cape Town

Country: South Africa

Level of Expertise: Senior

Remuneration: Negotiable

Reference Number: #Tam696

**Tamara Wolpert**:
GM & Consultant

  • Pr Account Manager

    3 days ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Splash PR Full time

    We have an opening for an experienced public relations professional with a proven track record of successful account management to work on one of our most dynamic accounts. **Responsibilities include**: Planning, development and administration of the PR programme which may include, but is not limited to, developing PR strategies, developing news angles,...

  • Account Manager

    5 days ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Paddington Station PR Full time

    Paddington Station PR is an award-winning PR and communications agency. Our focus is primarily in the consumer sector and our client base consists of both local and global brands. The agency has full digital capabilities and manages turnkey communication solutions and strategies for most of its clients. We’re looking for an account manager to join our...

  • Pr Account Director: Full-service Ad Agency

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Viv Gordon Placements Full time

    We have a fantastic job opportunity for a dynamic PR Account Director to head up PR at a large, successful, full-service ad agency in Cape Town. We’re looking for someone to take the helm of the PR division - someone who will manage and mentor a small, close-knit team working on some fabulous consumer clients. Previous PR agency experience working on high...

  • Pr Account Executive: Boutique PR Agency

    1 week ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Viv Gordon Placements Full time

    Looking for something out of the ordinary? We have just the thing for a dynamic PR Account Executive to work on fun portfolio of consumer brands at a unique Creative Communications agency in Cape Town. As Account Executive you’ll be joining the PR and Communications Consumer team within the agency under direction of the Account Manager. In this role you...

  • Pr Account Director

    3 days ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Ad Talent Africa Full time

    Join an innovative and creative communications agency as their PR Account Director focusing on one of their biggest clients in the tech space. **Requirements**: - Relevant qualification in PR and communications - 5 or more years experience in a senior role - Strong writer and communicator - Knowledge and understanding of the B2B tech space - Keen on...

  • Pr Account Director

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa 99 Cents Full time

    **ROLE SUMMARY**: We are looking for someone who is multi-skilled in the PR realm to join our close knit team and become a part of delivering quality public relations campaigns and media relations to be proud of. The PR Account Director is responsible for the execution of media and investor relations against strategy. Core to this role is playing a strategic...

  • Account Executive

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Paddington Station PR Full time

    Paddington Station PR is a nationally recognised award-winning PR and communications agency. Our focus is primarily in the consumer sector and our client base consists of both local and global brands. The agency has full digital capabilities and manages turnkey communication solutions and strategies for most of its clients. We’re looking for an account...

  • Pr Senior Account Manager

    4 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Ofyt Full time

    PR Senior Account Manager (Cape Town) - OFYTOFYT is looking for a highly capable PR Senior Account Manager to join our team and work on one of South Africa's most loved and iconic retail brands. Reporting into the PR Account Director, this role is perfect for someone with strong agency experience who thrives on managing the day-to-day delivery of PR and...

  • Pr Account Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Cape Town, South Africa Press Room Full time

    Press Room in Cape Town is looking for a senior account manager/junior account director with at least five years of public relations agency experience and who has a solid understanding of the media landscape in South Africa. **REQUIREMENTS**: Drive clients’ accounts using all media tools available to create the required media coverage in all PR...

  • Pr Account Director

    16 hours ago

    Cape Town, South Africa MSL Full time

    Company Description MSL South Africa is part of one of the largest Public Relations (PR) and strategic communications networks in the world - MSL, as well as the PR & Influencer arm of Publicis Groupe Africa (PGA). Through its diverse skills base, coupled with cutting edge PR and Influencer platforms, MSL seeks out the places that build **Influence **and...