Senior PR Account Director NEW

Travel Trade Recruitment
Overview

Amazing opportunity for a Senior Account Director to join a team in London. You will be responsible for running accounts for some of the leading brands in the luxury hotel space. The ideal candidate must have agency experience in running PR campaigns within this sector. We are looking for someone with a proven track record and excellent media contacts in the travel and lifestyle media, with strong management experience and a ‘hands on’ and thoughtful approach to getting the job done.

Responsibilities

• Experience in training, developing, and nurturing a team of varying levels, whilst personally showing a genuine, strong interest in travel and travel trends
• While based in London, this role will be the team lead on UK & European strategy for cross-office clients, daily workload monitoring and process approval, client reporting, and nurturing talent.
• Highly organised, a sharp eye for detail, and effortless multi-tasking skills
• Experience in conceiving and delivering creative and strategic integrated communications campaigns across traditional & digital platforms, for both high profile hotel launches as well as maintaining consistent results for long standing clients.
• Experience in implementing synergistic creative brand partnerships between clients and third parties.
• Demonstrates excellent communications skills, creative thinking, and an adeptness to adapt to an ever-changing industry and media landscape.
• Able to provide senior level strategic consult to clients to build their brand and support in achieving business growth and sales goals.
• An impressive ‘little black book’ of media contacts, both online and offline, and confident in liaising with top tier media, influencers, tastemakers and KOLs – the more global, the better
• Strong third-party contacts in place within the travel industry (including tour operators, airlines, tourist boards)
• Expert knowledge and interest in luxury travel and lifestyle trends
• Experience in bringing in and converting new business leads is a bonus, as well as creating compelling, creative PR proposals and new business presentations

Skills & Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience
• Proven track record and excellent media contacts in the travel lifestyle and media

The Package

• Salary £60,000 – £70,000
• Hybrid working in London.

How to Apply

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