Senior PR Account Manager: Fashion, Beauty - Cape Town, South Africa - Viv Gordon Placements
Description
Responsibilities:
Account Management (Clients & Team)
- Independently handle multiple client accounts
- Is the client's primary daytoday contact and earns client respect, trust, and confidence
- Develops, manages, and executes PR strategies/plans, projects, campaigns and events with ease and success
- Coordinates and supervises staff and external vendors that render services
- Manages team growth
- Manages marketing and PR budgets and the process of keeping track of profits for the team
- Drives initiative in the team based on client needs.
- Has a thorough knowledge of lifestyle media and the influencer landscape. Understands how the media works and knows how to engage appropriately with journalists and influencers
- Builds and maintains good working relationships with journalists and editors
- Keeps abreast of digital/social/web media trends and is able to identify opportunities for clients
- Identifies media trends and themes and is able to capitalise on these to the client's advantage
- Builds and maintains relationships with key influencers in the digital media space, as well as celebrities where possible.
- Originates or manages the origination (via clear, timeous, written briefs including key messages, deadlines, audience and supporting info) of innovative copy and text, press releases, articles, etc.
- Is proactive about providing creative ideas and angles for articles/press releases/online content.
- Drafts and manages critical timelines as part of communications plan
- Is able to accurately brief service providers and manage critical timelines
- Manages the compilation of feedback reports (with the team) before submission to AD for signoff. Is responsible for the doc before submission to AD
- Develops accurate project budgets and monitors them effectively
- Reports daily to AD regarding account status, administrative matters, and any problem areas.
- Supports Account Director (AD) by drafting PR plans that are well structured, detailed, creative and well thoughtout
- Manages team input to complete strategies.
Requirements:
- Industry relevant qualification
- 5+ years' experience within a traditional PR agency
- Fashion, Beauty, Home, Lifestyle client experience
- Planning and Organising
- Works across multiple accounts and is able to prioritise and manage projects and team members effectively
- Time management for self and others
- Set priorities, timetables and goals for self and others
- Manages time for optimum productivity and maximum billability
- Attention to Detail: Checks for accuracy and consistency in all tasks for self and others
- Problem Solving: Logical and clear approach to resolving problems. Ensures that corrective actions are implemented
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Effectively expresses ideas and explains plans and actions to others.
- Checks for understanding when speaking to others
- Plans presentations logically, using visual aids
- Possesses or employs strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Innovative
- Applies experience and specialist knowledge to accomplish the job
- Brings ideas to the table for discussion with the management team
- Works to transfer knowledge and skills to junior team members.
City:
Cape Town
Country:
South Africa
Level of Expertise:
Mid-Senior
Remuneration:
Negotiable
Reference Number:
#Tam689
Tamara Wolpert:
GM & Consultant
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