PR Senior Account Executive

Job Description

What's the gig?
FINN Partners are on the hunt for a Senior Account Executive to join our UK travel PR practice. Ideally you will have one-two years' experience in PR or within journalism and of course; have a strong knowledge of the media landscape. You will have the desire or impulse to travel, wander and explore this beautiful world and be ready to bring your passion to an award-winning integrated agency.

What you'll be up to?
As Senior Account Executive you will support the wider team and work with some of the best destinations and brands in the business. You will keep on top of the media, there's a lot of reading for everyone here at FINN, papers, magazines and online to ensure we continue to develop opportunities and create inspiring content. You will be monitoring and creating media lists, putting together activity reports, writing releases, organising, and hosting events, selling in stories, and attending client meetings. Hosting media and keeping on top of journalistic needs and deadlines is integral to the role as well as arranging those all-important press trips. You'll join brainstorms and develop ideas as a team; we are a collaborative bunch and want the opinions of all team members.

Day to day?
There is no typical day… generally, working hours are 9.00- 5:30pm, Monday to Friday but sometimes there are times you will be out until late or up at the crack of dawn organising photo shoots or attending events – that is the nature of PR. We offer a hybrid working structure that offers a mix of WFH and WFO and our gorgeous new office next to Liverpool Street Station is designed for hybrid brainstorms, meetings and get-togethers as a team. Not based in London? That's ok - we have team members scattered across the UK who visit the office on occasion so we welcome remote applicants and we offer flexible working options.

What skills are required?
⦁ General awareness of the travel and hospitality sector
⦁ Enthusiasm and desire to be involved in award winning PR campaigns.
⦁ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
⦁ A love of travel
⦁ Willingness to build media and trade contacts in relevant fields
⦁ Excellent writing and presentation skills
⦁ Good attention to detail, organisation and confidence are all a must
⦁ Resourceful and innovative
⦁ Team player
⦁ IT whizz
⦁ Strong commercial acumen

What's in it for me?

We offer excellent prospects for promotion via a goal-oriented career guidance programme, along with a generous benefits package that includes:
• 25 days' holiday plus 5 additional ''summer days'', with the ability to carry days over
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
• Referral bonuses for hiring and new business
• Free breakfast and complimentary snacks
• Wellness subsidy
• Monthly Work From Home subsidy to help with WFH costs
• Hybrid working structure

About FINN
We are a flexible, gregarious team full of traditional values with an evolving quest to develop and originate innovate content and award-winning ideas. We are creative thinkers that go beyond what a campaign, journalist, influencer, or brand requires.

Finn Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.

We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners.
Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.

Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,000+ employees, with offices in 24 cities around the world: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Jerusalem, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington DC

While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those in whom we have a greater interest.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy167q-3-15-143-181-42 in your application.