Senior Account Executive, Public Affairs
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United KingdomHybridFull TimeSenior Level
Full TimeSenior Level
Job Summary
Build strong client relationships by providing counsel, managing status reports, and drafting policy briefings, articles, and social media posts. Coordinate daily account operations, monitor parliamentary events, and maintain a network of political stakeholders to inform stakeholder mapping. Assist senior colleagues in managing supplier relationships, contributing to new business pitches, and supporting internal marketing and events. Manage accounts efficiently to ensure client needs are delivered at pace while supporting managers on reporting and meeting agendas.
Required Qualifications
- Be a strong and established Senior Account Executive, either ready for promotion to Account Manager, or who needs another six to twelve months of experience
- Be tenacious and passionate about UK politics, government and public affairs
- Have experience working for and engaging with corporate brands, political parties, public sector organisations or other charitable or professional bodies
- experience of working with or in an agency is particularly welcome
- Be highly competent at helping to run day-to-day accounts
- Be highly organised
- Be a strong writer
- Be a team player
- Have great time management and ability to multi-task
Desired Qualifications
- Ideally, this person will be experienced in being part of campaigns which give national profile to organisations, in a way that positively impacts perceptions among political and policy-orientated audiences
- an agency background is preferred
- What they must bring is tenacity, enthusiasm, curiosity, commitment and insight to their work
- Be skilled at drafting briefing papers, policy analysis and stakeholder insights, as well as assisting with client and new business proposals
- someone who brings a sense of fun to their work and adds to the positive culture of the team and the agency as a whole
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