PR Account Director

Job Description

We’re looking for a talented new Account Director to join our award-winning team at No Brainer!

We’re a multi-skilled agency, combining lots of services including traditional and digital PR, SEO and content marketing; organic and paid social media and influencer marketing.

We believe in integrated communications, creating attention-grabbing campaigns for our clients which are always rooted in clever data and smart analytics.

Through our Creative Intelligence™ model, we take the time to truly understand the needs of each client we work with. We put together campaigns across multiple channels to help them stand out from the crowd, and we measure and evaluate everything we do to keep on improving.

Our mission is to create meaningful change for our clients and that applies to our team too – we work hard to promote a culture that is inclusive with our team’s wellbeing at the heart of everything.

About the role

Account Directors at No Brainer are key members of the Senior Leadership Team, helping to make important decisions on the future direction of the agency. You need to be a strategic thinker and someone who leads by example.

A creative team player who can inspire the team around you, but also prepared to roll your sleeves up and get things done when it really matters. Solid agency or in-house experience is a must, along with a strong commercial mind to help drive new business and growth. 

The personal qualities we look for

We love people that are driven and ambitious, but with a solid team ethic and strong emotional intelligence. Our WIRED values underpin our team culture:

We not I

A team player who supports others. A good listener, always willing to share knowledge and help.

Ideas people

Brave enough to try new things and always looking for inspiration from outside. An eye for an opportunity.

Results-focused

Focused on hitting personal, business and client goals. Enjoys building strong client relationships and commercially savvy.

Excellence as standard

Always working to the highest standards. Learns from success and failure. A good communicator and committed to CPD.

Do the right thing

Acts with integrity and leads by example. A positive influence on others.

The skills we’re looking for

• Hold regular strategy and planning sessions with every client, overseeing a clear month-on-month work programme aligned to KPIs to support short and long-term objectives
• Build strong, mutually positive relationships with designated clients, establishing a solid rapport to support client retention
• Apply No Brainer’s ‘Creative Intelligence’ model to all client accounts with a clear grasp of each element
• Lead teams across the agency and offer support and guidance to junior members of the team, helping to inspire and upskill others
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of activities, trends, and issues for every client you lead on
• Comfortable using a range of digital tools, from social media platforms to media monitoring; audience mapping to analytics.
• Generate new business leads and support the agency in pitching for potential clients
• Ensure accounts are being run effectively and profitably, also identifying growth opportunities within current clients

The experience we need

• Proven experience managing a team working in an agency environment or in-house
• Experience in delivering integrated, multi-channel campaigns
• Knowledge of working with B2C and B2B brands
• Track record of successfully managing client relationships
• We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. If you share our values and work ethic, you’ll fit in.

What you’ll get from us

We’re building a team to become one of the biggest and best in the North West. We’re looking for people that want to be part of our long-term vision, and in turn we’ll help them achieve their own ambitions.

• Performance-related bonus
• Hybrid working policy
• 33 days holiday a year
• 1 volunteer day per year
• Personal annual training budget
• Personal Development Plan (PDP)
• Mobile phone bill paid (up to £40 per month)
• Free car parking at office site
• Monthly team breakfast meeting
• Quarterly team away days
• Monthly social activities (all picked by our team!)

How to apply

Click on the link below to send your CV (including any work/results that you’d like to shout about) plus any background info that tells us about you via the form below.

Deadline to apply: Before 9am Monday 4th April 2022.

If you’d like to see the full job spec, just let us know.

If you’re looking for your next challenge, it’s a No Brainer.