Account Executive / Senior Account Executive

£24,000 - £28,000

Cardiff

Yolk are currently working with an agency based in South Wales who are looking for an AE or SAE to join their team. This is an opportunity which will enable you to continue your growth and development within an agency setting. There is a real unique blend of clients you’ll work with, but all of them have the same common theme, making people’s lives better.

Responsibilities:

•        Liaising with the media, building relationships with journalists, spotting good stories will be the day-to-day norm for you

•        Delivering on client expectations, briefing designers and developers, managing client amends and working with data to tell great stories

•        Recognise the importance of PR in the wider marketing mix, and come up with ideas that translate into Content and Social campaigns as well as pure PR

Required Experience:

•        At least a year of experience working in a PR or communications role, preferably in agency

•        Experience writing a range of copy for different mediums, including press releases, media briefings and blogs

•        Experience in pitching to the media, both locally and nationally and in print and broadcast

•        An understanding of how digital PR fits into marketing more generally, and how it should be used in integrated campaigns

•        Experience ideating and executing campaigns for a range of clients with great results

•        Ambitious, self-motivated person who is able to work well under pressure and manage their own time and the time of others

•        An abundance of creativity, positivity and a can-do attitude

•        Excellent communication skills (with other team members, clients, designers and media)

Benefits:

•        25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

•        Flexible working with the option of hybrid office and home working

•        Generous training budget

•        Talent development & tailored progression plan

•        Personal award entries paid for

•        Membership to industry associations

•        Opportunity to work on some of the biggest brands in the UK

•        Private healthcare plan

•        Additional perk scheme

•        Paid journey days to enable you to take a low-carbon holiday

•        Work anniversary off

•        Regular socials

•        Swanky new laptop

•        Monthly phone allowance

•        New business bonus

How to Apply
If you believe that you have the skills and experience for the role – then please get in touch. We also offer a referral scheme for any candidates whose details are passed to us that we successfully place. If you have any further questions then please contact Aaron Elliot at Yolk Recruitment on 02921 673 756.  

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying – then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.*