PR Account Director

What we are looking for:

• Leadership and Team Management: Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team of PR professionals. Proven management experience. 
• Strategic Campaign Development: Experience in creating and executing innovative PR strategies that deliver valuable results.
• Client Relationship Management: You’ve got fantastic client management skills, and thrive on building strong relationships.
• Media Relations: The ability to secure top-tier coverage and develop incredibly strong relationships with media contacts.
• Crisis Management: Expertise in handling crisis communications and providing strategic counsel.
• Creative and Analytical Thinking: You can think outside the box to create opportunities for our clients.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Exceptional writing and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt content for different audiences.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills. You’ll be able to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Sector Interest: You’ll ideally have experience in the hospitality, property, lodging, and property technology sectors, or you could easily see yourself becoming an expert keen to champion these industries.
• Remote Team Collaboration: You don’t want to be tied to an office — but you still understand the value of teamwork and face-time. You’ll love attending our quarterly team days and, the rest of the time, you’ll excel at helping us create a strong company culture, as well as a lively and collaborative working environment.
• Training and Strategy Oversight: Overseeing and training account teams, guiding strategy, and joining client calls as the senior strategic point of contact.
• Service Delivery Monitoring: Ensuring monthly reports are accurate, represent good service, and are within budget.
• Candid Guidance: Stepping in during difficult situations to provide candid advice and guidance for the team and clients.
• Client Expectation Management: Strong ability to manage client expectations and act as the lead strategic advisor, while coaching the team in their account management skills.

What we offer:

• Salary: £45k to £60k subject to experience
• Flexible, remote working
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holiday & the option of an extra three days off over Xmas 
• Training, quarterly team days, professional development

About us:

Abode Worldwide is a global public relations agency focused on raising the profile of some of the most dynamic businesses in the world of property and hospitality. We count many of the short-term rental industry’s most exciting US-based tech firms among our clients but we also specialise in sectors ranging from student accommodation and Multifamily/Build to Rent to co-living and hotels. The agency, led by a visionary female founder, sits at the intersection between work, life and play in the property and hospitality markets.

If you are interested in joining our team, please send a cover email and CV to our MD Neil Millard — neil@abodeworldwide.com.