Senior Account Director – Travel & Hospitality

The ideal candidate will work across luxury travel and restaurant clients, running concurrent travel and food and drink campaigns. 

You will be directing a team of three, we are looking for a strong leader, with a proven ability to multi-task.

It is essential to have at least 5 years PR agency experience – Travel PR experience in the UK and overseas imperative.

A strong work ethic and passion for the industry is a must – driven, hard-working and eager to contribute to the agency. 

THE DAY TO DAY DUTIES:

• Senior contact for client accounts
• Overseeing PR campaigns from creative brief to implementation and delivery
• Presenting pitches, proposals a report to clients and key stakeholders
• Securing top tier media coverage
• Generating creative content/ideas for clients
• Delegating to and managing a PR team
• Nurturing talent
• Setting/monitoring KPIs
• Nurturing current client accounts

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Leading and managing a team of PR professionals and account managers, providing career counsel, professional development support, monitoring and performance reviews
• Identifying training needs where required
• Overseeing media strategy and account development
• Providing support for agency growth and development of new business pipeline
• Achieving exceptional outcomes for current clients and managing an extended portfolio ensuring consistency of service is delivered in line with company policy
• Championing the agency values and brand
• Developing senior press relationships and managing contacts with key commentators, industry spokespeople and sector influencers
• Offering crisis management and counsel to clients and extending networking opportunities
• Overseeing provision of account resources
• Formulating business strategy in conjunction with other directors

KEY SKILLS

• Senior experience within a travel or travel-focused PR agency
• Keen networker and adept at building relationships with key influencers and industry spokespeople
• Expertise at handling a range of media to place products, grow brands or pitch for new customers
• A strong industry network and contacts with senior journalists and members of the press
• Excellent project management skills with strong organisational and planning skills
• Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Strong delegation skills
• Commercial acumen and experience of developing new business
• Management experience of developing star performers and overseeing performance
• Experienced at winning new clients and pitching for business
• Driven, ambitious and willing to contribute to the business