Job Description

We provide corporate communications support to a wide range of blue-chip financial services firms, and have expertise in asset management, pensions, professional services, insurance and consumer finance, devising highly creative media engagement platforms that differentiate our clients from their peers.
We advise public and private companies on strategic and capital markets communications to position them within the financial community during normal-course business and transformative events.
We are recruiting for a talented and experienced consultant to join our financial services communications team as an Account Director. This critical role will entail working closely with both senior and junior colleagues to provide best-in-class communications advice and implementation to and for our clients. This role will have an emphasis on providing high quality content for our clients, so technical copywriting skill is essential. You will also be expected to contribute to and support our new business development programme.
The successful candidate will report to a Senior Director within the financial services team, and will be a key player in helping to maintain and grow this division. The financial services team looks after clients covering the full spectrum of financial services sectors, with particular strength in asset management (we are the leading asset management agency in the UK) and pensions (an award-winning team).

The role does not currently include financial calendar work but rather focuses on reputation enhancing campaigns for clients within the financial sector.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading accounts, or working with other staff to support them managing account teams
• Managing and building strong relationships with tier one and trade publications
• Copywriting (press releases, comments, op eds)
• Organizing excellent client events including round tables, dinners, breakfast and others
• Managing clients on a day-to-day basis
• Involvement in every aspect of creating and implementing innovative communications programmes
• Work on new business proposals and pitches
• Helping to market the team internally and externally

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Financial services communications expertise, able to demonstrate a track record of advising blue chip financial institutions on strategic, corporate and crisis communications matters
• Excellent written, numerical and analytical skills and a firm understanding of economics and the dynamics which shape economies and investment decisions (e.g. monetary and fiscal policy, employment levels, supply-demand, inflation etc.)
• To ‘own’ client relationships with limited senior supervision
• A demonstrable interest in, and knowledge of, finance, business and current affairs
• An understanding of financial information and the ability to communicate financial data to a variety of audiences
• A strong networker and ambassador, both internally and externally. Continually seeking to broaden knowledge and contacts through networking across the City and beyond
• Enthusiastic team player
• An ability and desire to share knowledge with and mentor junior team members
• Hard working with meticulous attention to detail