Job Description

We are looking for an account director who can join our team to help support the growth of our business. We need someone with experience and senior media contacts in the UK market, who could act as a bolt-on to our existing team. We are looking for someone with a strong interest in Capital Markets and current affairs.

What you can expect from us:

Financial benefits:

• Salary between £56k-£60k, depending on experience
• New business bonus scheme
• Retention bonus scheme
• Outstanding work bonus scheme (each month)
• Laptop and all the tech you need to do your job
• Mobile phone bills paid for each month
• Pension plan
• Dental cover and access to Vitality health insurance

Culture:

• We invest a lot in our company culture and have won awards like Pathfinders ‘Media Employers of the Year
• One of the best maternity and paternity packages in the industry
• Mental Health Awareness training for each individual
• Extra days off for big life events such as engagements, civil partnerships and weddings, house purchase and rental moves
• Free breakfast on Mondays and free lunch on Fridays
• Regular company and team socials from cookery classes through to The Crystal Maze
• Six-week bereavement leave to be taken in any way you want (all at once or split over a number of years)
• Paid time off to all involved partners for miscarriage and fertility treatment
• Sabbatical after 5 years’ service
• You can take 12 hours to volunteer each year

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• We need proven leadership and new business experience
• Expertise in providing senior counsel
• Track record of being the lead advisor with clients and on projects
• Consummate networker that enjoys generating leads
• Leads new business development, generates opportunities, anchoring pitches
• Secures clients and negotiates fees and knows how to do the job
• Commands respect from journalists and bankers/analysts
• Expertise in capital markets
• Excellent knowledge of industry best practice
• Financially literate