PR Account Manager – Global Company

HR Source Consulting

Dubai, UAE

Ref: KP955-434

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a global PR agency based in Dubai. They are currently looking for an experienced PR Manager to join their team and support a number of high profile clients.

As part of the account handling team you will be required to contribute to ideas for the account handling team to implement and develop client work. You will also be required to mentor and inspire more junior team members. You will work on manage time spent on client projects

•Briefing the team
•Hosting meetings with clients and internal meetings
•Team motivation and inspiration
•Client relations – running day to day of client business
•Grow solid media contacts and relationships
•Liaising on a daily basis with clients and the media, often via telephone and email.
•Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients and the media.
•Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires and blogs, for opportunities for clients.
•Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity.
•Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings.
•Researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media.
•Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as ‘selling in.
•Collating, analysing and evaluating media coverage.
•Event management, including press conferences and promotional events.
•Attending and promoting client events to the media.
•Commissioning market research.
•Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential new clients.
•Managing the PR aspect of a possible crisis situation.

Requirements

Requirements
•Must be a Male Arabic Speaker
•Looking for someone who has 4 – 7 years’ experience in PR industry
•Client servicing skills – understand the clients sector, new business processes, the hurdles they will face in their sector and innovative solutions for your client
•Analysis – you need to be able to analyse campaigns and their results, and look at what is happening in the world and how this could possibly have an impact on the client
•Be comfortable with relevant PR software packages and research tools
•Interpersonal skills, plus good presentation skills and confidence.
•Excellent written communication skills.
•Flexibility, determination, enthusiasm and the ability to cope well under pressure.
•Good teamwork and negotiation skills.
•Ability to think strategically along with good analytical skills.
•Business awareness and a good knowledge of current affairs.
•Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work on more than one project at a time.
•Creativity and imagination.
•Ability to use initiative.

Excellent package available to the right candidate.

About the Company

Since 2010, our team has successfully placed some of the world’s finest graduate to mid and C-level talent in organisations across EMEA and APAC, and it all comes down to our niche approach and understanding of the market place, skill sets and trends.

From our offices in Dubai, Riyadh, London and Singapore, we run a sector specific operation. Meaning we specialise in your industry and are able to completely understand your vision, provide market insights and intelligence, and deliver the best talent to fit seamlessly into your operations.

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