89up
Account Director/Senior campaigner, EU affairs and PR
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Salary: £50,000-£59,000 + bonuses
Location: Central London
Basic Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
Hybrid Monday, Friday wfh, Tuesday to Thursday in office days
About 89up
89up is the global agency for non-profits. We campaign for great causes, tackle complex problems and inspire people to take action. In the last ten years, we’ve become one of the Financial Times 1,000 fastest growing companies in Europe, twice and won awards for some of the biggest non-profit campaigns around the world. We have worked on influencing everything from a landmark anti-deforestation law to how the EU should renovate its buildings for better energy efficiency.
You are joining a team of people who...
- Are passionate about driving change through powerful communications
- Are incredibly smart
- Love tackling complex problems and inspiring action
- Believe in collaborative working and creating integrated solutions
The role: A senior pair of hands on EU focused campaigns
Do you understand the European political landscape? Are you able to understand policy but also land a media story that can influence it? We are looking for someone with experience influencing or taking part in policy processes within the EU or an EU Member State.
Our EU team works on campaigns and projects that influence EU policy or European citizens more widely. We combine traditional public affairs with great communications tactics such as national and international press and digital activity to build strong campaigns that influence policymakers both directly and indirectly. And we guide our clients in how to speak to different political stakeholders as well as how to communicate complicated policy issues to the general public.
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As an account director within this team, you will be expected to lead on a range of projects at once while acting as senior counsel to our partners alongside our Head of EU Affairs and EU Senior Advisor.
From executing strategy workshops and managing many stakeholders to arranging behind-closed-door briefings with policymakers to developing media stories that win hearts and minds in e.g. French, Spanish or German media, you will run policy campaigns from start to finish supported by the most brilliant team members.
This role spans direct advocacy and policy work as well as PR, but we encourage applications from candidates whose strengths lie more in one or the other. We have both skills within our team and will complement the AD with relevant team members, while training you on what you don’t know.
Job responsibilities
- Develop and execute integrated communications campaigns that influence EU policy, keeping an eye on the bigger picture whilst also being across the granular detail.
- Keep track of KPIs, budgets, timelines and team capacity for all projects.
- Build and nurture relationships with senior officials at the European Commission, European Parliament permanent representations, and potentially Member States.
- Develop and pitch compelling media stories both in the Brussels media but also national media. This includes working with our network of PR freelancers in various EU countries.
- Run insights or strategy projects for partners, including running focus groups/stakeholder interviews, planning polling, summarising insights and turning them into a clear strategy.
- Oversee and train more junior members of staff.
- Growing your own accounts and helping pitch for new projects.
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Skills you’ll have
- Excellent political instinct and understanding of European current affairs.
- Direct experience influencing policy (directly or indirectly) or building organisational reputations either at the EU level or in an EU Member State.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly gain the trust of multiple stakeholders on different parts of the political spectrum.
- A strong track record of landing influential media coverage in big titles and/or securing meetings with policymakers.
- Experience working on multiple projects at once and managing budgets (agency experience is a big plus)
- Fluency in English and another EU member state language.
- A drive to make the world a better place.
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING
- A competitive base salary with 2 discretionary performance-linked bonuses
- Gold-plated sickness benefits and life insurance
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
- Private GP, private counselling, eyecare vouchers, well-being service
- 24 days holiday (with the office closing over Christmas, days taken for this max 4)
- Day off for your birthday
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Company pension
- Plenty of scope to develop your career in a fast-growth business
- An opportunity to be seen, heard and counted in your contributions, and not get lost in the noise and tangle of a large corporate business
89up is an equal opportunity employer and positively encourages applications from suitably experienced and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, qualifications, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
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