Associate Director – Media & Campaigns | New Advisory Firm, Central London

We're recruiting on behalf of a new advisory firm that provides communications, policy and research advice to businesses facing complex challenges. Its integrated approach gives clients joined-up counsel across reputation, politics and public affairs.

The firm is hiring an Associate Director to join its Media and Campaigns team. This is a senior, media-first role for an experienced media professional who can lead accounts, counsel clients and develop a team. You'll set the media strategy across a portfolio of clients, advise at a senior level on communications opportunities and risks, particularly where politics and policy are in play, and make sure your team delivers outstanding media work.

What you'll be doing

• Overseeing the team's work across accounts, ensuring KPIs are met and spotting and resolving issues early.
• Acting as a trusted senior adviser to clients, offering clear recommendations on their media position, risks and opportunities.
• Running accounts with a high degree of autonomy, owning deadlines and standards without needing Director sign-off.
• Serving as the key quality check on client work and giving thoughtful feedback to the team.
• Staying on top of developments across media, industry and government, and making sure that insight shows up in the work.
• Working with policy and research colleagues to build media campaigns grounded in insight and data.
• Line managing and developing junior colleagues, and identifying skills gaps and organising training to close them.
• Generating new business leads, supporting Directors on pitches and upsell, and producing high-quality proposals and pitch documents.