AKA Communications
PR Account Manager (Hospitality, Travel + Brands)
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Seeking an Account Manager to lead across luxury lifestyle and hospitality clients in a fiercely independent, fast-growing London agency.
Key requirements:
- Proven PR experience with hospitality and travel clients - bonus points if we already know your work
- Genuine media contacts across national consumer and trade press, particularly food, drink, travel and lifestyle
- Track record of running multiple accounts in a busy agency without dropping a ball
- Strong client relationship skills - the kind that keep clients for years, not quarters
- Confident presenting skills, comfortable holding a room
- Excellent organisation and an eye for detail - this industry moves fast and forgives nothing
- Strong writing with a proven ability to turn a pitch into coverage
- Experience managing and developing junior team members
- An enthusiastic, can-do attitude and proper work ethic - we can spot the difference
As Account Manager, your responsibilities would include:
Public Relations
- Secure regular, high-quality press coverage across all your accounts on an ongoing basis
- Write quality, grammatically flawless media materials
- Build and maintain sharp, relevant press lists
- Develop press contacts through frequent communication and face-to-face meetings
- Research forthcoming features through proactive, ongoing contact with the media
- Spot trends and creative feature angles, and lead brainstorms with ideas worth having
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Client Management & Relations
- Develop and maintain strong client relations at all times
- Act as the senior day-to-day point of contact for clients, working closely with the Founders
- Call clients regularly, keeping them updated and reassured
- Prepare all materials needed for meetings - agendas included, no scrambling
Team Management
- Meet regularly with the Directors to plan strategy, flag opportunities and report wins
- Ensure your team delivers their work responsibly, on time and professionally - admin included
- Monitor and assess junior team members' performance, feeding back to the Directors
About AKA
AKA is a London-based communications agency that services every aspect of today's complex and always evolving media. We live and breathe great stories about food, drink, travel, hospitality and wellness on both local and global levels. We are fiercely independent and fully integrated, delivering tailored public relations, marketing consultancy, powerful digital and social media management, synergistic partnerships, high profile event production, and business development.
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Here at AKA, we employ experienced public relations strategists who are fluent in the language and culture of luxury food, drink, travel and wellness. We strongly believe in a non-hierarchical and inclusive culture here at AKA, we give our team the space to think creatively. We know how influencers and journalists think and have extensive networks within both the media and in the wider industry.
We are a boutique PR and Communications agency with a strong global network, creating bespoke strategies, brand positioning, and high-impact media coverage for our clients, who include five-star hotels, luxury resorts, fine dining establishments, and premium travel experiences.
If you are a PR enthusiast with a passion for hospitality, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a brief cover letter to people@akacomms.com
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