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PR Associate Director – Consumer and brand lead in a strategic communications consultancy –- to £75k
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This role and PR consultancy are something special and are looking for an equally unique person to join their outstanding team.
Definitely more in the communications consultancy than PR agency vibe, this small, independent company offers a range of niche yet somehow also diverse services to a mixture of clients. Yes, they do some more "traditional" PR and social content work for some lovely consumer brands. However, even this work has insight and cultural relevance at the heart of it. More broadly, they do a lot of work with organizations auditing and redefining their comms strategies so really understanding the values, objectives, and commercial goals of an organization. They also do a lot of inclusive communications for large, global companies, advising them on supporting and communicating to minority groups and more purposeful work in general.
What all their work has in common is it is meaningful, impactful, and on point.
The inspirational founder is looking for an outstanding Consumer Associate Director to help them build and grow this unique business and lead the consumer and brand PR team in the business. Whilst you will be a fantastic all-round communications expert, there are a few, specific essentials needed for this role.
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The role and growth of the agency means new business is very much a key part of this role, so whilst we don't want a pure new biz person, you do need to love the hustle of spotting an opportunity and grasping it. This is not just someone who can pull together a nice deck (although that is always great), it is someone who has the mindset and aptitude to plan where they see commercial growth and build their network to make that happen. You will be able to demonstrate a track record of hunting down and securing new business.
The team currently works on a mix of consumer clients across lifestyle, food, drink, and sports, so would love people passionate in this space but also that bring their own ideas and ways of thinking. More broadly, this agency does a fair bit across health and wellness, so any interest in this space could be a bonus as well. What is essential is that you have a track record of working with consumer brands in a UK PR agency and are someone who brings ideas from what you have learnt but challenges yourself to think about things differently too.
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If you have all this and are an Associate Director and happy both to lead a small team of three and also to be hands-on working in a communications consultancy environment, this could be a great fit. This is not a “cookie-cutter” role or agency, so although you will have strong consumer brand PR experience, you need to be someone who likes to challenge the status quo and want to have an impact. Of course, you also need to have the passion to be part of something genuinely different and exciting and ideally, you will have experience in, or exposure to working in a start-up environment or start-up clients.
The small team all have tonnes of responsibility and ownership, and being small and independent means you will have a lot of influence on client work and the direction of the business as a whole. They are intelligent, curious, and collaborative people and people who bring fresh experience, ideas, and ways of working (as well as different personal interests) tend to thrive here.
There are some lovely benefits on offer (and they don't have a one size fits all approach) and they currently do three days in a lovely shared West London office space.
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