Description
Rees & Co is looking for a Senior Account Director to join its London team. They will be responsible for delivering creative and wide-reaching media campaigns for a dedicated portfolio of international clients.
The ideal candidate for the Senior Account Director role will have an excellent network of high-level international media contacts, with a focus on English-language and European media, as well as a wider network of industry contacts. They will be a highly organised and outgoing self-starter with a passion for the visual arts and connecting people, excellent time management, and a rigorous approach to campaign research and delivery. They will have extensive experience delivering major press campaigns, including exhibition, profile-raising and news campaigns, as well as experience managing large-scale press trips both domestically and internationally.
The Senior Account Director will be expected to work in close contact and collaboration with the agency Founder, Director and other (Senior) Account Directors to share information and learnings across the company. The role will be supported by a dedicated Account Executive, who will be task managed but not line managed by the Senior Account Director.
- A minimum of five years' experience working in visual arts PR.
- Extensive experience delivering major press campaigns. Equal proficiency securing features, previews, interviews, reviews, news and round-ups, and the ability to deliver exhibition, profile-raising and news campaigns.
- Track record of managing large-scale domestic and international press trips, including budgets.
- An excellent network of high-level international arts and culture media contacts and non-media cultural advocates.
- An excellent knowledge of the art world and the international cultural landscape, and an understanding of wider trends and news.
- Wide knowledge of historical and contemporary visual art.
- Extensive experience working successfully with artists and curators, building trusted relationships with the same.
- Extensive experience managing multiple stakeholders in complex, high-profile projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, and time management skills.
- Lead on the management of six to eight client accounts at any one time, delivering excellent service in accordance with contracts and agreed outlines of work.
- Develop and deliver strategic and creative international media campaigns.
- Frequently secure major editorial coverage across print, broadcast and digital media outlets.
- Generate press materials, including writing and editing press releases, overseeing image sheet production and responsibility for all mailouts.
- Manage press views and press trips (domestic and international) including budget management.
- Give appropriate strategic advice to clients.
- Perform crisis management, including writing lines against enquiry.
- Attend, support or deliver domestic and international client events.
- Conduct outreach to third parties, potential partners and VIPs as part of strategic positioning of your clients.
- Task manage a team of up to two people.
- Work with the senior team to share contacts and ideas to enable the wider remit of Rees &
Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. Interviews will be held in London during the week commencing 26 May.