
Public Relations Account Manager
YAP Global Ltd
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- - Creating strategic communication plans and identify media opportunities to ensuring the client KPIs are met
- - Providing strategic counsel to clients to aid their PR and wider marketing objectives
- - Writing and editing press releases, op-eds, feature stories, briefing documents and other communications material
- - Building/maintaining strategic relationships with senior journalists, particularly with top tier media publications in crypto, tech, finance and mainstream media
- - Managing workflow of the team, delegating tasks to SAEs and AEs
- - Managing and mentoring junior members of staff
- - Keeping abreast of current PR and crypto trends, and the clients media landscape
- - Taking part in new business pitching and developing PR proposals
Requirements
- - Candidate must have the right to work in UK
- - At least 3 years experience and a proven track record in PR in an agency, or in journalism
- - Outstanding organisational skills with an ability to effectively manage a portfolio of clients
- - Knowledge or experience of the fintech, blockchain or cryptocurrency space
- - High motivation and the ability to work under pressure, independently
- - Media relationships with financial, tech and mainstream press
- - Strong news sense and a knack for storytelling
- - Strong management and interpersonal skills
- - Flair for creativity, strategic thinking and innovation
- - Commercially aware and business savvy
- - Experience in building contacts and influential networks
- - Willing to communicate with memes
- - Keen interest in building relationships with key founders and leaders in the crypto, DeFi and Web3 ecosystem
- - Experience with a range of communication platforms (Telegram, Slack, X (formerly Twitter) and Discord)
Benefits
- - Competitive Salary - benchmarked and reviewed biannually
- - Annual Holiday Allowance - 25 days, plus bank holidays
- - Your birthday off, to treat yourself!
- - Flexible working - WFH days and flexible hours (standard hours are 9am-6pm)
- - Co-working Space - we work two days from the office
- - ClassPass membership - use it for gym classes or go for a massage, it's up to you!
- - Private Healthcare provided by BUPA
- - Social events to connect with your colleagues
- - Annual company offsite (last offsite we met at a chateau in Paris!)
- - Travel Opportunities - potential to attend key conferences in major global cities
- - Ongoing Training & Development
- - Global Team - The opportunity to be part of a team of ambitious, like-minded, driven people from different parts of the world
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
public relationswritingeditingstrategic communicationmedia pitchingstorytellingclient portfolio managementnetwork buildingcommunication strategyKPI management
Soft Skills
organizational skillsinterpersonal skillsmanagement skillscreativitystrategic thinkinginnovationmotivationability to work under pressureindependencebusiness savvy