Senior Account Executive - Tech PR

Edelman London’s award-winning Technology practice is looking for a hungry, highly motivated Senior Account Executive to join its rapidly growing team of more than 45 professionals. Our enviable client list includes some of the world’s largest tech brands, including Meta, HP, Samsung, Infosys and Crowdstrike.You’ll be working in a thriving, diverse and highly flexible hybrid working culture – we also offer the ability to work from anywhere in the world for 30 days each year. You’ll be working with some of the smartest people in the sector on a range of exciting consumer tech, B2C, B2B and enterprise tech brands. We work for 6 of the biggest tech brands in the world, leading tech innovators and those transforming their sectors. This is an exciting opportunity for a smart, passionate candidate who wants to accelerate their career and develop a deep expertise in globally integrated technology solutions. This role will require a combination of B2B/B2C media relations and market management for one of the region’s largest clients, helping deliver best-in-class communications strategies and working with multi-market account teams to produce top quality results. You will be able to confidently support teams, maintaining motivation and keeping to tight deadlines, and ensuring attention to detail throughout campaign delivery. You’ll also have experience in developing media plans and approaches which take complex technology and translate it into meaningful benefits for business and society. You will be a strong writer for a range of audience and also be able to create and manage budgets. You will have supreme B2B technology media relations and social media skills, as well as a little black book of media contacts. We want to hear about how your ideas have translated into media and digital results. Both the role and the clients we work with are exciting and fast-paced – you will need to be a quick thinker and strong multi-tasker, ready to respond to client requests, staff media events and interviews, organise multi-market briefs, and pull together campaign recaps at the bat of an eye.

Responsibilities:

Client liaison – day-to-day client support

Proactive thinking – around campaigns and in day-to-day account work

Effective support of the wider account team, including managing up, down and across where relevant

Demonstration of creative campaign support, promoting technology solutions to business and consumer audiences via PR and digital routes

Working knowledge of social listening tools

Collaboration with EMEA or global account teams

Strategic media relations/digital skills and counsel at both a UK and EMEA level

B2B experience is essential

Writing a range of mediums and audiences, such as case studies, op-eds and media commentary

Key requirements:

Being the main day-to-day client support and ability to give strong client counsel, particularly for media relations

Proven track record of working in or with European or global technology brands, including working with teams in other EMEA markets

Experience in developing media narratives which take complex technology and translate it into meaningful benefits for business

Use of digital and other technologies for storytelling and communications

Strong technology media relations and social media skills and contacts in the B2B space

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