PR / Marketing Managing Consultant
OTE £40k (£30-35k basic depending on experience, plus performance-related bonuses); 3% pension contribution.
Helping businesses enter awards is what this company does for a living. This role will enable you to work on entries across a range of industries and clients (including many FTSE 350 companies and major brands), using your skills in three key areas:
1. Writing top-quality award entries that tell clients’ stories in a compelling way by combining powerful narrative with well-presented and robust evidence.
2. Managing a diverse range of client accounts. You’ll need to be equally confident in generating new business and maintaining relationships with existing clients.
3. Managing a small team of consultants (ensuring high quality work on time and on budget, and effective client management).
You’ll be producing accurate, engaging submissions for business awards that will impress the judges and maximise our clients’ chances of winning. This client-facing role will see you having your own portfolio of clients to manage and write for, while also maintaining and growing this portfolio - so in addition to copywriting you will be responsible for engaging prospective clients/sales leads, helping your clients to plan the right awards to enter and quoting for work. You will also be managing a team of consultants and ensuring that they perform to a high standard.
Currently this is largely working from home, with an expectation to work from a shared Bournemouth office once a week alongside colleagues and, less frequently, to meet up with the whole company at various South East locations. Travel to client meetings is also expected (based largely in/around London). In the future you may be expected to work from an office based in Bournemouth (with possible wfh some days).
Essential experience includes:
1. Copywriting: An experienced copywriter, expert at finding the angle in a story and producing persuasive, accurate copy, with adaptable tones/styles. Award submissions also require an understanding of how businesses operate, and the ability to understand and present evidence/statistics in a compelling way (although we have an evaluation team that can support you with this).
2. Account management: Ability to build strong relationships with Managers/CEOs/Directors of new and repeat clients, with the gravitas to present and field questions confidently (remotely and face-to-face).
3. Managing a team: You must be a confident manager, to ensure performance meets Company expectations.
4.Project management: You will work as part of a close-knit team, so excellent communication and team working skills are essential, particularly as your colleagues will be home-based/based at other locations.
5. Organisation is a must - awards are deadline driven, so you need be able to adhere to strict turnaround times for each project.