Account Manager

About you
Our ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, is immersed in politics and the latest news, and has a keen eye for both detail and for opportunities.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fast-paced and exciting environment, where you can learn from experienced communications and public affairs experts.

What we are looking for
You will need to be confident, sharp, creative, and energetic. At Blakeney, our team is our most important asset, and we are especially looking for originality and personality. Therefore, the following are guidelines, not strict prerequisites:

• Exceptional writing skills and a keen eye for detail
• Be educated to degree level or hold equivalent professional qualifications
• Interesting experience in a communications or political role
• Excellent organisational skills – with experience of working to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Great research skills
• Good working knowledge and experience in using social media and excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• A willingness and ability to help shape our company and the way we do business
• Immersed in the latest news, including from politics
• A desire to actively add to our business commercially (new business and client growth)
• A friendly, fun demeanour - balanced with first-rate professionalism

You will be responsible for:

• Drafting an array of communication materials from press releases to consultation submissions
• Maintaining established relationships with key journalists, media outlets and stakeholder groups whilst also extending these.
• Demonstrating a comprehensive and current understanding of the media, political landscape and current affairs
• Keeping track of issues/market developments relevant to your clients’ organisations, key market sectors and wider networks by reading specialist publications, following KOLs on social media and attending events.
• Demonstrating an understanding of wider political/commercial context and apply to the client, to drive client satisfaction and retention and build your own reputation as a subject matter expert.
• Fostering strong relationships across client organisations to be seen as a ‘go to’ team member who can readily provide answers and solutions.
• Building your network: get to know valuable contacts who could be nurtured and leveraged with clients and for business development purposes (take former clients for coffee, attend industry and networking events).
• Taking ownership of workstreams and day-to-day account activity across accounts, leading others to produce quality outputs with well-structured, effective approaches.
• Developing confident and effective presentation and facilitation skills and use internally with teams and externally with clients.

Diversity & Inclusion at Blakeney If you like the sound of Blakeney but this role isn’t quite right, we’d still love to hear from you. We’re always looking for great people from all walks of life. We’re committed to building a diverse workplace—not just to make Blakeney the best it can be, but to contribute to a more inclusive communications industry.