​pr account executive jobs in oxfordshire

​At Beyond The Book we specialise in recruitment in the Creative, Marketing and Digital space, including PR Account Executives.

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Typically, as a PR Account Executive, you will be working within a PR agency or integrated agency and will be responsible for creating content, managing social media and working with the media. You will be creating all kinds of content for the agency and your clients from press releases, articles, blogs, thought leadership, social content to name a few. You may be managing the social media platforms for your client, adapting your tone of voice to be consistent. Another big part of your role will be working with the media; you will be picking up the phone to sell in your press releases to the media to gain maximum coverage for your clients.

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You will either be working within a PR agency or in an integrated agency and will report to the PR Account Manager or PR Account Director. Usually, you will work in pods, so that you will work on a client with a PR Account Manager and PR Account Director.

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To be successful in this role you will be a people person and enjoy networking, building strong relationships and will seize opportunities to spread your message. You will love to write and enjoy being creative in your approach.

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Your aim will be to influence public opinion or behaviour, or promote the profile and reputation of your clients to their intended audiences, through news items, press releases and product placements but without the use of paid advertising.

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As a PR Account Executive you will have the following responsibilities:

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• Generate positive news coverage, achieving free product placement in broadcast, print and new media, and placing spokespeople as commentators

• Liaise with clients and the media daily, often via telephone and email

• Build strong relationships and networks with colleagues, clients and the media

• Monitor the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires, social media sites and blogs, for opportunities for clients

• Work as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity

• Prepare regular client reports and attend client meetings

• Promote news stories and features to the media, known as 'selling in'

• Manage the PR aspect of a possible crisis situation.

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​About Oxfordshire

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Oxfordshire was recorded as a county in the early years of the 10th century and borders Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.

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The largest centre of population is the city of Oxford which is home to the world-famous Oxford University. Other major towns in the county are Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington, Chipping Norton, Carterton, Witney, Thame and Chinnor and Abingdon, Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames.

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Oxfordshire has three areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Cotswolds in the north-west, the open chalk hills of the North Wessex Downs and wooded hills of the Chilterns in the south and south-east. The ironstone of the Cherwell uplands can be found north of the county.

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