1 Permanent position Opportunity in Greater Manchester

Are you highly motivated and creative with a solid understanding of the media and influencer landscape across multiple sportswear markets?

GUNG HO Communications is looking to recruit a dynamic account executive to join its team, based in its London (Shoreditch) or Birmingham (Jewellery Quarter) office. Successful candidates will be highly motivated and creative with a solid understanding of the media and influencer landscape across multiple sportswear markets.

Sportswear PR experience, either in-house or at agency level, operating in similar brand environments.

Knowledge, skills, experience

• Experience supporting on multiple accounts, including client press office campaigns, projects and events
• Excellent client relationships and experience of delivering an exemplary service to clients
• Experience working on key performance indicators (KPI) driven accounts, achieving and over delivering against client objectives and KPIs
• Knowledge of how to analyse results and communicate this to clients
• Capable of producing quality press releases / media alerts / press facing information
• Supporting on proposals, pitches and presentations
• Excellent publicity skills and a strong understanding of what ‘makes a story’ and how best to pitch it
• A strong interest and understanding of the sportwear market
• Strong network of contacts and pre-established working relationships with a variety of sports and lifestyle editors and assistants, stylists, writers, from all relevant and leading media titles. European and Global media contacts also helpful
• Must have solid influencer, talent and opinion leader relationships and ability to work with them on both an organic and paid basis
• Contribute to project / seasonal / yearly plans for clients in response to their briefs and objectives
• Identifying, recruiting & managing influencer/creatives/talent for content creation
• Understanding of how to manage direct reports (interns) - providing daily support and ensure they are consistently developing
• Meeting co-ordination including leading client meetings, conference calls and updates
• Social media savvy and be able to prove digital experience. Ability to work closely with social media teams to deliver 360 communication results
• Ability to adapt to the ever-changing media landscape

Also must have/be:

• Ability to bring a wealth of unique life experiences and culture to relevant client briefs to help our brands connect with their target audiences
• Fully immersed in sportswear industries and media landscape
• Approachable, collaborative and positive can-do attitude
• Proactive, well-organised, methodical and efficient, with common sense and initiative
• Adopt and embrace agency processes and values
• Solution driven, meticulous attention to detail and professionalism
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Excellent organisational and forward planning skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to be agile and reactive
• Proactive and embrace ability to work outside of their specialist areas when necessary
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Googledocs
• Be confident of presenting their ideas in a cohesive and professional manner
• Have a keen eye for attention to detail in all aspects of the job
• Team player who works well under pressure

Salary to be discussed based on experience.

We at Gung Ho welcome and encourage applicants from all racial and socio-economic backgrounds and strive for a culturally balanced work force that can offer unique perspectives to help connect our brands to their individual consumers.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.