PR Account Manager - Luxury Travel & Lifestyle

MMGY Grifco is a leading public relations firm specialising in international luxury travel and lifestyle PR. It is a creative, boutique, PR company which nurtures the needs of its travel, spa and beauty clients. As part of the MMGY Global family, Grifco’s clients have access to an international communications practice across all marketing channels – providing a holistic and fully integrated solution to marketing needs.

Based in London, we currently have a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, curious and creative PR Account Manager to join our team and act as a senior contact for clients. The Account Manager is the key day to day contact for clients and ensures PR activities are carried out seamlessly on a daily basis. Commercially minded and creative in nature, we are looking for someone who is adept at building relationships with key commentators, industry spokespeople and senior journalists.

If you are outgoing, innovative, and resourceful then this job is for you. As a PR Account Manager, you will manage the day to day running of client accounts and be involved in developing and implementing PR plans, activities and campaigns on behalf of your clients.

We are looking for candidates with direct experience working in Public Relations in similar roles. Forming part of a dynamic and creative team, you will have the ability to manage staff, have a strong eye for detail and maintain excellent media contacts across the travel and lifestyle sectors.The successful candidate will also have an excellent understanding of social media and be able to initiate and organise media events trade shows and press trips. Applicants must be able to work - and thrive - in a fast-paced environment and should have the confidence to operate successfully under their own initiative as well as collaboratively alongside the wider team.

The Account Manager enjoys building relationships, and their main duties would include:

• The Account Manager is the day to day contact for their clients, fielding all requests and carrying them out in a timely manner or delegating to their team to action.
• Leading press release writing, delegating releases to other members of your team where needed, outsourcing where needed, and proof-reading all releases for your clients before they are sent to the client or to senior members at the agency first if you need a second opinion.
• You will frequently pro-actively pitch story ideas to journalists whether over the phone, by email or in person.
• You will also be expected to attend events– a great way of networking and meeting new journalists.
• Overseeing and facilitating the organisation of press trips to your all of your clients.
• Building good relationships to assist with press trip creation.
• Assisting on the creation of PR plans for your clients where requested.
• Assisting with creative idea generation, target media lists, and time-lines.

Our industry-leading benefits:

• A flexible hybrid work schedule
• Generous annual holiday package including 25 days of annual leave, 3 personal days and year-end holiday break.
• Private medical, life and income protection insurance and pension scheme contribution from the company.
• Lively social calendar with numerous activities and events to take part in.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Work from anywhere / work from any office

Only successful candidates will be contacted. No recruitment agencies please.

Who are we? MMGY Grifco is part of MMGY Global, a travel-obsessed collective of more than 600 people across the country and around the globe. And when we say we inspire people to go places, we mean ALL people. That’s why we’re focused on nurturing a workforce that is representative of the places we visit.