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Fantastic news from our client - they are expanding significantly, and following the opening of one of their offices in a new country have now undergone a restructuring; the result of which is that they are now looking for a Managing Director to oversee their UK-based activity. This is a brilliant role in an up-and-coming agency that specialises in big consumer, digital and fashion brands. They have experienced phenomenal domestic growth and they now need someone to maintain that pace, but also take strategic responsibility for the continued delivery of outstanding communications programmes across a range of fantastic clients. The successful applicant will currently be a Board Director-level consumer communications professional in a well-respected agency, and will possess in-depth experience of a wide variety of high-profile consumer brands and will have had extensive exposure to agency governance and associated management and organisational issues that surround senior-level appointments. The owner of the business is now keen to focus on ensuring success in their new operation overseas, and fully delegate responsibility to UK operations to the new MD. If you're looking to take a step-up to an MD position, and are confident that you possess the knowledge, the contacts, the presence and leadership capacity to take on the responsibility of achieving even greater success with one of the UK's most promising agency brands, then please apply immediately.

Our client is in the top 10 of UK-based corporate and financial agencies, and part of a larger global communications group encompassing all of the major communications sectors. They now require an Associate Director with 5 years’ plus experience in working on and corporate / institutional investment clients as well as consumer finance accounts. The successful candidate would need to possess proven new business-winning acumen as well as excellent media contacts, a strong intellect and a solid news sense. A real interest in business and the financial markets is also crucial. This client offers absolutely fantastic benefits, a highly competitive salary and a cerebrally challenging work environment with the chance to make rapid progression to Board Director. If you are at the Account Director / Senior Account Director level and thoroughly versed in both business and consumer financial services, and are looking to advance your career now that (hopefully) the worst of the recession is past us, then please apply immediately.

Our client is one of the big, hugely successful global PR agencies. They currently have a vacancy for an Associate Director that is naturally ‘tuned-in’; not just in terms of brands, but also in terms of their leadership style and their client counsel. Critically, the successful applicant must also be digitally-savvy so proven success in this field is also absolutely crucial. A passion for consumer tech PR, a desire to deliver truly outstanding communications expertise, and commercial acumen are all components that will undoubtedly be attractive to our client. This position is a superb opportunity to exercise both your strategic and tactical abilities, and the chance prove your capabilities to excel in an environment that is already full of highly capable and proficient individuals. Additionally the opportunity provides a rapid path to a Board Director position. If you’re passionate and knowledgeable about consumer tech, can show your success at a sequence of well-respected agencies and have worked on big-name consumer tech brands, then please apply immediately. This is an outstanding opportunity.

Global player in the international healthcare advertising arena seeks Senior Account Director to deliver award winning creative campaigns for a range of pharmaceutical clients. The culture is very much collaborative and inclusive, and you will be well rewarded and recognised for your contribution to the business. You need to be a creative thinker, absolutely au fait with the healthcare communications industry, a strong line manager, accountable for very large budgets and a strategic expert who can provide scientific counsel to clients as well as contribute to the management of the business.

One of the world’s best and most respected PR agencies is looking for a senior account director/associate director to join its digital practice. The candidate should be a consumer generalist and have excellent experience working on big brand lifestyle accounts within the digital media sphere. You would be involved in leading the online campaigns for a number of international lifestyle accounts so it is imperative you have the necessary background. You should be familiar with ‘traditional’ PR outlets also and have the ability to fuse both digital and traditional outlets in your campaigns. You would generate strategy and then oversee the effective implementation of this through strong management of a team of directors, managers and executives. It’s important you have big budget experience, a global brand background, and the ability to hit the ground running. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, creative, intelligent digital senior account director/associate director, to take the next step in their career, working on some incredible clients for one of the best PR agencies in the business.

A UK leading, digital PR agency is looking for a group account director to work across a range of their big brand accounts. The candidate can come from any PR discipline, need not be a digital specialist but you absolutely must have impressive and long standing experience in developing creative big brand campaigns. You should have a solid understanding of online media and be aware of how it works and how it can be effective and you need to be able to demonstrate a history of implementing digital elements in your campaigns. The candidate would lead the strategy formulation for this agencies flagship accounts and oversee the execution of these plans. You would also be involved in new business development, pitching and team management so relevant experience is a must. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for one of the UK’s top digital agencies on some excellent, big brand campaigns

A busy, professional and friendly healthcare PR agency at the forefront of the pharmaceutical PR industry is looking for a commercially astute AD to provide strategic and tactical direction and input to client accounts and new business proposals. You will be a responsible for leading and motivating your team ensuring strong relationships are maintained with clients and media contacts, always providing a high degree professionalism and commitment. You must have strong healthcare PR agency experience and could be an SAM looking for your next step to AD level. This is a great opportunity to work for an independent healthcare PR agency that invest in their employees and offer a happy and productive working environment. Call or email now to apply.

Our client is one of the world's leading multisector communications agencies. They are already very much at the leading edge of digital communications, and due to their continued growth and expansion, are now looking for a highly experienced Digital Account Director that can provide strategic and tactical digital communications counsel to their wide range of clients in order to help them maintain this market-leading position. The successful applicant would have a wide remit to promote and implement the use of social media in all of our client's key communications programmes, and would be responsible for seeking out new business development opportunities, too. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone that already possesses the technical expertise and knowledge at Account Manager level, but is now looking to take the next step. If you think you're able to work in a high-pressure but thoroughly rewarding PR and communications environment, please apply immediately.

Do you want to work on some globally recognised beauty brands and at one of the top PR agencies in the industry? Our client is looking for the right person to join their team and take up account ownership of a number of high profile beauty clients. You must have a background in driving strategy and overseeing cross platform campaigns for big brand beauty accounts. The account director should be able to hit the ground running and immediately provide fresh ideas and impetus to these accounts. You should feel comfortable managing a team of executives and managers, have big budget experience, and have the ability to contribute to new business from brainstorm to pitch. It’s important that you have digital experience and use online media as part of your PR offering. This is a brilliant opportunity for the right beauty specialist to join one of the world’s leading PR agencies and work on some huge, international brands.

One of our client’s clients is one of the world’s most well-known hair brands. To help maintain and increase the amount of exposure that’s currently being generated, we are now seeking a beauty freelancer on their behalf that has strong, recent experience to the communications issues and opportunities that surround professional hair products. The start date for this position is January, but doing some initial days before Christmas would be ideal. Our client would also be open to the idea of a candidate undertaking this freelance opportunity on a 4-days-a-week basis. Strong familiarity with beauty and hair brands is an absolute must, and any kind of background as a beauty journalist would be absolutely ideal.

Healthcare division of global PR agency requires an associate director to help the head of healthcare run the UK business, as a result of increasing business. The role involves not only the usual elements you would expect (managing and mentoring the team, driving new business forward, overseeing large pharmaceutical accounts, determining strategy, etc) but a healthy proportion of digital work - pretty ground breaking in the pharmaceutical sector! Therapy areas covered will include oncology, diabetes, CNS, and bone care.