Bud Communications:
Senior/Account Manager
Our Company
We are a refreshingly effective PR and communications agency that solves complex communications problems by crafting stories and strategies that build trust, earn fandom and provoke action. Our integrated communications services are purpose-built for ambitiously disruptive organisations that positively change the world through groundbreaking ideas, technology or both.
Our Values
Hustle - We work smart to create exponential outcomes and embrace challenges like a zen warrior.
Play, Learn, Build - We’re fascinated by the world around us, and enjoy channeling our curiosity to create new ways of doing things.
Always Be Growing - We strive to be better every day.
Authenticity - We’re thoroughly good people to work with and manifest our diverse spirit through compassion and candidness.
The Role
We are looking for an ambitious and experienced Senior/Account Manager who desires to help dynamic technology clients make their mark on the world, and, in doing so, help build Bud into the leading comms agency for challenger tech brands.
We love what we do at Bud, so we’re looking for someone who genuinely loves their craft and has a passion for technology brands. In return, you'll join an agency committed to challenger thinking, a tight-knit collaborative and fun culture and a vision to become the world's leading agency for challenger tech brands.
We're looking for someone with:
- A keen interest and passion for disruptive brands
- Experience in leading client accounts, client meetings and ensuring accounts are on track, organised and delivering value for our clients
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to craft engaging written content and present their ideas clearly and confidently.
- Ability to foster brilliant relationships with media, clients and co-workers.
- Experience leading and managing teams, working with junior members to help develop their capabilities.
- A business mindset with the ability to grow client partnerships through building valuable, trust-based relationships.
- Our values
Responsibilities and Skills:
- Strategic input: you will feed into client strategies and will need a strong ability to draw on insights, data and broader research.
- Team management: you will manage a team to deliver excellent client results, including effective utilisation, profitability and scope.
- Senior client management: Whilst the senior leadership team will support you, you will be responsible for managing senior client interactions on a day-to-day basis, so you need to be someone senior clients can depend on and look to for guidance.
- Supporting the training and management of junior team members.
- Driving business growth through scaling existing client accounts and helping to identify and pitch for new business.
- Copywriting skills: You need to be hot on spelling & grammar as well as have a creative flair for producing engaging and intelligent copy.
- Presentation skills: From communicating ideas to your team to presenting stories to journalists, you need to organise information in a concise and engaging way to capture their attention.
- Effective organisation and project management skills: You will play a critical role in ensuring we stay on track with project timelines and deliverables.
- Media Expertise: You can spot a news story, craft a media angle and run the press office with panaché.
- Strong interpersonal skills: Whether it’s over the phone, by email or in person, at Bud we’re all about people, so you need to be approachable, friendly and empathetic and be able to relate to people on different levels within the agency, with clients, partners and with the media.
- Brilliant time management will often be working to tight media deadlines and meeting your team's and clients' demands and pressures, so you need to work quickly and efficiently without compromising on quality.
More about Bud
- Join a supportive and collaborative work environment in an agency that – Just this year, we won PRCA’s Workplace Champion award and were nominated three times in PR Week’s Best Place to Work awards.
- We have a progressive range of benefits, including birthdays off, annual office closure, WFH desk fund, Continuous Learning Programme, mental health support, monthly early finishes, Snack Fridays, and many more.
- We’re big on tech, and we use the latest tools, platforms, and apps to make our workplace as efficient, effective, and enjoyable as possible.
- Enjoying what we do is as important as our commitment to excellence. We’re a people-driven business with an uncompromising focus on building a curious, driven, collaborative team.
- Inspiration comes from every direction. We’ve got a flat hierarchy where the best ideas win, no matter where they come from.
