Senior Account Manager (Property Planning & Public Affairs)

Senior Account Manager (Planning Communications)

Award Winning Property PR Firm – London

Competitive Salary

Are you a savvy Planning Comms Account Manager (or newly promoted SAM ) specialist with a passion for the Built Environment ? If so, read on!

This firm is a market leading, independently owned, fast-paced agency that is passionate about regeneration and place-making. They work with the biggest and brightest companies to deliver homes, jobs, and places in London and the South East.

As a Senior Account Manager , your role is to manage your client accounts on a day-to-day basis, delivering high-quality activity that demonstrates the agency\’s objective to provide added value in all your activities.

Company Benefits: 25 days annual leave (plus Christmas break & bank holidays), healthcare cover (BUPA), 3.30 pm Friday finish, hybrid office/home working, summer & Christmas parties, “glamping trips”, social committee, Friday bar, “elevenses” etc. (when restrictions lift).

Your duties will include, but will not be limited to:

• Managing, with support and guidance, consultation, and corporate communication programmes for a wide range of property, public sector, and corporate clients.
• Supporting and briefing client teams.
• Being well-versed in all aspects of the planning and property landscape and demonstrating an up-to-date understanding of how to deliver communication activities throughout the project timeline.
• Preparing client-ready collateral and advising on delivering a strategy and associated programme successfully.
• Assisting in the organisation of public exhibition events, including visiting and booking venues, distribution maps, Q&As, and rolling out the agreed stakeholder contact programme.
• Acting as a mentor and day-to-day contact for junior consultants.
• Overseeing projects and ensuring junior members of the team deliver consistent, high-quality material and content.
• Having an increased understanding of the commercial drivers for your clients and business as a whole.
• Oversight and management of client/project budget.

Emerging skills to become a Senior Account Manager:

• An understanding of managing project costs and preparing content for monthly invoicing.
• A deep understanding of key client stakeholders.
• Delivering creative ideas and insights, mining organic growth opportunities.
• Undertaking a mentoring role to the wider team in terms of developing team skills.
• Preparing training as part of the Kanda development programme.
• Developing a strategic role within the client team and advising on wider project risks and opportunities.

Key attributes and skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills, good communicator – clear and directive.
• Excellent organisational skills, good time and project management.
• Enthusiastic, approachable, ‘can do’ attitude.
• Self-starter, proactive, takes initiative.
• Works collaboratively, good team player.
• Demonstrates agility, decisiveness, and responsiveness.
• Works calmly under pressure, exercising discretion and demonstrating gravitas.
• High quality of work with strong attention to detail.
• Competent copywriting skills.
• Strong ability to assimilate, analyse, and summarise written material quickly.
• Excellent research and communication (written and oral) skills.

Please email me with an updated CV immediately if you or anyone you know is suitable for this role.

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