EU Junior Account Executive in London

Salary: £29,000 - £30,000 + bonuses

Location: Central London, Angel

Basic Hours of Work: 40 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9am to 6pm)

Who are we?

89up is Europe's first impact agency. We campaign for great causes, build technology, tackle complex problems and inspire action. 89up was founded with a clear mission: to create a powerful integrated communications agency for the world’s most important causes. In the last ten years, we’ve become one of the Financial Times 1,000 fastest growing companies in Europe, twice and won awards for some of the biggest non-profit campaigns around the world.

You are joining a team of people who…

• Are passionate about driving change
• Love tackling complex problems and inspiring action
• Believe in collaborative working and creating integrated solutions
• Want to create industry leading work for causes that matter

Summary

Do you understand the European political and policy landscape? Are you willing to learn how a well-placed headline can change a policy? We are looking for someone who is smart and has some experience of influencing or taking part in policy processes within or around the EU or an EU Member State.

Sitting within the Advocacy, Insights and Mobilisation team at 89up, our EU team works on campaigns and projects that set out to influence EU policy or European citizens more widely. We combine skills within traditional public affairs with great communications tactics such as national and international press and digital to build strong campaigns that influence policymakers both directly and indirectly.

We have worked on influencing everything from a landmark anti-deforestation law to how the EU should renovate its buildings for better energy efficiency. We guide our clients in how to speak to different political stakeholders within the EU as well as how to communicate complicated policy issues to the general public.

As a junior account executive within this team, you will be expected to support colleagues on a range of interesting projects, learning from experienced seniors while also bringing your own thinking and ideas to the table. You should have a keen interest in how the news cycle moves and a desire to build a career in political communications.

You are expected to demonstrate:

• an understanding of the EU policy-making process
• A strong interest in media relations, journalism, and PR
• be fluent in English and have good written and oral communication skills
• A good multi-tasker and enjoy the idea of working on a number of policy issues at once

Desirable, but not a pre-requisite:

• Professional proficiency in German, Spanish, or Polish

Objectives:

• Expand and apply knowledge of European and global institutions in a real-time work environment.
• Conduct broad policy research and intelligence on specific European and international projects
• Develop relations with colleagues and other stakeholders of the Public Affairs and Media sector and participate in meetings (internal and external), conferences and debates to develop your professional network.
• Involved in drafting policy, press, and public affairs collateral such as letters, briefings, press releases, media pitches, and other documents
• Support in the reaching out to political stakeholders and journalists
• Work on global accounts with an advocacy focus bringing your knowledge of European politics and media landscapes to support broader international activity.

The following are specific duties performed daily:

• Participate in ongoing projects for EU focused and international clients and provide assistance to consultants with tasks including but not limited to:
• Work on integrated client accounts and manage around 4 accounts simultaneously
• Monitor media, institutional calendar, regulation, and legislation updates
• Provide support to client work and new business opportunities
• Draft client materials
• Oversee account servicing including responding to client queries, diarising internal and external meetings and booking rooms or setting up conference calls, keeping meeting minutes, writing status reports etc.
• Conduct policy research and produce mailings
• Conduct industry and/or client research
• Conduct audits and mappings
• General admin support tasks (e.g., update databases, translations)

WHAT WE ARE OFFERING

• A competitive base salary with excellent performance-linked bonuses
• Gold-plated sickness benefits and life insurance
• Company wide bonuses, 2 yearly
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Private GP, private counselling, eyecare vouchers, wellbeing service
• 24 Days holiday (with the office closing over Christmas, days taken for this max 4)
• Day off for your birthday
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Company pension contributions
• Plenty of scope to develop your career in a fast-growth business
• An opportunity to be seen, heard and counted in your contributions, and not get lost in the noise and tangle of a large corporate business