Senior Account Director

We are a team of strategic communications experts and publicists working across the specialist area of Film & Entertainment while also offering support to a variety of clients across the Freuds Group. We offer unrivalled connectivity, experiences, and opportunities. From red carpet premieres to film and TV campaigns, Freuds is the place where culture and entertainment collide. We pride ourselves in delivering impactful campaigns that drive the cultural conversation.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Film + Entertainment Associate Director (Senior Account Director) to join us on a 12-month maternity contract. You’ll work across a portfolio of TV and Film clients, operating as a member of the senior team providing high level client counsel and acting as a mentor and manager to the team. You will have responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with clients and managing teams to ensure delivery of activity at a consistently high standard.

Responsibilities:

• Helping to develop creative communications strategies and campaigns, supporting successful delivery
• Building trusted relationships with clients and colleagues, acting as a senior communications advisor across a range of houses and platforms
• Contributing to strategy and solutions, and bringing new ideas that help strengthen our offering
• Developing and maintaining close relationships with journalists, so they’re open to hearing ideas you pitch on behalf of clients
• Building internal and external networks with colleagues, opinion leaders, journalists, professional associations, online influencers and other relevant third parties
• Sharing insight with your team and the wider Entertainment Practice on developments in media outlets, social platforms, influencers, journalists and techniques
• Planning, integrating and delivering online PR activity as part of clients’ wider digital and traditional PR plans
• Ensuring online opportunities are considered within campaign proposals and ideas
• Developing campaigns for social networks, community sites and user forums that are memorable and deliver earned media impact
• Support senior leadership on issues and crisis management, including preparation, approach and response
• Line management
• Encouragement of junior team members to continue building their digital knowledge
• Acting as a digital point person for the team—spotting skills gaps and suggesting solutions such as training, reading and resources
• Identifying key external digital events and encouraging relevant attendance
• Bringing enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’, proactive attitude

Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connection with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

We build teams that are passionate about working on initiatives that they truly believe in. Our employees are given the opportunity to develop industry firsts whether that be in the form of a documentary, an activation or the launch of a new concept or partnership. Our alumni have gone on to run their own top 150 agencies and to lead the communications and marketing for well-known global brands. Securing a role with us is a smart and strategic career move. We look for problem solvers, for creative minds and for individuals who want to change society, influence culture, challenge conformity and push boundaries. We know that without our employees, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we do.

As our many awards and certifications confirm, we are committed to offering an inclusive environment where individuals from all backgrounds are rewarded on merit, have the opportunity to experience integrated communications in its truest form and work on opportunities that due to our connectivity are unique to Freuds. Our culture ensures a sense of belonging for all and we thrive off our ability to support and utilise a diverse range of thoughts and perspectives.

Freuds Group is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability – we want to hear from you.