PR Senior Account Manager/Account Director Financial Services in London

MHP Group is the integrated communications agency built for the Networked Age – a world that’s increasingly connected, complex, polarised and activist. We lead the way in the application of behavioural science to solve communications challenges. We create strategies and multichannel campaigns to engage every audience, from consumer to policy maker, and from stakeholder to shareholder. With 190 experts in London, we are trusted by many of the world’s leading businesses and brands.

Our specialist teams include Brand & Reputation, Corporate Advisory & Capital Markets, Public Affairs, Strategic Media, Crisis & Risk, Change & Employee Engagement, Health, Financial Services, Technology, Mischief and Studio La Plage. Working with game-changing fintechs like Zilch and Worldpay, established banks like Barclays and Santander, global insurers like Beazley, and sustainable finance players like Sylvera, MHP’s Financial Services team helps clients craft bigger, bolder and more relevant stories. With experience across fintech, consumer finance, wealth, insurance, and sustainable finance, we combine deep sector expertise, creative firepower and behavioural insight.

We’re looking for the right person, with the right skills and cultural fit to support the next stage of our growth.

Role overview

We are looking for a dynamic Senior Account Manager/Account Director to join our team and work on an exciting portfolio of clients, serving as the day-to-day lead on client programmes and directing, mentoring, and advising colleagues. The role will involve managing the daily delivery of client programmes, providing regular advice to clients, and supporting account teams. The role will suit someone who is driven and enjoys working in a forward-thinking, fast-paced environment, loves the media, and is experienced in taking a proactive lead across a variety of scenarios and with multiple high-profile clients.

You will be passionate about financial services, with a view to the sector's evolution and the reputational challenges and opportunities this presents for clients and prospects. You will have strong experience in financial services, a deep understanding of what drives the news agenda, and established media contacts with both national and trade publications.

As a Senior Account Manager/Account Director at MHP Group, you will:

• Lead on day-to-day client activity and teams
• Proactively seek and manage media opportunities for clients
• Develop and cultivate key media relationships
• Maintain a good understanding of clients’ business objectives, media and issues in their wider industry sector
• Manage and develop communications programmes for clients that enable them to meet their communication and commercial objectives
• Assist with new business preparation and pitching
• Keep up to date with the latest social media trends, proactively developing material and awareness of MHP’s digital offering
• Manage and mentor junior team members

You will:

• Have solid communications experience working in either an agency or in-house roles
• Be passionate about financial services and have some experience working with clients in the sector. You’ll be highly motivated and keen to work across a broad spectrum of clients, including wealth and asset management, fintech, insurance, consumer finance, property, professional services, digital assets/crypto and investment management.
• Have experience of working across corporate positioning, brand building and reputation management briefs
• Have a track record of forming strong client relationships built on trust and respect and understand the importance of staying creative and relevant in your approach
• Have a forward-thinking view of communications and an appreciation of the role that different disciplines and skills can play in reaching audiences across a range of traditional and digital channels
• Particularly strong experience working with digital assets/crypto firms is highly desirable, but not essential

And in return, we offer:

• Excellent starting salary with annual reviews
• 25 days holiday allowance (+ bank holidays), a day off to celebrate your Birthday, ‘Time4U’ every month and office Christmas closure
• Matched pension contributions (up to 5%)
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket loans and Cycle to work scheme
• Gym & Shopping discounts
• Access to our Learning Academy to support your career and personal growth
• Hybrid (up to 2 days remote working per week)
• ‘Work from Anywhere’ one week per year

Here at MHP Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive and a diverse workforce.