PR Senior Account Executive

Lemongrass Marketing is a PR & Content agency for travel brands in the world’s most beautiful destinations.

We are looking for a PR Manager who is keen on learning, a team player and someone who takes pride in always delivering the best results for their clients.

You may have a traditional PR background and want to learn more about digital PR, or you may be a journalist who wants to move over into consultancy or you may have come through the SEO/Content route and are keen to expand your knowledge in PR.

We know that most people who apply don’t tick all the boxes, but if you feel that our company values below resonate with you then we’d love to hear from you.

We have a strong, values-driven culture and are en route to becoming the UK’s first travel communications B-Corp, a community of companies that use the power of business as a force for good. Its aim is to create a sustainable, inclusive economy by reducing poverty and inequality, creating high-quality jobs and a healthier environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Support day-to-day media relations
• Write compelling pitches, press releases and other forms of content
• Create engaging media campaigns and guide our clients’ messaging to resonate with these audiences
• Build and maintain long-term media relationships with clients and media
• Work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with all members of the team
• Deliver all work on time and to budget
• Engage with clients and agency partners on a regular basis to create innovative campaigns that help shine a positive light on the client and brand, in addition to reaching new audiences who are receptive to our clients’ products
• Engage in strategic media outreach, press material development, and event management, with a heavy focus on daily media outreach and pitch development
• Be responsible for timely and accurate reporting

Qualifications:

What You Have:

• You will have a bachelor’s degree, and a minimum of two years of professional experience with an understanding of media relations and media monitoring tools. Ideally in a consumer PR agency.
• Strong writing and outreach skills are necessary.
• A passion for securing placements for the client and building relationships with media and influencers
• Curiosity about changing media landscape
• Excellent communication, organizational and computer skills are a must, along with the ability meet deadlines, juggle multiple tasks, and handle fast-paced environment

Bonus points for:

• Foreign languages
• Curiosity of mind and wanting to learn
• Interest in sustainability
• Knowledge of the current and future social media universe including established and emerging channels
• Understanding of SEO tools
• Understanding of Google Analytics
• Just generally being a nice person and team player!

Our values, which you will need to share in order to thrive at Lemongrass Marketing

• We adopt a can-do attitude – so we can help our clients to solve problems
• We are hungry to learn – so that our clients can rely on us to be the best we can be
• We are results driven – so our clients, our colleagues and the business can rely on us
• Everything we do is for the greater good – so we can make a positive impact for our clients, for Lemongrass and for wider society
• We are friendly, fair and firm