Immediate Start: Freelance Consumer PR Consultant/Account Director

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Us.

At Ketchum, we're not just a PR agency; we strive to be the most inclusive communications business around – one that values creativity, collaboration, and making a real impact. We believe in bringing an entrepreneurial spirit, being a force for good and being a driver of growth within our diverse teams to bring unique perspectives, fuel innovation, and lead to better outcomes for our clients and our people. We work with big, high profile clients in the UK and globally and with high achieving, best-in-class colleagues.

It doesn’t end there though. We win awards for our diversity, inclusivity and belonging practices. We’re regularly voted amongst the top agencies to work in the UK. We have a fantastic culture, great benefits and incredible opportunities to progress with regular recognition. When you work for us, you’ll get to become a part of our family and we’ll support you in every way we can, including world-class training, to ensure you’re the best you can be.

Our very busy and rapidly growing Brand, Social & Influence team are looking for interim support to join them immediately at Account Director level during a particularly busy period.

Our Brand, Social & Influence team oversees all social, content and influence output of the London office. Combining account handlers, strategists, paid social and influence specialists and working alongside our research & analytics, creative and PR teams, our team deliver award-winning work for household name clients across a wide range of sectors including FMCG, travel, lifestyle, fashion, energy and tech.

A key element of this role is driving forward a cross – channel campaign to drive mass coverage in the brands key trading period. This role will involve working closely with all teams within Brand, Social & Influence. You will be expected to manage celebrity talent, support project leads with a fun photo & video shoot, lead on the sell in and liaise with third party suppliers to ensure a smooth campaign delivery. We’re looking for someone with excellent knowledge of the media landscape, experience in driving consumer campaigns and overall, someone that can hit the ground running.

Ketchum London is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to our business and how we service our clients. If at any stage of the recruitment and onboarding process you require any adjustments, please do let us know.

We offer hybrid (3 days in office) flexible working and are always open to considering part time and flexi-time applicants.

If you think like the sound of us but this role isn’t right, do take a look at the other vacancies on our career page: https://www.ketchum.com/job-board-uk