Job Description: Senior PR Account Manager
Job Level: Mid

Role: Efficient implementation of PR plans across accounts, managing and
strengthening client relationship, and coordinating with internal teams to deliver on client expectations.

Experience & Skillset Required:
• Two+ years’ experience in PR Account Management
• A relevant bachelor’s degree is required
• In-depth knowledge of current youth culture
• A passion for sports and/or entertainment
• Effective people skills
• Organized and strong attention to detail
• Computer literacy
• Own transport
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Open and friendly personality – Excellent people skills
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Finance and budget management experience.
• Work well under pressure.
• Able to travel
• Solutions driven
• Self-motivated and disciplined

Levergy Values:
1. Never skip leg day – Leave everything out on the field. When you leave
Levergy, make sure you’ve made a difference.
2. We are the Kaizen Chiefs – Knowledge is progress. Leaders are
teachers and leaders are learners. Learn as if you are going to live
forever.
3. The Purple shall Govern – Leaders don’t create followers, they create
leaders
4. Sweat the small stuff – Attention to detail
5. Sing when you’re winning – Our people and our performance are the
catalysts of our environment. Do your job. Ecosystem > Egosystem.

Personality traits required that align with our internal values.
• You are brave
• You want to keep learning
• You’re self-motivated
• You work well in a team and individually

Key Responsibilities
• Confident ability of account handling with a passion and strength in building client relationships.
• To have a thorough understanding of each client’s business and its products
• Strong management skills
• Confident in using social media platforms
• Create and deliver social media strategies and confident plans
• Participate in client/ agency meeting and development meetings.
• Attend/ participate in PR industry events (including weekend/ evening events when require
• Pro-active leadership that encourages teams to perform to the best of their ability.
• Pitching and placing features and coming up with creative stories.
• Internal briefing of strategy, design, and media liaison
• Keeping ahead of PR services that will enhance the agency’s client offering
• Plan and implement communications plans including research and brainstorming campaign.
• Plan and manage events, writing of press releases.
• Weekly PR tracking and reporting on designated account
• Using your knowledge and skills to push clients, team, and the agency in the most productive direction

Job Description: Business Unit Director

Job level: Senior

Levergy is a creative leader in the passion marketing sector, we connect brands to a diverse range of consumers through the things they love. We deliver award-winning campaigns for a number of leading brands.

Role: As a BUD in our team, you are responsible for the efficient day-to-day management of key accounts within the business. You will have a robust, integrated skillset and breadth of knowledge that extends into the wider marketing sphere, covering PR, Partnerships, sponsorship, digital, experiential and influencer engagement.

You are the central component in the team, ensuring the smooth running of all campaigns, leading client, rights-holder and partner communications. You display strong skills in managing your teams from Business Directors to Account Managers and Account Executives, as well as other internal teams including creative, production and design.

You will have great enthusiasm for the sports & entertainment worlds, with a passion not only for sport, but the culture surrounding it, as well as music and arts.

Key Responsibilities:

General: 

• Leading the day-to-day account and client teams. Being the main point of contact for all clients – owning relationships with them is important. Leading on campaigns from planning to delivery with team members – you will also have a role to play in strategic planning and creative idea generation.
• Immersing yourself in the client’s business and objectives.
• Leading all budget management on the account including budget estimates, tracking / monitoring, and reconciliation.

Campaign Execution:

• Leading on the delivery of effective campaigns through to activation and evaluation.
• Ensuring campaign activations are delivered on time and within budget.
• Ensuring campaigns are delivered best-in-class and stay true to strategy and creative.
• Providing client counsel and delivering creative solutions.
• Developing talent recommendations, negotiating, and contracting where applicable.
• Tracking and delivering activity and partnership to agreed KPIs.

PR & Comms:

• Advising on earned communications outputs to the client and messaging across PR, social and sponsorship assets.
• Development of campaign platform and key messaging.
• Strong knowledge of media and social media communications outputs, especially in relation to the specific needs of your client.
• Building and maintaining quality relationships with key media across all relevant clients through the PR team.
• Managing and driving rich editorial opportunities including exclusives, interviews and features through the PR team.
• Continually monitoring media for all client coverage and articles of interest through the PR team.

Team Management:

• Motivating teams to deliver best in class work.
• Lead internal meetings, assigning day-to-day account tasks and ensuring delivering to deadlines.
• Resource projects accordingly with clear roles and responsibilities without over-servicing.
• Ensure teams follow processes.
• An approachable source of knowledge for your team members, providing sound advice and direction.

Requirements:

• Enthusiasm for the job and passion for your work
• 10 years+ of Account / Client management experience in earned communications agency.
• Strong written and verbal presentation skills with a knowledge of storytelling.
• Experience in talent management and contracting.
• Understanding of brand and rights holder partnerships, and experience in delivering contracted assets.
• Deep understanding of the sport and entertainment landscape and trends.
• Experience in managing team members to deliver campaigns and projects.
• Positive-attitude, proactive and solutions driven.