Senior Account Manager (PR)

“In determining the right people, the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience”.

– Jim Collins, Business consultant and author of Good to Great

The saying above could not have described our client any better. An organization that places high value on their people and culture, this earned digital communications consultancy is on the look out for talent to support their exponential growth plans in 2023.

One of the first few key hires this 2023 is for a Senior Account Manager to join their diverse and highly energetic team. As a Senior Account Manager, you will:

+ Independently oversee a number of lifestyle clients across Digital, PR and IMC

+ Manage a mid sized team of up to 10 consultants – build people up through role-modelling

+ Provide strategic counsel when it comes to media relations, messaging, stakeholders and issue management

+ Plan and develop strategic / creative communications campaigns to ensure flawless execution

+ Create and review content for external and internal media documentation, client proposals, budgeting and reporting while ensuring it ties in with campaign budgets

+ Continuously develop working relationships with external stakeholders such as editors, journalists, content creators, etc

+ Initiate and drive new business pitches – proposals, presentations, etc

+ Seek and attend networking functions that could drive potential business leads

+ Be at the forefront of new trends, industry news and innovations

+ Conduct performance appraisals and career development and performance programmes

To be successful in this role, you would need:

+ Experience in people management within the communications, public relations, media relations, social media management scope

+ Experience in business development, leading pitches, presentations

+ Excellent copywriting and communication skills

+ Strong understanding of multi-channel communications & new media trends

Sounds interesting to you? Apply now to Shal at sbalraj@welovesalt.com for a confidential chat to find out more about this amazing opportunity.

We’re proud to have won the 2023 HR Vendors of the Year awards for Best Executive Search Firm, Best Mid-Management Recruitment Firm, Best Recruitment Outsourcing Partner, and Leader of the Year for Ruby Celine, Salt Malaysia Country Director.

At Salt, our mission is Creating Futures by putting our clients, candidates, partners, and team members at the heart of everything we do. We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who has contributed to our continued success.