Account Manager

We are a successful and well-respected international Public Relations and Communications firm with our headquarters in Singapore and our team located across Southeast Asia and India. Today  we are looking for the special kind of talent to join our team as Account Managers.

What do we mean by that? Firstly it is an exciting opportunity to learn more about the region also the kinds of businesses that are changing our world from how we use the internet in our work and personal lives, to a new direction of being more sustainably aware. Then we are great believers in growing talent so if you have the leadership potential, then this will be a great role for you to expand that know-how in a truly international environment.

And we love curiosity because we know we cannot teach anyone how to be excited and intrigued about the world we live in – but we can provide the culture and the environment to explore and nurture ideas. If all this sounds like you, then tell us more about yourself and let’s talk.

Responsibilities:

• Keep up to date on the latest trends impacting the business world especially in those focus sectors such as technology, professional services, financial services, energy and critical infrastructure.
• Plan and conceptualise innovative communications campaigns for clients across media engagement, internal communications, and events.
• Respond and understand the competitor landscape to identify opportunities to promote company clients.
• Measure, modify (if necessary) and report pro-actively the results in support of the client engagement plan.
• Responsible for client engagement and management with a focus on developing profitable partnerships.
• Provide the day-to-day contact executing the programmes based on agreed client engagement plans.
• Develop, build and maintain great relationships with the media (press, broadcast, blogger, online) and influencers.
• Research and develop original news releases or adapt corporate releases and other items for local distribution.
• Follow up on media releases to secure coverage, set up interviews and secure opportunities for content placement.
• Monitor the media for the latest news trends, trending stories and content relevant to the business, client business and engagement.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A degree or higher in public relations, communications, business management, mass communications or journalism
• Minimum 3-6 years’ experience in public relations, social media communications or marketing communications roles
• Multi-lingual candidates will be preferred as an excellent command of English is imperative to work with clients from the UK and the US.
• Experience managing budgets, understanding profitability and able to develop and coach team members.
• Have an outstanding customer-focused attitude and approach to be able to work across time zones (US and Europe) and cultures.
• Ability to work independently and remotely – this is critical as clients are mostly US and European organisations based out of Singapore with campaigns executed across the region.
• Be very driven and results-oriented as you and the team will be measured on key performance metrics
• Multinational experience and a keen understanding of the business environments is a plus.

Successful candidates will enjoy the following benefits:

• Highly competitive compensation and rewards package
• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage upon confirmation.
• Enrolment in the Priority Learning Programme (Friday is learning day)
• State-of-the-art technology for productive work delivery.
• Dedicated coaching and structured skills development programme.