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Regional Account Director/General Manager

UK - Edinburgh/Glasgow

LEWIS Communications, an award-winning international PR agency with 31 offices globally, is seeking someone to head up a new office in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

You should be a self-starter with a passion for the media, with experience of either managing a business unit in an agency environment or at account director level. You will be responsible for overseeing some of the most high-profile corporate, consumer and business PR campaigns currently happening in the technology space.

If you can organise a team, make things happen, thrive in client management and generate and motivate campaign ideas for top brands, we want to speak to you.

Main duties and responsibilities
  • Retaining accounts - quality of day-to-day management of client relationships and meeting objectives. Responsible for deciding on the client’s positioning and developing a strategy to establish and maintain that position
  • Renewing accounts – driving the renewal/review/repitch process
  • Managing the client budget - ensuring correct servicing level/delivering value/managing expectations
  • Involvement in new business
  • Working with the finance/HR/operations teams in the UK to identify and set up a physical base in the local market
Personal characteristics and qualities
  • An ability to motivate and lead people
  • A flair for news and ideas
  • An interest in developing skills in other individuals
  • A strong client-servicing ethos based on energy, enthusiasm and proactivity
  • An understanding of the challenges of running a business and a willingness to work with peers to achieve the broader company goals
What you get
  • The chance to join an award-winning agency (Best Companies 2008, CNET Best Campaign 2007, Investors in People) and have real impact on its development and growth
  • The opportunity to create and run your own team
  • Creative freedom and an environment that encourages new ideas
  • An outstanding benefits package – including car allowance, private health, travel & dental insurance, 29 days holiday, 3% company contributory pension scheme, and a £250 leisure voucher every year

It is LEWIS policy to ensure that all job applicants and employees are treated fairly on merit regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical characteristics, religion, race, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin or disability

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven PR professional looking to move into senior management.

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