Account Director - Financial + Professional Services

THE TEAM/ROLE
Financial + Professional Services (FPS) is one of H&K’s leading business sectors and has grown rapidly over the past three years. As a result, we have a new opportunity for an Account Director with a strong background in financial and/or professional services to broaden their experience within a dynamic, ambitious and well established team. Experience with asset management and/or pensions clients would be particularly advantageous.  

Some of our clients include:
 
Aviva
HSBC
Hymans Robertson
Kroll
Visa Europe
Zolfo Cooper
GE Capital

ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS
•    A detailed understanding of the financial and professional services sectors, particularly asset management and pensions
•    A good knowledge and understanding of city/financial national and trade media
•    Experience of utilising social media in PR campaigns
•    Experience of delivering corporate counsel to senior clients
•    Strong and persuasive communications skills
•    Clear analytical thinker, particularly under pressure
•    Self-motivated and adaptable with excellent attentions to detail
•    Strong communications skills, with a desire to work as one team and share knowledge
•    Financial communications and issues management communications experience an advantage

WHAT THE ROLE CAN OFFER YOU
•    The opportunity to work with a broad range of high-profile clients within the financial and professional services sector and develop multi-stakeholder campaigns both in the UK and internationally
•    The chance to work in a dynamic growing team and the chance to utilize your specialist knowledge in a broad communications context
•    The chance to work in a full-service PR/Marketing communications consultancy with all the career opportunities and wider benefits you would expect of working at an agency like Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should send a CV and covering letter to Czarina Charles, Talent Acquisition Manager at Czarina.Charles@hkstrategies.com
 

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