Senior Communications Executive

ROLE: Senior Communications Executive

SEEN Group Vision: Be the agency the Beauty world wants to work with.

SEEN Group Mission: Originating ideas so inspiring they elevate perceptions of Beauty.

SEEN Group Values:

• Creativity

• Inclusivity

• Positivity

• Excellence

Role Overview:

The Senior Communications Executive is a vital role within the agency and is instrumental in effectively executing communication plans on behalf of their designated clients, ensuring a proactive, leading approach. With 3-5 years’ experience, they are well organized and drive efficiencies across their teams, demonstrating clear updates and knowledge for clients.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Client Service:

• Strong support to account lead, with timely management of account actions and account admin to deliver BIC client service
• Establish client relationships as a trusted and efficient ‘go-to’ for owned account actions
• Display good understanding of the clients’ business, remit and challenges – circulate articles of interest/competitor analysis to clients and the wider team on a regular basis, showcasing a clear point of relevance for each brand
• Lead elements of client calls and own preparation of agendas and minutes to meet deadlines
• Ensuring weekly/monthly reporting is delivered with keen attention to detail and by designated deadlines to senior team members
• Deliver timely coverage updates and coverage emails, with a clear explanation of the coverage driver and quality

Skill Set:

• Great written and verbal presentation skills, owning press office proposals and delivering client updates/proposals as part of client calls and meetings
• Regularly manage projects from inception to delivery to create PR assets and events - play a key role in presenting proposal to the client to secure budget & activity approval
• Assist in the development of strategic client proposals, providing superior writing and editing skills, research and local market insights to support the CM and SCS wherever possible
• Excellent media and influencer relationships, to the benefit of day-to-day client pitching and in role specialism
• Creative thinking across press office plans, activities and tactical storytelling
• Active role within earned and paid for influencer strategies with senior account team, including contract negotiations and SOW
• Share articles of interest with the wider team to continue beauty knowledge and relevance
• Management of press and influencer mailers and seeding program to a high standard
• Responsibility to create and maintain external vendor/supplier lists, ensuring they are inclusive, relevant and cost effective
• Oversight of agency media contact list to ensure it’s updated on daily basis
• Create and manage internal press office budgets and trackers
• Become proficient at managing project job bags on Paprika and complete budget reconciliation on a regular basis
• Management of team Communications Coordinator and interns, managing workloads and priorities each week
• Leadership of intern program, including recruitment and oversight of projects / R&R’s during term with agency
• Contribution to SEEN’s social team to ensure they are kept up to date on client news and content opportunities