Public Relations Account Director
Account Director – Tech PR (UK)
About Our Client
Our client is a specialist PR and communications agency working with innovative, venture-backed and bootstrapped companies. They develop creative, focused approaches to PR and corporate storytelling, with a strong emphasis on global technology communications.
Their purpose is to help innovative companies bring their stories and the real-world benefits of their technology to a global audience. This results in exciting, fast-paced, and highly rewarding work, supporting some of the most dynamic tech scale-ups in the market.
Given their client base, the agency values ambition, resilience, agility, and a strong growth mindset. They foster a fun, collaborative, and engaging working environment.
Our client is seeking an ambitious Account Director to join their London office, with proven experience in technology PR and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving agency environment.
The Role
As an Account Director, you will own senior client relationships and hold ultimate responsibility for delivering an outstanding level of service across your accounts. You will demonstrate strong strategic thinking, commercial awareness, and creativity, alongside the ability to build trusted relationships with senior journalists, commentators, and industry spokespeople.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will provide senior counsel to clients, internal teams, and leadership. You will also play a key role in developing and mentoring the wider team through knowledge sharing, learning initiatives, and leadership by example.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the senior point of contact for client accounts, overseeing all activity and guiding team performance
- Deliver exceptional outcomes for clients, ensuring consistent service aligned to objectives and high retention
- Own account profitability, resource planning, and revenue growth opportunities
- Resolve client challenges quickly and effectively
- Analyse campaign outcomes and provide high-level insight and data interpretation
- Lead, manage, and motivate teams, including performance reviews and career development
- Mentor and nurture talent, contributing to learning and development initiatives
- Build and maintain senior-level media relationships with journalists, commentators, and influencers
- Champion the client’s values, purpose, and brand
- Support wider agency growth and development goals
Key Skills
- Strong leadership and people management experience (agency experience preferred)
- Proven talent development and mentorship capabilities
- Experience winning new business and pitching successfully
- Excellent senior-level media and stakeholder relationships
- Ability to develop clear messaging strategies for complex industries
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and delegation abilities
- Driven, ambitious, and commercially minded
- Genuinely passionate about clients’ industries and developing subject-matter expertise
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Extensive PR experience; technology sector experience highly desirable
- Strong network of senior journalists and media professionals
- Proven success delivering PR campaigns across multiple clients
- Experience integrating traditional media, digital, and social channels
- Demonstrated track record of effective team leadership