Account Executive (PR) | SQ Computer Personnel Dubai, UAE
The Role
Key duties:
• Liaising on a daily basis with clients and the media, often via telephone and email;
• Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients and the media;
• Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires and blogs, for opportunities for clients;
• Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity;
• Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings;
• Researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media;
• Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as ‘selling in';
• Collating, analysing and evaluating media coverage;
• Event management, including press conferences and promotional events;
• Attending and promoting client events to the media;
• Assisting with the production of client publications, such as in-house magazines;
• Commissioning market research;
• Coordinating studio or location photography;
• Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential new clients;
• Placing and devising colour separations, competitions and advertorials for clients;
• Managing the PR aspect of a possible crisis situation.
Requirements
Our client a successful Media agency based in Dubai is looking for an Account Executive to join their team. The Successful Candidate will be an English Native speaker with 1-3years experience within a PR Agency.
