PR Account Director | Manama, Bahrain

Our client, a global leader in public relations is currently looking for an Account Director to join their successful team in Bahrain. The ideal candidate reports to the General Manager and will lead a team of Account Managers and Account Executives.

Responsibilities:
• Handle multiple accounts independently and earn clients’ trust by continually meeting deadlines; being a proven adviser and always being strategic.
• Identify incremental business opportunities on current accounts and new business opportunities with prospects.
• Demonstrate financial accountability by building client and colleague team commitment to achieve impact resulting in high financial returns.
• Responsible for the daily supervision of SAEs, AEs and assistants. This includes being aware of their target utilisation on accounts, working with other team members to ensure that monthly goals are achieved and addressing any problems with line manager and subordinates.

Skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations or other relevant field.
• At least 5 years direct PR agency experience.
• GCC experience preferred.
• Arabic language an added advantage.

Candidates who qualify for this position may kindly quote the Job Reference as well as the Job Title in the subject of your email and send your CV as an attachment in MS Word Document format to [email protected]

Applications that quote the Job Reference Number only will be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.