Senior Account Executive | Corporate Communications | London

About us

Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.

The Senior Account Executive will provide high-quality monitoring and research services – as well as media handling – to our existing corporate PR clients across a variety of sectors. including financial services, food & drink, media, technology and energy.

They will also be involved in supporting new business activity including acquisition, development and pitching.

The successful candidate will join a team of bright consultants who know their stuff and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo. Your ideas will be backed by data and research, which we put at the core of our problem-solving, while using analytics to uncover insights that enable us to create winning strategies for our clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Draft high-quality press releases and media material.
• Sell in news stories to print and broadcast journalists, as well as writers for digital titles.
• Oversee the production of timely and relevant media monitoring (of print, online and broadcast media), keeping up-to-date press cutting files and compiling press cutting reports for clients.
• Oversee the compilation of press lists of target journalists for specific news stories and events.
• Organise logistics for press conferences, media and stakeholder events.
• Conduct value-add research and produce quality intelligence reports for existing clients and sector specific new business meetings as required.
• Draft client meeting agendas and effective action notes from internal account meetings and new business meetings.
• Contribute towards selected new business pitches as part of the wider team.
• Contribute towards marketing activity to promote Hanover.

• Prior experience in a relevant PR and communications position from either a UK public relations consultancy or in-house communications team.
• Good knowledge and understanding of corporate communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good existing business media contacts and a strong desire to broaden and deepen these relationships.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organised.
• Effective time management and strong organisational skills.
• Experience of working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Demonstrable interest in UK media, business news and current affairs.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement + 

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated equitably, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital or pregnancy status, genetic background, or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal, state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email to recruitment@hanovercomms.com with the nature of your request.

We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use your data, including ensuring we comply with legal obligations relating to data protection. You can view our data privacy policy here. 

Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL’s powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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