Account Manager
| Position: | Account Manager | | Company: | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Communications Ltd. | | Role Description: | Responsibilities:
- Link between senior agency management, senior clients and account staff.
- Drives day-to-day client management, team development and maintains high-profile influential relationships.
- Manages, motivates and develops their team members.
- Play integral role in strategic PR planning process, ensure that plans integrate with other PR plans in client organization, and proactively adapt plan to reflect change to business and market.
- Initiate regular contact with business press and other senior-level influentials.
- Craft and place stories to provide the business press and senior-level influentials analysis and information relevant to their audiences.
- Oversee team’s service to industry influentials.
- Manage client satisfaction. Hold regular meetings and/or maintain regular phone or written contact to keep key clients apprised of WE work progress, address issues that appear and solicit feedback from clients, and assess PR results against client expectations. Manage the development of client scorecards and resulting actions.
- When called for, manage crisis communications. Anticipate potential challenges and develop a plan to put forth appropriate positioning to minimize negative perception.
- May forecast, propose and track budgets. Manage single or multiple accounts in the client(s) budget.
| | Company Description: | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide is one of the largest independent public relations firms in the world. The ideas, customs, interests and traditions that make up Waggener Edstrom's culture are the result of the contributions of the more than 700 people who work here. Over the past 21 years, we have invented new ways of delivering value to people who drive opinion in the marketplace and - through our insight, influence and sheer passion - have propelled our clients to the forefront of their industries. With roots in technology, we are building bioscience, public affairs, financial services and energy practice groups and partner with companies that are committed to innovation.
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide is a global agency with Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, and offices in Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai. The agency's U.S. headquarters are in Seattle, with offices in Austin, Texas; Boston; Dallas; Los Angeles, the New York metro, Portland, Oregon; San Bruno, California; and Washington, D.C. The agency's European headquarter is in London and offices in Brussels, Munich and Paris.
Our services include strategic communications, crisis counseling, press release production, translation, media relations and training, news monitoring, event management and direct marketing.
The company is committed to hiring and developing the talents of the best and brightest and ensures that professionals have a working environment that allows them to thrive.
As our client roster has grown, our Asian offices are expending and we are seeking passionate and motivated individuals. If this is the type of experience you are looking for, we want to hear from you! | | Requirements: | QUALIFICATIONS
Education - Bachelors degree or above in communications, journalism or related field preferred
Preferred experience - At least 5 years experience in PR / Marketing Communication / Corporate PR / Event Management
- Established strong relationships with business, consumer media and market analysts, and proactively placed stories
- Minimum of 3 years individual and team management experience, including experience developing a team
- Minimum of 3 years PR management and execution experience, including developing plans, client management, launch strategies, product positioning, pitching stories to the media, negotiation, budget responsibility, media training a client, messaging and creative tactical ideas
- Demonstrated creative and strategic mindset
- Conducted press meetings and/or led a press tour
- Worked under client and influential deadlines
- Has written and developed press materials
- Pitched new business
- Managed multiple projects/events simultaneously
- Made presentations to groups of all sizes
- Knowledge of high tech industry and players
- Proficiency using computer and general business applications (MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel is preferred), and has demonstrated an ability to learn new software applications.
| Salary Range:
( annual) | Not stated | | Country: | Hong Kong | | Date Posted: | Thursday, January 10, 08 | | Closing Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 08 |
To Apply:Attention to:
Phone No.:
Email: asiarecruit@WaggenerEdstrom.com
Website: www.waggeneredstrom.com
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