Account Executive / Senior Account Executive, Nara Communications
£30-35k
1+ day a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
PR for technology startups
Job no longer available
PR for technology startups
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
£30-35k
1+ day a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
1-20 employees
Company mission
To raise the profile of meaningful technology startups and scaleups, investment firms (VC & PE), non-profits and governmental organisations in the international media.
Role
Who you are
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication and writing skills
- Proactive, motivated and hardworking
- Creative and excited by new ideas
- Detail-oriented, organised and time efficient
- Collaborative and compassionate in the way they work
Desirable
- We’re looking for a driven, ambitious and proactive Account Executive or Senior Account Executive to join our close-knit team. You must have at least two years of experience working within the PR industry (or relevant adjacent sector), either within agencies or in-house. While a background in technology, startups, or the media is preferable, if you don’t have this then you must be willing to learn about and foster an interest in them.
What the job involves
- Pitching and developing relationships with journalists at some of the most well-read media publications globally, including The Guardian, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and The New York Times
- Building and nurturing strong relationships with our clients through excellent communication, strategic counsel, and seamless execution of PR initiatives
- Owning client relationships from ideation to delivery - handle reporting, administration, strategic brainstorming, research into specific industries, and proactively shape narratives that elevate clients' media presence
- Writing press releases, opinion articles, pitches for journalists, quotes and social media copy
- Coming up with and running creative campaign ideas
- Analysing and extracting newsworthy client data
- Travelling internationally to meet with our global clients and support them at events
Application process
- In your submission please explain why you are applying for the role of Account Executive or Senior Account Executive at Nara Communications
- If we want to proceed with your application we'll send psychometric logic and personality tests that are designed to reduce bias in our hiring processes. The test takes around 30 minutes, and based on your results we’ll set up an intro meeting with one of the team
- Following that intro meeting you’ll be given a PR-related task to work on in your own time, ahead of presenting it on Zoom, or in-person, to our team, including Nick, our CEO
- Immediately following that meeting, you’ll be given a short (45 minutes) writing task in order to demonstrate your proficiency
- The final stage consists of a meeting (preferably in-person) with Nick and some of the wider senior team who you’ll be working with
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Every company, no matter the size, depends upon its reputation for success. Public relations, also known as PR, is a key management tool for businesses to help them achieve their goals and improve their image. It's no surprise, then, that this is a big market: in 2021 it was calculated that the global PR market was worth $92.55 billion, and by the end of 2025 the industry is expected to surpass a value of $129 billion.
Founded in 2021, Nara Communications has set an impressive early trajectory, already working with a number of businesses ranging from pre-seed startups to multinational companies. A key advantage which PR companies have is that their potential market is huge - demand is always there, and is always changing.
However, a bountiful market inevitably has its disadvantages; Nara will face some stiff competition as it fights to get established in the market. The PR market is particularly dominated by large PR firms such as Hope and Glory and City Press. Key to Nara's success, then, will be building a client base so that it can compete alongside longer-established firms and carve out some serious market share.
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
50% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Supportive management
"Nara is dedicated to employee support and development. There is an extremely welcoming onboarding process, where an experienced team member is..."
Company benefits
- One month paid sabbatical every three years
- Free access to fitness and wellbeing platform, ClassPass
- Generous annual leave allowance, a bonus day off for your birthday, and also additional leave between Christmas and New Year
- Frequent team socials (e.g. annual company offsite and activities such as pottery, bowling, darts, etc.)
- A volunteering allowance (3 hours each month)
- Bi-annual one-to-one development sessions with the full Senior Leadership Team, and monthly one-to-ones with your Line Manager
- Everyone has an annual budget for a magazine subscription of their choice
- Tech equipment, including a MacBook
- Access to relevant workshops, with a number being run by external experts from the worlds of media, advertising, creative industries, venture capital and PR
- Free access to development platform Blinkist and mindfulness app Headspace
- Bi-annual full eye examination and financial contribution towards glasses
- A fortnightly budget for “Nara breakfasts”, virtual get-togethers every other Friday
- Free breakfast in our WeWork headquarters, as well as access to the building’s perks (free coffee and drinks, weekly activities, local lunch discounts)
Company values
- Curious
- Collaboration
- Authentic
- Meaningful
- Growth
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Founders
Nick Baines
(Co-Founder)They have spent over five years running creative PR departments, delivering viral campaigns for tech startups and scaleups.
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