Account Executive

About Stir Stir is an award-winning creative PR agency.
We deliver cut-through and help our clients grow with campaigns powered by emotional insight and intelligence that create deeper connections with audiences.
We deliver comms that convert – stories that connect with people, trigger powerful emotional responses and drive impactful results.
We currently work with brands such as Chapel Down, Princess Cruises, Nestlé (Vital Proteins, Nuun, Garden of Life, Nestlé Compleat), Denzel's, Dr Oetker, Life Health Foods (Lizi's, Up&Go, Fruit Bowl, Nutri-Brex), and Laphroaig.
Stir is part of the Captivate Group, a boutique group of agencies where "connected thinking" between our specialisms is a reality, not a slogan.
We Think Collectively and Execute Expertly.
Learn more about Stir at https://www.hellostir.com/ Job Description We're on the hunt for an Account Executive to join our small but passionate agency team to assist in managing existing clients and recent new wins.
The role An Account Executive will feed into Senior Account Executives and Account Managers.
Having worked previously in a junior communications role in-house or at an agency, our new Account Executive will be able to work independently, able to manage their time and run administration tasks and media sell-ins autonomously, with coaching and guidance from senior team members.
Client management: You will build trusted client relationships by showcasing an understanding of their brand challenges and opportunities, and become a key point of contact for day-to-day account activity, handling administration and media requests.
You're an organised 'doer', always aware of account status, prepare for client meetings, calls and presentations, as well as a comfortable communicator, able to own the presentation of your account and media updates.
You'll demonstrate a hunger for earned media, take a proactive interest in the news and will actively develop knowledge and understanding of the media, influencer and evolving comms landscape.
You should have a strong commitment to delivering to a high standard by driving a media sell-in, in order to hit scope KPIs, creatively developing new angles to ensure cut-through, tracking all media coverage secured, and selling back results in a timely manner to clients with confidence.
You'll be organised, able to handle multiple tasks and manage your workload to deadlines set by team and clients.
Account Development: You will ensure you understand and feed into wider account strategy, supporting AMs and SLT to grow each account year-on-year.
You'll demonstrate an understanding of financial processes including budget development and tracking using Stir's accounting software.
You'll take an active ownership of scope, tracking delivery and spotting opportunities for organic growth.
New business: As a motivated creative comms professional, you'll contribute to new business opportunities and support the wider team in responding to client briefs or RFPs, through research, media or influencer list development, creative ideation and deck development.
You'll act as the gatekeeper for new client onboarding processes and bedding-in.
People: You'll be a collaborative team member, developing trusting relationships with all Stir team members, and will coach Junior Account Executives and/or interns through tasks, ensuring timely delivery to a high quality.
This will extend to your working relationships with suppliers and third parties, ensuring timely, accurate finance processes from raising POs to feeding invoices to our accounts department.
Creativity: Showcasing a passion for thinking outside the box, you'll prepare for and attend brainstorms for client projects and new business briefs, and keep up to date with industry news and trends, sharing new ideas and newsjacking opportunities internally and to clients.
Stir Values We follow an internal set of values that guide our thinking, our work and our relationships with clients, media and each other: "Give a sh*t and pack up proud": Collaborative, creative excellence: Passionate energy: Positive energy breeds positive results Agile ambition and hunger: We have a collective desire to do great work and expand our horizons Tenacity: We keep going until we've delivered, and then some Emotional intelligence: Nurture trust: We forge trust-based relationships with our team and with clients Supportive empathy: We are all for our team, our clients, and the consumers Humility: We are free from arrogance and we choose to laugh What's included in life at Stir?
In return, we will offer you access and exposure to Captivate X-agency working and wider marketing disciplines, inclusion in the group-led mentoring scheme, and an ongoing involvement in our comprehensive Stir training programme so you can develop work-based skills as well as focus on your personal and career development through internal and external sessions.
We offer bonuses awarded for recruitment and new business referrals, an annual company holiday (agency performance dependent), quarterly cultural outings, two additional days gifted between Christmas and New Year, and 24 days annual leave per year (plus additional day after two years), inter-agency parties and competitions, contribution to your mobile phone bill, membership of our Pension scheme with an employer's contribution of 3%, access to private health insurance, income protection, Group membership to Night Key offering discounts to restaurants and bars, on-site showers and a secure bike lock facility, access to our Ride-to-Work scheme and a seasonal travel ticket loan.
We're proud of our flexible working environment (3 days in the office, flexible start/finish hours and early Friday finish at 4:30pm).
We offer access to our Employee Assistance Programme (provided by Health Assured), available to employees and family members, as well as our Wellbeing Hub where you can access face-to-face sessions with qualified expert support in financial, mental or physical wellbeing.
DEI Stir, as part of the Captivate Group, is committed to fostering a diverse, equal and inclusive community, as well as playing its part to increase DEI across the creative industry.
There is a dedicated committee to educate, inform, support and enact positive change.
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