If you share our purpose of improving lives and transforming futures with the work you do, we want to talk to you. We use our communications skills to build belief in our life sciences, technology and built environment clients who are indeed improving lives and transforming futures every day.

Following a successful 2024 and looking to an even more exciting 2025, we are seeking an Account Executive or Senior Account Executive to support our team in delivering high quality results-focused campaigns. We are looking for someone with the drive to help us continue to out-perform the sector.

The successful person will work with some excellent clients in a business with exceptionally high levels of retention, referral and client satisfaction. Our Net Promoter Score of +92 proves we turn clients into advocates because of the difference we make to their organisation. If you share our focus on professionalism and accountability, and think you will prosper in a team that has a genuine focus on its people, all of whom have a real influence on our business and the game changing results we achieve with our clients, then contact us today for a confidential chat.

It could change your life while you are helping to transform the lives of others.

Key responsibilities

• Write and distribute news releases on behalf of clients and Perceptive

• Create written, image and video content for social media, presentations, reports and documents to a high standard using tools like CANVA

• Support Account Managers and Account Directors to deliver PR, communications and social media strategies for clients to help them achieve their organisational goals within the allocated resources and budget

• Proactively identify and help deliver media opportunities from editorial calendars, including creating new opportunities for clients and Perceptive

• Manage status reports, agendas and call notes for client accounts

• Research and monitor industry trends and issues for our specialist sectors of science, technology and built environment

• Work with best in class media monitoring and distribution software to create effective media databases and capture coverage efficiently

• Create and maintain relationships with target media on behalf of clients

• Support Perceptive profile raising, including identifying relevant events, speaking and media opportunities and opportunities on social media

About you

The ideal person will be a driven communications Account Executive who is keen to make a difference by using their skills to improve lives and transform futures through our work with clients in science, technology and the built environment. We are looking for someone proactive and passionate, with experience of helping businesses meet their organisational goals through effective PR, communications, and social media campaigns. 

You will bring experience of delivering great client results that help them achieve their goals. You will also have an interest in the built environment, science and technology sectors which are improving lives and transforming futures. 

You will also be able to demonstrate balancing your work on multiple client accounts, consistently meeting deadlines to deliver high quality work. 

• Two years’ communications work experience in a PR, communications, and social media role is required, preferably within an agency 

• Strong writing skills and attention to detail, with the ability to translate complex content into compelling copy across a variety of channels 

• Great energy, flexibility and team spirit (no divas at Perceptive!) and willing to pitch in to help colleagues as well as clients 

• Fantastic time management skills, delivering excellent results within allocated timescales and ability to prioritise multiple tasks effectively 

• Social media savvy with experience of creating social media content for multiple platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram and X (TikTok a bonus) 

• Interest in and awareness of current affairs and the political landscape

• Driving licence and access to a car for work if/when necessary 

What can we offer you? 

• Opportunity to make a real difference as a result of the work that we do with our clients who are improving lives and transforming futures every day 

• Opportunity to develop your skills and experience in a very focussed way, given our specialist focus on just three sectors 

• Competitive salary and excellent benefits 

• Bonus paid based on company and individual performance 

• Pension, Private healthcare, Cycle to work scheme, Discounted gym membership and travel offers 

• Employee wellness programme 

• Flexible working hours and up to three days a week working from home (currently working remotely three days and in office two days) 

• 33 days holiday 

• Extra day off for birthday 

• Support for career development, including regular training 

• Stylish city centre office with a great team culture 

• Discounted/free perks including Amazon Prime and Apple products 

• One day per year to support our chosen charity

Interested? Please send over your CV and cover letter to info@perceptivecommunicators.co.uk by clicking the button below!

No agencies please.