Account Director, Corporate Reputation

About Zeno Group

Zeno Groupis the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our "Fearless Pursuit of the Unexpected," we push the boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2024 PRWeek U.S. Outstanding Large Agency of the Year, 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America and a three-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.

Account Director

Job Title: Account Director

Location: Old Street, EC1V 9BW

Type: Freelance, Temp to Perm or Permanent, Full-time

Salary: £ Neg and DOE plus AMAZING benefits

Experienced Corporate Agency professional

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re on the hunt for an experienced communications consultant at Account Director level to join our growing corporate reputation team and work on some of the world’s biggest and best loved brands.

Candidates will need to be intellectually curious, politically aware, compelling storytellers, have an understanding of the complex stakeholder environment and passionate about business doing good.

Ideally, you will have worked in a busy agency environment with a strong understanding of agency processes and people management but we are also keen to hear from people with different backgrounds but brilliant aptitude for problem solving.

Other requirements are:

Client experience and sector expertise within FMCG, Food and Drink, Retail

An understanding of the ESG landscape and the ability to provide client counsel

Leadership communications, strong writing skills, developing strategic plans and internal comms

Issues and crisis experience

Confidence in providing fast advice and counsel to clients and stakeholders at all levels

An interest and ability to make and hold strong personal relationships with clients, media contacts and colleagues

Able to manage large and busy teams and with an interest in line management and people development.

The client mix will be diverse and rewarding and suit somebody passionate about Purpose, Diversity and Inclusion and Sustainability. We welcome anybody from in-house or with journalist experience as well as agency on a fast-track career path.

Our corporate reputation team is growing fast so there’s lots of opportunity for development in this role and within the business.

About Zeno Group

Zeno Groupis the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our "Fearless Pursuit of the Unexpected," we push the boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2024 PRWeek U.S. Outstanding Large Agency of the Year, 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America and a three-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.