PR and Influencer Account Executive

At Lem-uhn, we believe that you should be excited about Mondays rather than getting the ‘Sunday night dread’. We’re a small and growing team passionate about helping businesses that make a positive impact in the world get the attention they deserve. We’re looking for a confident, passionate, conscientious and proactive individual with killer journalist contacts, great writing, and the ability to secure backlinks in high-ranking titles to join the team.

As a PR Executive, you will support us to drive impactful press coverage and build links for our purposeful clients. We are looking for someone with an eye for what makes a good story and who knows the importance of creativity when it comes to securing startup coverage in leading publications. We'd love if you have experience of working with influencers. You will have a bank of go-to journalist contacts, be comfortable with client relationships and be keen to work hard but in turn, enjoy the good work-life balance we have at Lem-uhn.

The role

• Landing links and media placements in high-ranking media titles.
• Creating unique and innovative campaigns that will stand out to journalists and secure our startup clients' coverage in the press.
• Analysing data sources to discover unique angles.
• Confidently write press releases, news stories, articles, case studies and product pieces feeling confident to assess what stories fit each type of pitch.
• Pitch press releases and feature ideas by phone or email to national, regional and trade journalists, across print, broadcast and online, to interest them in covering clients’ stories, regularly securing coverage.
• Building relationships with journalists and the media in a range of industries.
• Arrange interviews and editorial meetings with key journalists for clients’ spokespeople - in person or over the phone - and facilitate these meetings where appropriate.
• Be able to prepare clients and representatives for media interviews, confidently communicating with them.
• Perfect reporting with little changes from senior team members needed.
• Discover new PR opportunities for clients and pitch them to secure coverage.
• Research new influencers using specialised platforms and manage influencer outreach

Key skills

• Excellent and efficient communication: You should be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, clients and third parties promptly.
• Excellent copywriting skills: You should be able to write confidently for multiple purposes and have the ability to assess the best type of communication.
• Strong interpersonal skills: You should communicate with all effectively and become a main point of call for your clients.
• Time-keeping: You should be able to assess your own time and know what tasks to prioritise promptly.
• Tenacity: You should be confident to continuously pitch to the media trying new angles when one isn’t working to ensure all stories lead to media coverage.
• Supportive: You should assess when and where your team needs support and jump in on tasks without being asked.
• Experience in an agency role

Key information

• You will be reporting to an Account Manager.
• This job is fully remote however you may be required to travel to central London for occasional strategy team sessions.
• Salary: £23,000 - £26,000

Why Lem-uhn?

• The opportunity to progress quickly and learn about all aspects of a PR agency within a small and growing agency.
• A happy agency with an open dialogue to assess your workload and ensure it’s manageable within work hours.
• You’ll be working on purposeful clients that are making a positive difference in the world making your work more meaningful.
• Flexible working options: At Lem-uhn, we believe that happy people can do their best work, and sometimes that means being flexible. Work shouldn’t be the boss of your whole life and we want to encourage you to have a fulfilling balance between your work and personal life, which means you can flex your hours when things come up.
• Less admin than other agencies: We use efficient practices to take the boring tasks out of PR to ensure our intelligent and amazing employees are using their time well rather than wasting it. What can be automated, should be, and you should be helping to build the processes to do so.
• A sustainable agency: We acknowledge that there is a huge issue with our carbon impact on the environment, and as an agency, we offset all of our employees’ impact with that aim in mind, meaning you’ll be carbon-negative by working with us.
• A menstrual policy: We believe people who experience debilitating menstrual pain shouldn’t be penalised. We provide flexible working solutions plus up to ten days' leave for debilitating periods or menopause symptoms and pregnancy loss.
• 23 days holiday plus 2 wellness days that can be taken with only a day's notice.
• Gain a day of holiday for every year you're with us up to five additional holiday days.
• Flexible Fridays mean you can fit your work into a four day week.

Equal Opportunities

At Lem-uhn, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, religious beliefs, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Public relations: 1 year (required)
• Pitching and securing UK press coverage: 1 year (required)

Work Location: Remote