Account Manager - Edelman Smithfield

Edelman Smithfield is Edelman's financial communications & capital markets practice.

We provide corporate communications support to a wide range of financial services firms, and have expertise in asset management, pensions, professional services, insurance and consumer finance, devising highly creative media engagement platforms that differentiate our clients from their peers.

We advise public and private companies on strategic and capital markets communications to position them within the financial community during normal-course business and transformative events (M&A, IPOs, Spinoffs, Bankruptcy, Investor Relations etc).

We are looking for an Account Manager to join our growing financial services team in Riyadh. This role requires a candidate with financial services communications experience, excellent media relations experience, the ability to develop engaging stories for media, and to provide informed counsel to clients on often complex issues. You will ideally have some experience, coaching junior team members. Managing teams and workload is vital, as well as the ability to project manage campaigns and oversee the quality of work produced.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• A demonstrable interest in and knowledge of, business, financial services and current affairs
• Ideally, agency experience and a track record of advising companies in strategic, corporate and crisis communications across sectors
• Excellent written, numerical and analytical skills
• Strong communicator, able to influence and persuade verbally and in writing
• Experience in communications for personal finance and/or investment brands is desirable but not essential
• Ability to lead on projects from concept to coverage
• To ‘own’ client and media relationships with limited senior supervision
• A strong networker and ambassador, both internally and externally
• Enthusiastic team player
• An ability and desire to share knowledge with and mentor other team members
• Hard working with meticulous attention to detail
• Contributes to a constructive working environment
• Leads by example, meeting the values and approach of Smithfield to help the business meet its strategic goals
  
  

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge, and enable you
• We offer hybrid work environment where you can work from home 2x in a week
• Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of skills
• A dynamic, collaborative, and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are
• A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth
  
  

Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age’s 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report’s 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

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