Account Executive - Public Affairs

The position of Account Executive is varied but daily tasks will involve:

• Monitoring parliamentary and government departments


• Providing daily and weekly intelligence reports for our clients


• Drafting political briefing notes and parliamentary correspondence


• Attending and contributing to client meetings


• Organising client events and parliamentary receptions


• Contributing to our departmental marketing strategy and set-piece Grayling events


We encourage personal development and from day one you will be given autonomy and exposure to our interesting and varied clients. You'll also be able to sign up to our range of training workshops, from writing courses to sessions on commercial finance, resilience, creativity and many more.

How can I apply?

Applications DO NOT require a covering letter or CV at this stage.

We like to do things a little differently and instead of sending your CV, please submit via our website (in place of where it asks for your resume) a 500 word (maximum) written submission, answering the following question:

What do you consider to be the three key policy areas on which the forthcoming general election will be won and lost?

In addition to this, in no more than 250 words please let us know how you best demonstrate our company values of curious connected and committed.

If successful, you will be invited to attend a first stage virtual interview with two of our team members.

We're looking for a candidate with a passion for politics and a desire to be part of our award-winning public affairs team. You'll have the opportunity to work on a number of flagship client accounts, including for some of the country's most recognisable organisations (a full list of our clients can be found on the Public Affairs Board Register). Our client base covers a broad range of sectors including transport, energy, food & drink and technology. Grayling has a prestigious public affairs practice and already this year won PR Week's Award for the Best Proactive Lobbying Campaign on an Issue or Cause for our work with Bumble to criminalise cyber-flashing. We are also excited to be shortlisted for The Sabre Awards EMEA Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year 2023!

As an Account Executive, you will have already gained some experience in UK politics and the core responsibilities will include client servicing, political monitoring, problem solving, researching and writing.

The successful candidate will need to be able to work well within a close-knit team, have an eye for detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be adaptable under pressure. You don't need to have a specific educational background but a keen interest and understanding of UK politics is essential.

We're Grayling UK, a multi award-winning PR & Communications agency that truly creates advantage for our clients. We care passionately about our people too and we're the proud winner of PR Week's 'Best Place to Work' award. From public affairs to consumer PR, crisis management and everything in between, we help clients across the UK and around the world to build their brand, implement effective comms strategies and engage with their audiences better than ever before.

We're a sociable bunch and life at Grayling will offer you a whole host of benefits including 4pm Friday finishes, hybrid working, regular training workshops and regular socials - not to mention the opportunity to work across award winning global campaigns! We're growing fast, winning pitches and looking for the best talent to join us!

We are proudly part of Accordience, an international public relations, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group - made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle. Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries

We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees' unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status.

Our promises to you:

• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working (where you can work two days a week from home)


• 25 days' holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.


• Duvet morning on your birthday


• Gifted time off over Christmas


• Flexible benefits platform where you are in complete control of what you receive. It could be anything from dental to gym membership, wellbeing initiatives, training, discount deals or simply a contribution to everyday bills and subscriptions (think Netflix, Amazon, Spotify etc!)


• Enhanced family-friendly policies


• Free breakfasts & weekly drinks in the office


• Regular team socials and early finish Fridays.


• Personal development opportunities, through our Grayling Advantage Academy (with courses ranging from writing, resilience, creativity and more)


• New business and employee referral bonuses.


• Cycle to work scheme


• Health & wellbeing programmes, including discounted gym membership


• Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line


• Life insurance, Casual dress


• Company events


• Company pension


• Discounted or free food


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Life insurance


• Referral programme


• Transport links


• Work from home


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday