Trainee Account Executive

Account responsibilities:

• Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as selling in
• Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires, and blogs, for opportunities for clients
• Liaising on a daily basis with the team, clients, and the media, via telephone and email
• Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients, and the media
• Preparing weekly status reports/emails, tracking and logging coverage, putting together coverage boards
• Building and keeping media lists up to date
• Attending client meetings and providing event/exhibition support where appropriate
• Researching, writing, and distributing press releases and other written collateral to targeted media

Company responsibilities:

• Daily newspapers overview
• Answering incoming calls
• General administration duties
• Regular contributor to the face of Berkeley through social networking (including company blog and Twitter) on- and offline
• Beginning to support and understand the agency values (PIES)
• Develop an initial understanding of Berkeleys storytelling philosophy and begin to bring elements of storytelling into written work

Key skills:

• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Confidence, articulate, adaptable, creative
• Self-motivation and a persuasive manner
• Good spoken and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Good 'people skills', for working with a range of colleagues and clients
• A professional manner
• Good business sense

Our benefits:

• Every member of the team gets CPD-accredited Storytelling Academy training
• Comprehensive induction programme
• 21 days holiday, rising 1 day per year up to 5 years of service (26)
• An extra days holiday on your birthday
• Flexible, hybrid-working role
• Pension
• Private Health Care

Berkeley is committed to applying its equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection processes and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the Company.