PR Account Director - Leading PR Agency

Our client, a leading well-established PR Agency, is looking for a PR Account Director to join them in Dubai, UAE. As a leader, you recognize that excellent client service is the key to success and that drives your daily interactions. You enjoy leading and developing an account team, helping to craft the skills of rising stars.

Responsibilities:

1. Serve as a primary contact for the client.
2. Oversee all Public Relations programming from concept/planning to activation; bring a value-added approach to issues and projects.
3. Implement programs that resonate with diverse multicultural consumer segments.
4. Build, lead, and develop engaged and dynamic teams; serve as an important mentor to mid and junior-level team members, fostering respect and collaboration within the team.
5. Deliver strategic, engaging, and persuasive presentations to articulate ideas to clients, colleagues, and others effectively.
6. Ability to balance multiple projects/issues seamlessly; encourage effective delegation of project goals.
7. Assess program effectiveness, ensuring ROI and efficient use of client budget.
8. Accountable for quality control and review of all planning decks, recaps, status reports, work back schedules, results, vendor and partner contracts, and overall project management.

Requirements:

1. 8 years of relevant work experience; agency experience in the consumer PR category is a requirement.
2. Proven experience running day-to-day client service and project management of large multichannel brands with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
3. Strong experience with both social media and traditional media.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Spanish speaker preferred but not required.
5. Experience engaging with and presenting to mid to senior-level clients.
6. Outstanding judgment when working with diverse media outlets, team members, client contacts, and vendors.
7. Very organized with unfailing attention to detail.
8. Handling Govt./Semi. Govt clients in the UAE will be highly beneficial.

Remote Work: No