Fantastic opportunity for a junior communications professional looking to embark on a career in financial corporate communications.

This international financial communications consultancy offers a range of tailor-made investor relations and public affairs services to clients that range from FTSE-100 businesses to leading consumer goods manufacturers.

The principal areas of expertise are;
• IPOs and restructuring
• reputation and crisis/issues management
• mergers and acquisitions
• corporate & social responsibility

My client is now looking for a junior communications professional to join its growing London team as an Account Executive.

The role of an Account Executive is to support the team in:

• establishing an understanding of clients’ business objectives and relevant wider industry issues
• coordinating PR programmes to support clients’ business objectives
• developing a working relationship with clients, the media and other advisers
• drafting and editing press releases and financial statements
• promoting news stories both over the phone and in person to appropriate media
• liaising with other advisers to discuss PR and IR strategies for clients
• participating in new business activities
• coordinating logistical aspects of a possible crisis situation
• writing contact and progress reports for clients
• collating and analysing media coverage
• organising meetings and conference calls with the media and analysts
• organising and attending press launches
• preparing media distribution lists for press releases
• conducting and compiling analyst feedback reports
• researching forward features
• background research

Please email your CV, together with a covering letter setting out why you would like to work in financial PR to david.milligan@barnesfrank.com or call 07931647004. Please use the reference DM/BF 0004

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