Account Director

Account Director | Planning Communications

360 Resourcing Solutions

Location:
United Kingdom , London

Category:
Public Relations

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Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised at PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year. Across our 11 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people. We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

Job Responsibility:

A lead relationship holder for your assigned clients. You are accountable for the effective and profitable delivery of projects and retainers for these clients. You are a key driver of income growth, taking responsibility for developing existing clients and winning new clients for Cavendish. Design and implement proactive marketing campaigns for lead generation
Working with multi-disciplinary teams to lead compliant communications campaigns in support of planning and infrastructure projects
Supporting and leading the effective delivery of current client work including strategy development, tactical delivery, community and media liaison, client meeting attendance, and compiling project documentation
Helping drive research both in support of individual tenders and pitches and more general campaigns targeted at certain audiences within the I&E sector
Working with the Directors to analyse the market, develop new offerings and products/services
Working in a flexible way across projects and teams to provide support in line with client and new business demands
Building client relationships and identifying opportunities to deliver additional support
Managing Account Executives
Help the delivery of marketing efforts of the team and wider business

Requirements:

A hunger to learn, an enthusiastic attitude and an open mind
A desire to work at pace, learn by osmosis from industry experts, and deliver consistently high-quality work
An interest in current affairs and understanding of how local government works
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
A creative mindset
Strong and demonstrable understanding of how the various levels of government work at both local and national levels
An excellent understanding of the property, energy or infrastructure sectors and the challenges they face
Strong working knowledge of the UK planning process and relevant consenting regimes (e.g. DCO, T&CPA)
The ability to think strategically and develop new business proposals, tender responses and client strategies and engagement plans
Maintaining and growing a valuable portfolio of key clients across FMGC, property, energy or infrastructure
Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work across client and internal teams to develop strong and lasting relationships with clients and colleagues

What we offer:

A flexible, hybrid working model
Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
Industry leading allocation of paid time off
Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
Private Medical Insurance
Regular social and teambuilding events
Paid time off to volunteer for a charity

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 17, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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