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As a Senior Account Executive at Burson, you won’t just be executing campaigns, you’ll be helping shape them. Working closely with Account Directors and Client Leads, you’ll bring strategy to life across earned, digital and influencer channels, delivering work that genuinely moves the needle for our clients’ reputations.
You’ll sit at the heart of the action, building strong client partnerships, confidently engaging media, mentoring junior talent and contributing ideas that elevate both campaigns and the wider agency.
This is a dynamic, high visibility role with real breadth. From strategic planning and media engagement to commercial exposure and new business support, you’ll gain hands on experience across the full spectrum of agency life.
If you’re ready to step up, broaden your impact and grow within a global communications leader, this is the role that accelerates your next chapter.
What You'll DoHelp shape strategy, not just execute it. Partner with Client Leads and Account Directors to turn big ideas into impactful campaigns, bringing proactive thinking and fresh perspectives to the table
Own delivery that makes an impact. Take the reins on day to day execution across media, influencer and integrated campaigns, ensuring work is sharp, strategic and consistently delivers against KPIs
Be the voice behind the coverage. Pitch confidently to journalists, editors and influencers, building strong relationships and securing meaningful, high quality coverage that elevates your clients’ reputations
Craft stories that cut through. Write compelling press releases, persuasive pitches, social content and campaign materials that resonate with different audiences and platforms
Bring campaigns to life. Coordinate events, press trips and influencer activations from concept to execution, managing logistics seamlessly and ensuring every detail is considered
Turn results into insight. Track performance, analyse coverage and translate outcomes into meaningful reporting that informs smarter, stronger future strategies
Build trusted client partnerships. Develop a deep understanding of your clients’ brands and industries, confidently responding to requests and proactively identifying new opportunities
Elevate those around you. Mentor and support junior team members, helping raise the bar across organisation, writing and media engagement
Fuel agency growth. Contribute to new business pitches, draft standout case studies and identify opportunities that strengthen Burson’s market positioning
Lead with ownership and accountability. Manage priorities with confidence, communicate clearly, anticipate challenges and deliver excellence
- Experience in PR or communications (agency preferred), ideally within integrated consumer campaigns
- A strategic mindse, able to connect earned, social, digital, influencer and content into cohesive, insight led campaigns
- Strong social capabilit, understanding platform nuances, identifying trends and translating ideas into engaging, social first content
- Confidence building and nurturing media and creator relationships, with a proactive approach to pitching and securing coverage
- Excellent writing skills across press releases, pitches and platform ready social content
- Digital fluency, comfortable using performance insights and open to emerging tools, including AI, to enhance campaign impact
- Commercial awareness, strong organisation and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
Our vision is for Burson to be the leading ‘academy company’ for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders. We provide a dynamic environment where ambitious colleagues come to elevate their skills, expand their networks, and ultimately, produce the best solutions for today’s leading brands. Our commitment to your growth is reflected in our robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain top talent. We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.
At Burson, we’re an agency of learn-it-alls. We recognize that the things we do best, creativity and communications, require a level of nuanced understanding. That’s why it’s imperative for us to hire extraordinarily talented people of all backgrounds and identities. Without that we can’t do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners. Your unique point of view—your talent—is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it’s how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
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