Perowne International has a rare opening for an Account Director in our London office to run accounts for some of the leading brands in the luxury hotel space. The candidate must have agency experience in running PR campaigns within this sector. 

Perowne International is one of the leading travel consultancies with a global reach comprising a communications division and an expert sales and marketing team.  Headquartered in St James’s Place, Mayfair, with teams in New York City and Milan, the global team of 45+ represents some of the world’s leading hotel and travel brands including Oetker Collection, Six Senses, Singita, Scott Dunn, Raffles Hotels, Eleven Experience, Passalacqua, Gleneagles, The Newt in Somerset, The Doyle Collection, and more.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record and excellent media contacts in the travel and lifestyle media, with strong management experience and a ‘hands on’ and thoughtful approach to getting the job done.  The Account Director would likely sit across two teams, managing a team of six in total from JAE to SAM level, and oversee approximately 16 clients.

• 5 years of experience
• Experience in training, developing, and nurturing a team of varying levels, whilst personally showing a genuine, strong interest in travel and travel trends
• While based in London, this role will be the team lead on UK & European strategy for cross-office clients, daily workload monitoring and process approval, client reporting, and nurturing talent
• Highly organised, a sharp eye for detail, and effortless multi-tasking skills
• Experience in conceiving and delivering creative and strategic integrated communications campaigns across traditional & digital platforms, for both high-profile hotel launches as well as maintaining consistent results for long-standing clients
• Experience in implementing synergistic creative brand partnerships between clients and third parties
• Demonstrates excellent communications skills, creative thinking, and an adeptness to adapt to an ever-changing industry and media landscape
• Able to provide senior level strategic consult to clients to build their brand and support in achieving business growth and sales goals
• An impressive ‘little black book’ of media contacts, both online and offline, and confident in liaising with top-tier media, influencers, tastemakers and KOLs – the more global, the better
• Strong third-party contacts in place within the travel industry (including tour operators, airlines, tourist boards)
• Expert knowledge and interest in luxury travel and lifestyle trends
• Loyalty to Perowne International’s company ethos and opportunity to become a trusted player in the growth of the business
• Experience in bringing in and converting new business leads is a bonus, as well as creating compelling, creative PR proposals and new business presentations