About Portland:

Portland is a global advisory firm, helping companies, foundations, governments and organisations communicate effectively, grow and succeed. We advise clients navigating business and reputational challenges, including regulatory change, political transition, and legal disputes and crises, ensuring they seize opportunities to engage in policy discussions and in the media when it matters most.

Headquartered in London, with a network of team members in critical markets, our advisors are drawn from the worlds of politics, business, law and journalism. Our work is supported by specialist digital, research and creative teams, and backed by Omnicom’s global network and capabilities. Combining political nous and cultural savvy, Portland’s advisers build strategies and campaigns tailored to clients’ needs, delivering outcomes that make a difference. 

The Team:

Our Corporate Affairs team advises some of the biggest and most exciting organisations in the world on their communications and reputation. Our team combines experience from the highest levels of the media, business, politics, government and the City. We build and deliver communications strategies for major corporates, challenger brands, campaign groups, charities, and industry bodies. Our clients might be trying to grow their reputation, change the direction of a debate, or secure a better operating context.

The Role:

We’re currently looking for an Account Manager to join our UK corporate affairs team. As an Account Manager, your day-to-day focus will be to help our clients to communicate with everyone from business, financial and political audiences to their employees and customers.

We want to hear from you if you specialise in media relations and are confident advising established global businesses and challenger brands on corporate and financial communications.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Helping to devise and deliver proactive and reactive media and digital engagement strategies and campaigns
• Drafting a range of materials including press releases, opinion editorials, briefing documents and analysis
• Coordinating, managing and undertaking media monitoring and horizon scanning
• Organising and coordinating set-piece events and running campaigns
• Managing multi-disciplinary client teams
• Supporting new business proposals and pitches, and the growth of the business through marketing activity
• Ensuring the successful day-to-day delivery of communications strategies and tactical plans
• Building a relevant network of media contacts

What we’re looking for:

• Previous account management experience working in media and digital PR within a communications consultancy or in-house.
• Ability to demonstrate experience in the delivery of high-quality UK communications campaigns.
• Analytical and able to process complex intelligence rapidly, oversee multi-marketing monitoring and provide political insight for C-suite.
• Experience utilising and integrating AI tools within the execution of communications programmes including for research, insight and analysis alongside more advanced functions.
• Exhibit knowledge of, and interest in, the UK & global business landscape, including campaigning and how this impacts clients.
• Skilled press office lead with a proven track record in landing stories and corrections while bringing media credibility and confidence to maintain senior client trust.
• Strong network and knowledge of business and specialist media landscape.

Nice to have:

• Experience in FMCG or financial communications

What we offer: 

At Portland we offer hybrid working, with our teams working together from the office three days a week. We are committed to development and have an open doors culture where you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced people in the business.

Our remuneration package also includes our competitive pension contributions, private healthcare or health cash plan, life assurance cover, company contribution to gym membership, wellbeing workshops and activities, company parties, birthday day off, lunch contribution each week and much, much more!

Apologies in advance, but due to the high volume of applications we receive, it's not possible to respond directly to all applicants, only to those whose candidacy is being pursued.