Why Us?
Hotwire is a global, strategic communications and marketing consultancy dedicated to helping ambitious technology companies change the game, build their reputation, and stand out from the crowd. Recognised by multiple award wins over the years, we provide clients with insights-led, integrated communications solutions and experience across a number of market categories. We work seamlessly across our eleven offices to help ambitious companies change the game. When you work with us, we connect and support you in a way that allows you to achieve limitless success and career growth. We truly embody flexibility though our Thoughtful working approach and offer a number of unique benefits you will not see in other agencies. From Sydney to San Francisco, we’re a group with a “One Team” mentality. We are connected, ambitious, adventurous, transparent and proactive, but most of all we are one team working together to be the global challenger.
We would love you to join our Milan team as a PR Senior Account Executive/Account Manager (expertise in tech PR is essential)
You’ll use your determination and enthusiasm to work with a wide range of tech brands in order to drive innovative integrated comms campaigns, inspiring the junior team members and leading press office activities. You’ll get under the skin of client campaigns, coming up with award winning ideas that engage wide ranging audiences in order to make your clients famous.
Daily you will:
- Look after a portfolio of around 4/5 clients – primarily B2B; managing the day by day accounting, deliverables (with senior oversight), media relations, reporting, priorities
- Manage more junior members of the team as necessary
- Have a results focused approach to your work; ensuring client delight through deliverables
- Get your hands dirty; and be a real team player
- Have a strategic viewpoint; thinking about the upcoming months and what you can do to move your client forward seamlessly – planning ahead based on SOWs
- Have strong media and influencer relationships in the tech area and be continuously striving to keep these sharp
- Consistently think outside of plans to give your clients new and exciting ideas for campaigns that will hit business objectives and grow accounts organically
- Be a master at juggling a number of projects at once; whilst instilling senior clients with confidence and motivating the team beneath you
- Be involved in new business pitches, market analysis and creative brainstorming
You’ll Bring:
- About 5/7 years’ experience in a dynamic PR environment, ideally within the innovation, BtoB tech areas (such as IT, TLC, AI, energy, automotive) – tech expertise is mandatory
- Proficient English, both written and spoken
- Good media, social media and wider influencer contacts
- Excellent writing skills
- Autonomy on major press office tools
- Experience on international client work
- The ability to manage priorities and multi-task, creative thinking and proven problem solving capability
- A genuine interest in, and thorough knowledge of technology and digital commerce
- A proven client management record
- Some experience in managing people
- Experience in new business pitches and competitive analysis
- A real team player attitude
- Ambition, drive and motivation
Why Us:
- Incredible training from the Hotwire Academy; supporting you at every stage of your career
- The Hotwire Bootcamp – an annual trip to a European city with the whole global team
- Freedom and support to be limitless within the business
- Smart working since 4 years and after the pandemic: at Hotwire, we engage in Thoughtful Working, which encourages our employees to work in the best possible way for our clients, our team and ourselves, every single day.
- A connected, courageous and friendly team creating adventurous work whilst still having a lot of fun
- An exciting and rewarding long-term career, bringing constant challenge and fresh opportunities as you develop
- The opportunity to have global reach within our offices
- Monthly team buildings and strong attention to wellbeing and mindfulness
- Other benefits
