Account Executive (Social Media), £18-21k, London

Do you love MySpace, Bebo and Facebook?

We’re looking for a new member to join our team near King’s Cross.

The role involves managing our new range of social media services, which means the right candidate will live and breathe web 2.0 – blogs, forums, social networking, citizens’ journalism. If you find MySpace/Bebo/Facebook fun, you’re our sort of person.

The role requires a solid grounding in web design, and some coding ability would be an advantage – ideally experience of .Net, PHP and MySQL. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, are a must. Journalistic skills will also be an advantage, but can be taught. If u rite lik dis – DON’T APPLY.

Equally important is your ability to get on with *real* people as we’re a sociable bunch and enjoy having a laugh.

Applicants should also ascribe to our team's values:

1. Heroism
- To be heroic is to be: a problem solver, admired, benevolent, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, exceptional, gallant, good, great in a crisis, influential, noble, one in a million, powerful, reliable

2. Deliver work a quality journalist would be proud of
- All staff are trained in news and feature writing
- Clients are served by knowledgeable, skilful and media savvy consultants

3. Get it right first time
- Work to a high standard to reduce time required for revisions by the team or the client

4. Pro-activity
- Don’t wait to be told. If it needs doing, do it
- Be innovative, creative and always seek improvements to our work

5. Provide value for money
- Treat our clients’ money as our own
- Media coverage achieved should account for more value than alternatives such as paid for placements

6. Team work
- Good team work makes work easier and improves the quality of work
- We’re part of our clients team, and they’re part of ours
- All team members’ input is important
- Team members must pitch in when someone is having difficulty, and pitch up if they have an innovation or improvement

7. Always learning
- Nobody knows it all
- Each team member should have a drive to:
i. learn new skills that contribute to Parker, Wayne & Kent and our clients
ii. become the best PR person they can be

. Email CV here

Last updated 27/04/2007