Are you a specialist betting and gaming industry journalist who knows the sector, B2B media and its stakeholders inside out?
Do you have expert knowledge of the betting and gaming industry and how it's covered in both sector media and more widely, with detailed insights into how the news agenda is set?
Do you have a thorough understanding of the industry ranging from land-based to digital, sportsbook to casino, regulatory affairs and more in jurisdictions around the world?
Do you have extensive contacts, covering stakeholders and decision makers across the betting and gaming industry, including at major publications, operators and suppliers?
Are you an exceptional writer, communicator and storyteller with first-class interview skills, with experience in a range of B2B editorial content?
Are you creative and just as comfortable pitching as well as writing?
Are you a natural networker who is capable of building and maintaining relationships at all levels, with an affinity for speaking to and influencing new people?
Do you have a thorough understanding of how PR complements the news gathering process?
Are you capable of designing and implementing media relations strategies based on the needs of publishers and journalists, applying them to clients in a commercially-beneficial fashion?
Do you want to put your skills to the test in an environment where you’ll be supported to develop at an ambitious agency in a growing industry?
In order to accelerate its growth, Press Box PR is hiring an Industry Media Account Director to grow this new division of the company, working from a solid base of publisher contacts and clients - but with an ambition to scale.
The successful candidate will work with the Managing Director and Founder to grow the business on the simple premise of continually building and improving relationships with the biggest names in industry publishing, on behalf of a rapidly growing client list, consisting of suppliers, rights holders, affiliates, operators and more.
Press Box PR is a growing agency made up of ex-journalists and PR professionals combining their experience to generate B2B and B2C media coverage for a range of clients in the sports, consumer and professional industries.
Since its launch in 2020, Press Box PR has continually expanded, hiring over 10 journalists to develop their careers by devising and delivering our unique brand of editorial PR, paying staff a double-digit performance based bonus in consecutive years.
Press Box PR’s growing B2B division currently works on behalf of clients including;
Press Box PR is an agency with the buzz of a busy newsroom. It’s a place where you get out what you put in, with regular social events and a commitment to ensuring staff all benefit in career terms and financially from the growth they drive.
Press Box PR are hiring an Industry Media Account Director, reporting into the Managing Director and Founder.
You will be responsible for designing, leading and implementing Press Box PR’s media relations activity and ultimately commercial strategy within its growing industry division.
You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key publishers and journalists as well as relevant clients, providing the agency with a focal point for publisher and commercial relationships internally and externally.
Your primary objective will be to ensure that the department grows by bolstering our industry PR capabilities and in turn identifying, delivering and scaling our commercial proposition for clients as a result.
You will also be encouraged to seek new opportunities within similar verticals, growing Press Box PR’s industry media capabilities outside of betting and gaming and into other sectors including and not limited to; cryptocurrencies, financial services and trading, licensing and hospitality and other regulated industries.
You’ll be given training and support to learn at your own pace, safe in the knowledge that through your understanding of the sector, industry journalism and stakeholder management, you’re already an expert in the most important aspects of the job.
To apply please email Managing Director & Founder alex.donohue@pressboxpr.co.uk, introducing yourself and including a CV.