Location:London (hybrid)
Level:Account Director or Senior Account Director
Overview:
Premier is seeking an experienced and dynamic Account Director to join its growing Corporate Communications team. This role will play a pivotal part in delivering high-impact campaigns for leading production companies, studios, festivals, and industry bodies across the filmed entertainment space. You will take day-to-day ownership of key corporate accounts and award-driven campaigns, shaping strategy, ensuring excellence in execution, and maintaining Premier's reputation as a trusted strategic partner.
Role Summary:
You will lead delivery across Premier's retained corporate clients and high-profile special projects, including awards, festivals, and event activations. Acting as a senior point of contact for clients and media, you'll drive campaign strategy, manage team coordination, and ensure Premier's work is both industry-savvy and outcomes-focused. A key part of your role will be working with our awards team and managing end-to-end campaign strategy across our clients
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee campaign delivery across a portfolio of retained corporate clients and special projects (e.g. awards, events, screenings)
- Act as the senior client contact, owning campaign strategy, messaging, media planning, and delivery timelines
- Develop and manage briefing documents, calendars, and key deliverables for all active accounts
- Drive media strategy and press engagement in collaboration with the team
- Work closely with the festival & markets coordinator to ensure strong forward planning and execution across the annual industry event calendar
- Contribute to new business development including pitches, proposals, and external stakeholder engagement
- Maintain strong personal media relationships across trade, business, and broadsheet titles
- Represent Premier at key industry events, ensuring the corporate team is consistently visible, informed, and well-connected
Essential Experience & Attributes:
- 5+ years' experience in communications, publicity, or corporate PR, ideally within an agency or the entertainment sector
- Proven track record in managing high-profile client accounts and delivering strategic campaigns across corporate, awards, or event-based work
- Strong knowledge of the UK television and streaming landscape, with a clear understanding of key players, platforms, trends, and decision-makers
- Understanding of award campaigning, including submission strategy and stakeholder engagement across major UK TV awards (e.g. BAFTA, NTA, RTS)
- Excellent media contacts and confident handling of press engagement across trade, business, and broadsheet verticals
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, able to distil narratives into compelling, high-impact messaging
- Proactive, organised, and collaborative: capable of juggling multiple projects and timelines while leading client relationships
- Strategic mindset with a flair for identifying opportunities to build visibility, influence, and industry presence
- Experience working on event-led campaigns, screenings, and industry festivals is highly desirable
Desirable (but not essential):
- International experience, or familiarity with global markets, festivals, and trade press (e.g. MIPCOM, Content London, SXSW)
- Previous work with production companies, studios, or industry organisations
- New business experience including proposal development and pitching
- Knowledge of policy, regulatory, or industry body activity in the creative sector
This is a permanent full-time role (working hours 9.30-6.00 weekdays, with occasional out of hours working essential), with 25 days holiday per annum (plus all public holidays), to begin as soon as possible. Benefits include Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, staff discounts and regular socials. We operate hybrid office/remote working and are happy to discuss flexible working.
To apply please send your CV and covering letter to with reference/subject line 'Corporate & Awards Lead - Television' as soon as possible.