Consultant (Account Manager) | Corporate Communications | London

About us

Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.

Hanover is looking for a Consultant (Account Manager equivalent) to join the Corporate Communications team.

Our mission is to provide reputation and issues and crisis management advice with ‘uncommon sense’ to corporate customers in an uncertain world.

The successful candidate will join a team of bright consultants who know their stuff and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo. Your ideas will be backed by data and research, which we put at the core of our problem-solving, while using analytics to uncover insights that lead to winning strategies.

You’ll work with blue chip clients across a number of sectors, including financial services, international affairs, food & drink, energy & natural resources and TMT (technology, media and telecoms).

Requirements

• Develop close client relationships with clients and contribute appropriately in regular face-to-face meetings.
• Deliver media contact programmes, including attending and supporting meetings between clients and journalists.
• Demonstrate high quality journalist contacts within key media targets.
• Demonstrate an active and ever-expanding new business network, identify opportunities to cross-sell services between Hanover teams and offices.
• Contribute to new business development, including pitching to prospective clients.
• Support the delivery of the Corporate team’s marketing activity to grow awareness of our offering in the market.
• Play an important role in delivering outstanding client work on multiple accounts – including participating actively in internal team meetings and recommending how to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate threats – working with colleagues across our teams in London and internationally.
• Support junior colleagues, helping to mentor and develop talent from within the team.
• Promoting the strong reputation of Hanover in the industry by attending networking events.

Skills and Experience

• Expert knowledge and experience of working in UK media environments.
• Excellent writing and telephone skills – proven ability at ‘selling in’ to journalists.
• Prior experience within a consultancy or in-house PR/communications team, preferably within financial services, international affairs, food & drink, energy & natural resources or TMT.
• Experience in advising clients in crisis situations and managing potentially negative issues.
• Good understanding of UK PR industry with strong media contacts (particularly on national titles and with broadcasters).
• Experience working on new business opportunities, including pitching to prospects.
• Effective time management and ability to meet deadlines, strong organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and creative writing skills.
• Very strong team-working, collaboration and interpersonal skills. This extends across other teams in our London office, as well as those in other markets.
• A positive “can do” attitude, with an appetite to learn and progress in the industry.

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary, your core benefits package will include:

• An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business and long service
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare insurance
• A company pension plan, including 5% employer contribution

You’ll also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives, including:

• Flexible working policies, plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years’ service
• Summer Fridays finish (3pm) – early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm)
• The Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring and reverse-mentoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels, with a generous training budget
• International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL’s network
• A wellbeing programme, featuring (but not limited to) pre- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents’ group, subsidised gym membership, LiveSmart sessions on mindfulness, sleep, etc.
• Our Culture Club, with a robust social calendar all year round, Trailblazer of the Month award, Lunch & Learns, CSR activity, and an opportunity to win an Out of Office activity fund

Preferred start date - mid March 2025

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement + 

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated equitably, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital or pregnancy status, genetic background, or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal, state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email to [email protected] with the nature of your request.

We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use your data, including ensuring we comply with legal obligations relating to data protection. You can view our data privacy policy here. 

Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL’s powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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