Location: London (Chancery Lane)
Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days from home)
About Grayling UK
Our people are in equal parts exceptional professionals and wonderful human beings. We live by being brave, curious, and collaborative, which helps us deliver award-winning work for our clients.
We’ve created a culture that champions personal growth and development, empowering everyone to be creative, innovate enjoy their work. Your growth is our priority because when you thrive, so do we. We’re serious about our work but never about ourselves, so if you’re looking for your next move and are passionate about the built environment, you’ve come to the right place!
The day to day
Grayling Planning & Infrastructure offers comprehensive communications and engagement support to clients working in the energy and the built environment sectors. Grayling P&I is committed to the UK’s energy transition and has supported some of the UK’s largest and most high-profile Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. We are delivering stadium-led regeneration, freeports, onshore wind and new transmission infrastructure, as well as advising on crucial policy areas, such as the future of offshore wind and CCS spatial policy.
As an Account Executive you’ll get to:
- Draft materials such as issue briefings or policy statements for public consultations and community engagement plans
- Attend stakeholder and community consultation events
- Research and map out key stakeholders and influencers
- Learn and maintain good account management, mastering the likes of workback plans, cost trackers and actions trackers
- Develop a thorough understanding of the UK planning process
- Assist in the production of collateral materials, collaborating with Grayling’s design studio
- Demonstrate an awareness of key social media platforms and how they can be used for engagement purposes
- Assist with preparation of new business pitches and presentations
What will give you the edge
- A working knowledge of the UK planning system or an interest in wanting to develop knowledge in this area
- Understanding of the UK political landscape and its impact on engagement activity
- Curious – a desire to learn, improve, apply new knowledge and develop self
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confident networker
- Ability to juggle multiple and changing priorities
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and recommend a practical response
Our promises to you
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working & flexi time.
- 25 days’ holiday, increasing by one day every year up to 30 days.
- Additional day of leave on your birthday
- Gifted time off over Christmas
- Flexible benefits platform where you are in complete control of what you receive. It could be anything from dental to gym membership, wellbeing initiatives, training, discount deals or simply a contribution to everyday bills and subscriptions (think Netflix, Amazon, Spotify etc!)
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Free subscription to Calm app
- Free breakfasts & weekly drinks in the office
- Regular team socials and early finish Fridays.
- An abundance of personal development opportunities, through our Grayling Advantage Academy (with courses ranging from writing, resilience, creativity and more)
- External mentoring via Creative Access for anyone from an under-represented background
- New business and employee referral bonuses.
- Interest-free season ticket loan & Railcard reimbursement
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line
- Life insurance
Get to know us
Grayling is the UK’s best-connected communications agency. With nine offices across the UK and 25 offices around the world, we create advantage for our clients through insight-led campaigns that deliver tangible results.
We are in the top 5 of Newsweek's 100 UK Most Loved Workplaces due to our open and supportive environment and were ‘Highly Commended’ in the large consultancy of the year category in the 2022 PR Week awards.
We’re a sociable bunch and life at Grayling will offer you a whole host of benefits including 4pm Friday finishes, hybrid working, regular training workshops and regular socials – not to mention the opportunity to work across award winning global campaigns! We’re growing fast, winning pitches and looking for the best talent to join us!
We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees’ unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and will be very happy to provide any reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process. For any advice or assistance please contact [email protected]
What We Do
We are Grayling, the world's local communications agency.
With 32 offices around the world, plus an extensive affiliate network, we get closer to the insights, influencers, cultures and communities to create advantage for our clients
