Account Director (PR & Advertising)

Location: Based in Stockholm, Sweden

Company

hirify.global is a certified B Corp communications agency operating through creative, PR, earned media, advertising, social media, and content work.

What you will do

• Lead key client relationships, account management, project planning, results, and organic account growth.
• Plan and produce unified consumer and business-to-business campaigns from insight and strategy through creative development, production, and execution.
• Use earned media at the core of campaigns, developing stories, press materials, proposals, pitches, and features.
• Lead, supervise, motivate, mentor, recruit, and develop the Stockholm team, including capacity planning and training.
• Drive new business from prospecting through pitching, identify new services and revenue streams, and support commercial growth in Sweden.
• Provide counsel to senior management, represent Manifest at industry events and in PR and marketing, and present at client reviews and pitches.

Requirements

• Creative or PR agency experience with a solid understanding of both earned media and advertising.
• 6+ years in the industry, including client leadership and team management.
• Fluent Swedish and English, written and spoken, with the ability to deliver work in both languages.
• Based in Stockholm.
• Strategic thinking and a track record of developing, planning, and delivering impactful unified work aligned with client business objectives.
• Excellent writing skills for proposals, pitches, press materials, and features.
• Strong client management, consultancy, project planning, delegation, negotiation, sales, presentation, time management, and commercial skills.
• Knowledge of clients’ businesses, reporting, analysis, evaluation, and the communications ecosystem.

Nice to have

• A background combining earned media and advertising.

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited holiday policy.
• New business bonuses and an annual profit share based on Group-wide company performance.
• Individual career development plan and personal training budget.
• Ticket to the annual Manifestival event.
• Opportunity to take on a broader leadership remit as the Stockholm studio grows.
• Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and a few lines explaining interest in the role by email.
• Applications are reviewed as they arrive, and the role will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found.
• Expected start: as soon as possible.