Careers

We’re growing our Talent & Influencer team and are keen to hear from brilliant people operating at Senior Associate through to Director level. Whether your strength lies in talent, influencers and creators, or across the full mix, we’re interested in hearing from people who combine specialist expertise with excellent client counsel and integrated campaign delivery.

You’ll help shape and deliver talent and influencer work across a varied portfolio of integrated client accounts and specialist projects. Depending on your level and experience, you will play a key role in developing talent, influencer and creator strategies, identifying and recommending the right talent and creators, and building strong relationships with agents, management companies, publicists and creator representatives.  

You'll be involved in commercial negotiations, contracting and the management of deliverables, while advising clients on areas such as pricing, usage rights, exclusivity, approvals, whitelisting and paid amplification.  

The role requires someone who can confidently oversee campaigns from initial strategy and briefing through to activation, measurement and reporting, while providing trusted counsel to clients and collaborating closely with PR, social, paid, creative, strategy and data teams. You'll also be responsible for managing budgets, scopes, timelines and risk, supporting the development of junior colleagues and, at more senior levels, helping to shape best practice, strengthen the agency's Talent & Influencer offering and contribute to business growth. 

This role sits within Freuds' Social & Influence team – an award-winning specialist social media unit within Freud Communications. At Freuds, we combine the art of influence with the speed of social. We are looking for a senior leader who can bring together creative thinking, client service excellence, operational integration and commercial acumen to help shape the next chapter of our social offering.

The team exists to service clients across the agency through social strategy, campaign development, content planning, channel management, paid media, influencer marketing and creative activation. We partner with our earned teams across consumer, corporate, purpose-led, government and B2B briefs, helping brands and organisations navigate an increasingly social-first communications landscape.

A 12-month maternity cover/option for short-term cover in the interim - starting later October/November 2026.

As Associate Director, Client Services Lead, you will be the most senior client services specialist within the social team, acting as the operational and commercial engine behind some of the agency's largest and most strategically important accounts.

Reporting into the Head of Social, you will oversee a portfolio of high-profile retained and project-based clients including McDonald's, Prosus, You Can Adopt, government departments (DCMS and DHSC) and other ad hoc consumer briefs, while helping shape the future direction of the social team.

This is a role for an experienced social specialist who combines outstanding client leadership with strong creative instincts. You will bring a consumer-first mindset to every brief, helping clients create campaigns, content and social experiences that cut through culture, influence behaviour and deliver measurable business outcomes.

You will be equally comfortable leading senior client relationships, navigating complex stakeholder environments, managing large integrated teams and helping transform ambitious ideas into executable programmes of work.

The successful candidate will be viewed internally and externally as a trusted senior adviser, able to bring clarity to complexity, elevate creative thinking and drive exceptional standards of account leadership.

Client Leadership

• Lead senior client relationships and provide strategic social counsel.
• Drive growth, innovation and reputation-building opportunities.

Strategy & Creativity

• Develop integrated social strategies and impactful campaigns.
• Lead culturally relevant, socially-led creative work.

Account Leadership

• Oversee complex accounts, budgets, resourcing and delivery.
• Ensure high-quality work delivered on time and budget.

Agency Collaboration

• Champion social thinking across integrated teams.
• Embed social expertise into wider communications planning.

Commercial Growth

• Grow existing accounts and support new business pitches.
• Maintain strong commercial and financial performance.

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor and develop the social team.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability of persevere.

Industry Expertise

• Stay ahead of platform, creator and technology trends.
• Help shape and evolve Freuds’ social offering.

Essential

• Extensive social media experience, ideally at Head of Social level.
• Proven agency experience leading major client relationships.
• Strong expertise in social strategy, content and campaign development.
• Experience managing complex accounts, stakeholders and budgets.
• Excellent communication, leadership and team development skills.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

Desirable

• Government, public sector or behaviour change campaign experience.
• International brand and stakeholder management experience.
• Knowledge of earned, owned and paid social.
• Strong industry network and profile.

We're looking for an experienced Social Media Manager (Senior Associate) to join our growing Social team, working across a mix of corporate and consumer clients.

This role is for someone who loves social media but is equally passionate about the thinking behind it. You'll be naturally curious about audiences, confident advising clients and skilled at turning challenges into effective social strategies and campaigns.

You'll lead client workstreams from brief to delivery, build strong client relationships and collaborate with colleagues across strategy, creative, PR, design, production and paid media. While you don't need to create content yourself, you'll have a strong understanding of social-first storytelling and what great content looks like across different platforms.

You'll also be confident using data and audience insights to strengthen recommendations, optimise performance and identify opportunities for clients.

Client Leadership & Account Management

• Manage day-to-day delivery across multiple client accounts and projects.
• Build trusted relationships with client contacts and act as a confident point of counsel.
• Interrogate briefs to identify the underlying business, communications and audience challenge.
• Translate client requirements into clear plans, scopes and deliverables.
• Manage timelines, priorities and expectations effectively.
• Present recommendations, strategies, plans and results with confidence.
• Identify opportunities to enhance existing programmes and grow social workstreams.

Strategy & Social Expertise

• Connect client objectives, audience insight and platform opportunities to create effective social recommendations.
• Understand the role of social within wider communications and PR programmes.
• Adapt strategies across corporate and consumer audiences, platforms and objectives.
• Stay informed on platform developments, audience behaviours and emerging trends.
• Support social strategies, campaign planning and new business opportunities.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of established and emerging social platforms.

Project Delivery

• Lead projects from brief through to execution, ensuring delivery against scope, timing and quality standards.
• Manage multiple fast-paced workstreams simultaneously.
• Develop clear briefs for creative, production and specialist teams.
• Review work and provide constructive feedback throughout the development process.
• Support budget management, project administration and internal tracking.
• Anticipate risks and identify solutions proactively.
• Support and mentor junior team members.

Insights and Reporting

• Lead client reporting and provide interpretation beyond the numbers.
• Translate social performance data into clear insights and recommendations.
• Understand social KPIs and their relationship to broader communications objectives.
• Use analytics, social listening and audience insight to shape strategy and content planning.

We're looking for someone with:

• 3-5 years' experience in social media, ideally within an agency environment.
• Strong account and project management skills.
• Experience leading projects from brief to delivery.
• A solid understanding of social media's role within integrated communications.
• Experience across corporate and/or consumer brands.
• Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills.
• Experience briefing and managing creative development processes.
• Confidence using insights and analytics to improve performance.
• Understanding of both organic and paid social.
• Strong organisational, stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Curiosity, commercial awareness and enthusiasm for emerging platforms and digital culture.

We are a team corporate communications specialists who have a positive impact on the reputation of individuals, business and brands by earning our way into cultural consciousness and having meaningful conversations with a range of stakeholders including customers, consumers, partners, activists, policy makers and current & future employees. Our success comes from knowing what our audiences care about, building robust narratives that elevate and differentiate our clients and going beyond what is expected. With connectivity at our heart, we match the right people with the right narrative, bringing together clients, partners and friends to amplify our communications and add credibility.  

We create programmes that drive all our audiences to engage with us, we build and protect reputations, shift perception, grow awareness, build relationships and change behaviour. Ultimately ouraim is to connect our clients to their target audiences in a meaningful, relevant and impactful way.

We build, protect & repair reputations for clients at both a global and local level.

We are looking for an experienced communications professional, from Account Manager through to Associate Director level, with strong corporate communications and technology PR experience to help us continue to expand our capability in the technology space. This role will have a particular focus on thought leadership, including proactive opportunities, support around key industry events, and more opportunistic moments across the news agenda. The ideal candidate will have a genuine interest in technology as a sector, including trends across AI and innovation, and the versatility to work across a broad spectrum of clients in this space. They will bring strong writing skills, with the ability to produce toolkits, OpEds, LinkedIn posts and other executive content, alongside a confident understanding of media relations across technology and mainstream media. We’re also keen to meet someone who enjoys new business and is happy to take an active role in pitching.

• Support and lead day-to-day client work across corporate communications, media relations and stakeholder engagement, with scope flexing depending on level.
• Develop clear positioning, messaging and thought leadership platforms that help HP our technology clients tell differentiated corporate stories.
• Drive proactive thought leadership and earned media programmes, building strong relationships across technology, business and mainstream media.
• Bring an interest and understanding of policy developments across the Technology space
• Track and interpret technology trends, particularly across AI and innovation, translating them into credible thought leadership opportunities for clients.
• Produce high-quality written content including toolkits, OpEds, LinkedIn posts, briefing materials and other executive communications.
• Contribute to client meetings, workshops and integrated campaigns, supporting strong delivery, team collaboration and measurable results.
• Play an active role in new business growth through pitch development, proposals, networking and market insight in the technology sector.
• Support and develop junior team members where appropriate, contributing to a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability of persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connection with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

Applications are now open for the Freud Communications 2027 Entry-Level Talent Programme.

We’re looking for our next cohort to join a six-month programme starting in January 2027. It’s for people who are curious about communications, quick to learn and ready to get stuck in from day one.

To give you a flavour of the work, this year we launched the award-winning Joe Wickes X Activate campaign to help get children moving, unveiled a new AI-powered education model, and wrote a speech that senior Google execs presented to the UN. We secured dozens of media articles for CEOs, CSOs and CFOs, masterminded McDonald’s ‘The Counter’, a consumer experience to show-off the quality ingredients in a McDonald’s patty and delivered a standout global launch for Carbone Dubai.

Based in London, the programme gives each participant practical experience, training and support to take their first step into communications.

The programme includes bespoke Freuds Academy training, hands-on experience across Corporate Reputation, Brand, Health and Behaviour Change, and the chance to learn from teams across strategy, social, creative, talent and influence.

Day-to-day responsibilities on the Entry-Level Talent Programme might include:

• Researching and compiling background information for client teams
• Supporting media monitoring and tracking articles of interest
• Using our technology and AI tools as part of a digital-first approach
• Compiling meeting notes, action lists and call agendas
• Assisting with media sell-ins, including preparing press releases and media lists
• Supporting the planning and delivery of PR activity, including events, photoshoots and spokesperson engagements

Essential requirements

• A confident communicator
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• A minimum grade 6 in GCSE English, or equivalent
• Experience using Microsoft packages, specifically Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
• Curiosity about emerging technologies
• Able to attend our London office at least three days a week. Our office days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
• Right to work in the UK
• Renumeration package will be in line with the London Living Wage

‍

How to apply

The application process is CV-free, so please do not send us a CV. Instead, tell us, in the format of your choice, about yourself and why you’re interested in a career in communications. Please send all applications to work@freuds.com

‍

Freuds has been working in Culture and Film and TV for nearly 40 years, supporting artists, musicians, broadcastersand entertainment companies to tell their stories across a range of platforms. Our team of specialists work with corporate media clients and culture and arts institutions to help them meet their audience and to creatively tell their story with clarity.

From reputation management to growth strategies, repositioning to profile raising, cultural campaigns to live events; we use 360-degree communications paired with powerful storytelling and the latest technology, to ensure stories cut through the noise and drive action.

Do you want to be in the room where it happens? Are you a media junkie who consumes culture across TV, film,museums, music and the arts? A rare opportunity has arisen for an ambitious, culturally curious Associate Director to join our Corporate Media and Arts team, working with festivals, arts institutions, philanthropists, broadcasters, producers and entertainment companies.

This role is ideal for a rounded communications professional most likely with strong media contacts and a corporate communications leaning : someone who is proactive and can build relationships quickly, run accounts confidently and bring together public relations instinct, strong media judgement, strategic counsel, creativity and a genuine passion for culture.

The successful candidate will be kind and team focussed whilst comfortable moving between high-profile cultural moments and complex corporate briefs: launching major exhibitions, supporting cultural charities, working the room at TV and film festivals, advising senior clients, handling business and trade press, and responding calmly to sensitive reputational issues.

They will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team and bring the confidence to deliver proactive communications campaigns across corporate, consumer and earned media channels, while spotting opportunities in the news agenda and helping clients tell their stories with clarity and impact.

• A genuine passion for arts, culture, media and entertainment, with an understanding of the wider political, economic and cultural context in which clients operate.
• Strong relationships with national, broadcast, culture, media, podcast, business and trade journalists, as well as relevant industry contacts.
• Excellent news judgement, editorial instinct and the ability to shape stories that cut through.
• Proven experience securing impactful coverage and managing high-profile campaigns across corporate, consumer and earned media.
• Confidence providing senior strategic counsel and advising clients through reputational challenges, complex stakeholder environments and issues management situations.
• The ability to move seamlessly between strategic thinking and hands-on delivery, keeping calm under pressure and trusted with sensitive situations.
• Strong writing, messaging and editorial skills, with the ability to find the right angle for different audiences.
• Commercial awareness, strong organisation and the ability to manage multiple accounts profitably.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial approach to new business, pitches and using new technologies to elevate the work.
• A collaborative, self-aware team style, with an appetite for mentoring colleagues and helping develop talent.
• An understanding that occasional evening work as part of events briefs and participation in an on-call rota are part of the industry we operate in.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, bringing passion, resilience, collaboration and a commitment to belonging into the way we work with clients and each other.

This position sits across the full reputation spectrum and unlike many other cultural roles is across the complete cultural mix from working with mass media content creators to fine art. The candidate will move swiftly from cultural publicity, storytelling and events to corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, talent handling and issues preparedness - always with an entrepreneurial spirit and sense of fun.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working as part of a team and understands their role within it. They will  knowhow to handle talent of all levels as well as generate headlines and navigate them for clients. They will deputise for the Director and deliver premium counsel for clients at defining cultural and reputational moments, as well as placing key positioning pieces using their senior contacts book. 

We are looking for an Associate Director to join our crisis and issues offering, with a particular focus on the data, intelligence and investigative work that underpins effective senior counsel. This role will suit someone who is used to operating in highly sensitive situations, who is intellectually curious, forensic in their approach and able to turn complex information into clear, actionable advice.

The successful candidate will work across high-profile issues and crises for global businesses across a range of sectors, senior leaders, organisations and individuals. They will help clients understand the reputation landscape around them by combining media intelligence, social listening, search insight, emerging platform analysis and investigative due diligence. They will be expected to identify narratives, influence networks, audience behaviour, risk trajectories and potential reputational vulnerabilities and translate those findings into practical communication strategies.

This person will be part of our day-to-day crisis operation, supporting clients on live issues, preparedness work and reputation management. They will play an important role in developing our use of technology, data and investigative techniques, helping to build robust monitoring dashboards, interrogate outputs, stress-test assumptions and provide evidence-led counsel in pressured environments.

• Build, manage and interpret media and social monitoring dashboards, using data to track narratives, influence, sentiment, audience behaviour, escalation patterns and emerging reputational risk.
• Combine monitoring outputs with wider intelligence sources, including search insight, LLM monitoring, social platforms, public databases and third-party data, to create a fuller picture of the reputation landscape.
• Conduct investigative due diligence on individuals and organisations, covering media and social coverage, and other publicly available records.
• Create and present reputation, issues and communications landscape reports, bringing together analysis, metrics, evidence-led recommendations and practical implications for senior internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Provide immediate communications support on live and emerging issues, acting as a trusted point of contact for senior clients, supporting out-of-hours response where required and helping to cover a 24/7 crisisoffering.
• Work closely with the Business Partner or crisis lead to assess risk, agree priorities, shape response strategies and develop positioning, messaging and narrative frameworks grounded in data, intelligence and stakeholder insight.
• Stress-test client crisis strategies through issues workshops, scenario planning and crisissimulations, bringing external intelligence, data-led insight and clear judgement into the process.
• Advise global businesses, challenger brands, senior leaders and individuals on media management, reputation protection and issues preparedness, while continuing to build strong networks with colleagues, journalists, online influencers, analysts, professional advisers and other relevant third parties.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, bringing passion, resilience, collaboration and a commitment to belonging into the way we work with clients and each other.

• Substantial experience in corporate communications, issues management or crisis communications, gained in an agency environment or a busy in-house team ideally with some exposure to FMCG, Health and Tech.
• Practical experience of data-led communications, media intelligence, social listening, AI-enabled monitoring or crisis technology platforms.
• Excellent investigative instincts, with the ability to interrogate public information, sense-check sources, identify reputational risk and separate signal from noise.
• Experience producing landscape reports, due diligence summaries, risk assessments or insight-led recommendations for senior audiences.
• Direct experience supporting high-profile issues or crises for corporate clients, business leaders, brands, organisations or individuals.
• Strong understanding of the media, social and digital landscape, including how issues develop and escalate across channels.
• A proactive, intellectually curious and resilient mindset, with genuine enthusiasm for crisis, reputation, data and investigative communications work.

We are a team of consumer specialists who make businesses and brands culturally relevant through impactful earned communications.

Our success comes by transcending the category, we crash the national conversation and go beyond what is expected. With connectivity at our heart, we match the right people with the right brand, bringing together clients, partners, and friends to amplify the campaign and to add credibility. We deliver campaigns that ensure our audience takes notice, we drive engagement, build, and protect reputations, shift perception, grow fame, build relationships, and change behaviour. Our aim is to connect our clients to their target audiences in a meaningful, relevant ways.

We are looking for a culturally connected, strategically minded and results orientated Senior Account Director or Associate Director to join us for 12 months. We’re open to both a 4 and a 5 day week, with 3 days based with us at 1 Stephen Street, London.

The ideal colleague will come armed with big consumer brand experience ready to work across a likely account mix that transgresses luxury through to FMCG brands. We need a motivated leader with experience of inspiring teams to deliver fame-making campaigns that deliver impact in earned and social, with strong publicity, influencer, comms and events credentials.

They should be brilliant with clients, comfortable operating globally, and able to create work that appeals to Gen Z audiences and excites both clients and agency staff. We want someone with the charm, smarts, counsel and proactivity to manage senior clients, large agency teams and form part of the senior team within consumer brands at Freuds.

We value connectivity, hustle and collaboration. We want high energy, motivational leadership and ambition.

• SAD or Associate Director level experience in consumer, culture-led and/or luxury brand communications, ideally within an agency environment.
• Strong publicity, influencer, comms and events experience, with a clear point of view on earned media and the evolving media landscape.
• Seasoned client handler, confident advising senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships globally.
• Proven experience leading teams, managing fast-paced workstreams and delivering standout consumer brand campaigns.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.