Careers

We are a team of consumer specialists who make businesses and brands culturally relevant through impactful earned communications. Clients include KFC, McCain, Mars and Danone.

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’re looking for an earned-first consumer Associate Director who has substantial experience of developing strategy and insight led plans.

The ideal candidate will be able to connect our creative ideas with reality, ensuring that both client expectations and cultural insights are taken on board to ensure success.

Currently working in a role that spans all elements of campaign development from ideation through to strategy or working in a global hub environment you will be a curious and determined individual who leaves no stone unturned and has the confidence to lead client relationships and inspire junior colleagues. You’ll know how to work the room and will bring exceptional presentation experience, project management and planning skills to our busy team.

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• Ability to inform and influence integrated comms strategies, and knowledge and confidence to articulate the power of earned in an interagency collaborative working group
• A track record of providing clients with evidence-based strategies
• Deep understanding of new media earned media strategies to maximize reach and engagement of campaigns across social, content creators and publications
• Ability to manage a response to a client brief end to end, directing and project managing from taking client brief to delivery of presentation.  
• Excellent presentation skills, deck writing capabilities and ability to collaborate with the necessary specialist strategy and creative team to build the response
• You will be able to manage six-figure plus campaigns, lead and inspire a team to deliver above and beyond expectations
• Problem solver, calm in a crisis, solutions focused to ensure campaigns are delivered in time, within budget and on target
• Must have operated as a primary, day to day client lead responsible for the smooth running of the account
• Have a reputation for your exemplary project management and ability to resolve issues
• Should be comfortable running meetings and playing an active role alongside our partners across the integrated marketing mix Freuds offers
• Providing immediate communications support for senior clients including acting as the primary contact for out of hours assistance when needed
• Proactively nurturing and building internal and external networks of influential contacts from journalists, content creators, influencers, talent, and other relevant third parties
• Line managing and mentoring junior team members, including responsibility for their evaluation and professional development
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

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We are a team of around 50 corporate communications specialists who have a positive impact on the reputation of individuals, business and brands by earning our way into cultural consciousness through purpose-focussed communications that drives 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 POV 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 our clients, we build and protect reputations, shift perception, grow awareness, build relationships and change behaviour. Ultimately our aim is to shift the perception of our clients’ 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 Associate. – SAE to work across retail, FMCG, professional services and utilities clients. You will be a well-read, news savvy AE looking to step-up or an SAE happy with a sideways move in to a larger environment. We’re looking for a proactive individual who is keen to embrace our client’s work and contribute new opinions to our team.

• Confidently and concisely present progress reports, project updates and new ideas to junior clients either face-to-face, by telephone and by email
• Regularly write documents that you have developed on your own (i.e. press releases, reports, statements) that demonstrate your attention to detail, skills in producing written documents for both media and clients with minimal corrections from your line manager
• Demonstrate the ability to write well-structured persuasive copy in a range of styles including news releases, internal newsletters & online copy
• Support with researching relevant talent for brand campaigns, as well as development of talent briefing documents and attending the briefings themselves
• Provide reactive comment in response to media enquiries, following guidance from line managers
• Confidently manage journalists, both reactively and proactively. Be accountable for managing these relationships
• Confidently and successfully pitch stories to national and trade media on an ongoing basis.
• Adopt our digital first culture and contribute new ideas to our approach to work
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

• Previous communication experience within agency or in-house press team
• Confidence in presenting and writing abilities
• Ability to respond to tasks quickly and efficiently
• Experience with handling media enquiries and sell ins
• Have a good understanding of the daily news agenda and to be able to discuss and comment on it with colleagues
• Great organisational and time management skill
• A good understanding of influencers/social media

We are a team of over 80 consumer specialists who make businesses and brands culturally relevant through impactful earned communications. ​Clients include KFC, McCain, Mars and Danone.

​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 way.​

We are looking for an earned first, in culture Senior Associate (AD) to work across UK and global brands. You’ll be culturally tuned-in and will enjoy bringing your personal passion for the latest trends in to your work environment. You will be driven by achieving outstanding creative ideas for your clients, exemplary coverage and will ensure your media network is nurtured and continues to grow. From a team perspective you will be an inspiring mentor to junior colleagues, helping them to fulfil their potential and will be confident managing upwards acting as a conduit between colleagues at all levels. You will be used to managing key pieces of retained business on a week-to-week basis and adept at managing multiple accounts.

• Continually develop your understanding of the cultural space and share your findings with both clients and colleagues
• Manage complicated media enquiries from start to finish on a regular basis, including the publication of approved client statements/comments that you have created
• Confidently manage journalists, both reactively and proactively and nurture your relationships with key titles. Be accountable for managing these relationships
• Confidently and concisely present progress reports, project updates and new ideas to junior clients, face-to-face, by telephone and by email
• Regularly create documents that you have developed on your own (i.e. press releases, reports, statements) that demonstrate your attention to detail, skills in producing written documents for both media and clients with minimal corrections from your line manager
• Development of talent briefing documents and attending the briefings themselves
• Maintain an understanding of the influencer landscape – keeping abreast of the latest digital media influencers relating to your clients and their respective products
• Act as a mentor to junior team members including interns and work experience, identifying areas of development, and helping your senior colleagues to nurture and develop them
• Ensure full and complete understanding of how to use digital platforms / services
• Supporting new business proposals and pitches.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

Please send your CV to freudsgroupcareers@freuds.com

This role sits within freuds’ social team – a specialist team of 15 within Freud Communications. The team exists to service all clients within the agency on both a consulting and paid basis – ensuring all teams are kept abreast of the latest social best practice. Services provided include content strategy and channel planning, campaign activation, visible leadership and paid media management. The team consists of 7 specialists plugging into many integrated accounts on both a retained and project basis, including Mars, Danone, You Can Adopt, Samsung, Millennium and Prosus.

Social Media Senior Account Executive

We are looking for a Social Media Senior Account Executive who’s ready to craft campaigns, bring creative ideas and apply their strategic thinking to both consumer and corporate accounts.

The ideal candidate will have a strong grounding in creating social-first content, managing social channels and building communities and will have ideally gained this working in-house for a corporate organisation or within agency working with a mix of consumer brands/b2b/professional services clients. They will have a good understanding of all elements of social media including ever-evolving formats and trends, whilst being able to bring content and stories to life through excellent copywriting skills . The ideal applicant will be confident in briefing and project managing the development and delivery of content and will also have the confidence to liaise face to face with clients.

In addition, we are looking for someone who will embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. You’ll have a level of curiosity about the world around you and the spaces in which we operate; ask questions and offer up ideas. In addition, you’ll take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

• Own and deliver social content calendars – creating and publishing across client channels
• Brief and manage the delivery of social media-first content, most notably with our corporate leaning clients
• Produce regular reports, audit social profiles, identify trends, insights and make relevant recommendations
• Liaise effectively with client contacts and project managing delivery of campaigns
• Proactive in staying on top of new trends, formats and social media platforms (we work across everything from TikTok, to LinkedIn)
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

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• Solid copy writing, proofreading and editing skills, with impeccable grammar and spelling
• An understanding of the working of large corporate organisations
• Strong research skills, including in identifying micro-influencers
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Excel etc)
• Hands-on skills in building in-platform content (i.e. Reels and TikToks) is a plus
• Excellent verbal communication skills, and a confident presentation style
• Fluency in English; additional languages considered favourably
• 2-3 years social media experience

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Please send your CV to freudsgroupcareers@freuds.com

We are a team of 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 our aim 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’re looking for an established Senior Associate (Account Manager) to work on some of our corporate for consumer accounts. Clients could include the likes of McCain and Mercedes F1 Team. Your work would involve media handling and publicity, brand positioning and thought leadership, stakeholder management, issues and crisis management and developing programs that help our clients communicate and reach their sustainability goals. Our work ranges from national to global, and we’re keen to hear from creative, innovative professionals who want to join us and lead from the front – for our agency and for our clients.

Whether you’ve been agency or in-house, we’d like to hear from you.

• Having already developed strong media relations skills and connections you will continue to ensure you have up-to-date knowledge on your clients, their sectors and those that talk about them the most. You will bring that knowledge to client meetings and will use it when curating ideas

• A passion to grow your network with media and influencers, clients and other industry professionals, cultivate those relationships and always consider how your connections can accelerate and elevate the work we do

• Develop a genuine rapport with clients and establish yourself as a thoughtful advisor, contributing to conversations in a meaningful way whenever possible

• Act as one of your client’s day-to-day contacts – by email, phone and in meetings

• Help manage client meetings and leading on your pieces of the agenda

• Take responsibility for the smooth running of accounts – from monitoring to WIPs, understanding your fellow team members’ capabilities and the client’s expectations, and supporting junior members of the team as needed

• Mentor junior colleagues, identifying skills gaps and working with their line manager to help in their development  

• Ensure your team leads and senior colleagues are always up to speed – from general developments to important successes or challenges on your accounts  

• Embrace our Digital First culture, using and suggesting new research and comms methods that will help drive efficiency and innovation

• This extends to out-of-the-box thinking – offering up ideas that could lead to fresh solutions and original ways of doing things

• We hope you’ll embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere.

• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

Housed within Knowledge the PA/EA pool is a Team, made up of 7 PA’s and EA’s, who between them support the C-suite,Partners and Directors. As well as their individual assistant roles, they help with each other’s holiday cover and ad hoc office support. The team have a breadth of experience inside and outside of Freuds Group and comradery and care for one another is strong. The team has a can-do attitude and would welcome like-minded additions.

We are seeking a PA to support a portfolio of directors and partners. The ideal candidate will be used to managing multiple personalities and juggling priorities. You will have excellent organizational and communication skills, have extensive diary management experience with strong re-prioritization ability. Managing multiple diaries, assisting in the creation and development of documentation as well as organising travel and appropriate visas, will all be part of your day-to-day role.  In addition, being a person of integrity who can handle highly confidential and sensitive information with care is a crucial attribute.

Administration:

• Prepare written material, take meeting minutes, and proofread with excellent attention to detail and with no grammatical errors
• Be highly organised and proactive to ensure the smooth running of your responsibilities
• Complete diary management for all your Partner(s),ensuring no double-bookings occur and sufficient time is given to prepare and attend meetings
• Book and prepare internal meeting rooms where necessary
• Organise and manage international travel arrangements. Ensure all stages of the travel journey and documentation has been thought through and accounted for

Computer literacy:

• Excellent knowledge in Microsoft programmes(Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ideally understand Paprika and MS Teams
• Help prepare PowerPoint presentations as instructed by your Partner(s)
• Assist in letter writing and minute-taking where necessary
• Utilise Excel to put together reports and present ad-hoc results as requested

Communication:

• Develop a strong, trustful relationship with yourPartner(s) so you work effectively together and become an intrinsic part of their teams
• Keeping the senior department heads up-to-date with meeting statuses
• Confidence in managing strong characters and can cope under pressure
• Re-prioritization skills is a constant requirement
• Understand the role and the importance of how your work and reputation reflects on that of your Partner(s) and team
• Act as key point of contact for external clients across the sports and entertainment space and also with internal colleagues
• Be professional, polite, and helpful always

Problem solving and initiative:

• Solve any issues as and when they arise as quickly and effectively as possible, showing urgency to the situation where necessary
• Pre-empt potential problems or issues, preparing alternative solutions in advance
• Remain calm and handle issues/problems professionally and quickly
• Be prepared to work over and above the hours specified to ensure a problem has been resolved
• Respond to requests in a timely manner

Ad-hoc duties:

• Complete any ad-hoc tasks and projects were requested
• Be prepared to work above and beyond the duties outlined in this job description, showing commitment as an EA to yourPartners(s) and the agency as a whole
• Help with diary cover during EA holiday and sickness when necessary
• Help cover main reception at lunchtimes if necessary. This may be to cover sickness, receptionist holiday or during any other times when the team need support
• Volunteer to work at film premieres

• Possess ability to prioritize tasks, identifying and completing urgent tasks first
• Be a calming influence under pressure and handle any issues with professionalism
• Be always flexible and adaptable, willing to take on any task as requested
• Possess excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Be a trusted support to your Partner(s) handling all confidential information with discretion
• Be an engaging and inspiring addition to the team
• Have strong multi-tasking skillsMust be a positive and bright team player with initiative to help across all areas within the practice

We are a team of strategic communications experts and publicists working across the specialist area or Film & Entertainment, while also offering support to a variety of clients across the Freuds Group. We offer unrivalled connectivity, experiences, and opportunities. From red carpet premieres to film and TV campaigns, Freuds is the place where culture and entertainment collide. We pride ourselves in delivering impactful campaigns that drive the cultural conversation.

We are looking for an entry level candidate who is keen to use their personal interest in film, TV & entertainment within a PR environment. We are seeking an Associate (AA) who will be involved in a range of TV & film publicity campaigns, as well as live events. To give a flavour of what you will be working on, the team have recently worked across titles such as From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Thunderbolts*, Mufasa: The Lion King, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, Clarkson’s Farm and ‘COME ALIVE!’ The Greatest Showman.

You’ll be thorough and detailed in your approach to tasks in hand and take pride in delivering excellent work. You are hungry for responsibility, new challenges, and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest campaigns & events in entertainment.

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• Be an integral part of a team delivering best-in-class publicity campaigns for a range of clients.
• Be a creative individual willing to contribute ideas for projects and campaigns.
• Identify and evaluate press coverage, servicing the relevant client each morning.
• Be confident in liaising with senior team members to flag any issues identified in coverage.
• Take ownership of newspaper rota circulated to the team on a fortnightly basis.
• Book screenings where required, sharing invites with media and logging RSVPs.
• Syndicating press releases to media contacts as instructed.
• Have ownership of the team database, proactively maintaining and updating regularly with new contacts and journalist moves.
• Be responsible for sharing agendas, taking notes and circulating actions following client calls.
• Update coverage trackers across all campaigns and support in the creation of end of campaign evaluations and reports.
• Research background information to support your team in the development of campaigns and new business proposals.  
• Respond quickly and accurately to client/team requests.
• Monitor and identify industry trends across competitor campaigns, sharing impactful activations with the wider team.

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Our application process is CV’less, please don’t send us one. Instead, it’s time for you to get creative… in any format you choose, please provide the following:

• Tell us about yourself
• Tell us which 2024-25 film, TV or entertainment PR campaigns have stood out to you and why?
• Let us know why we should hire you

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CLOSING DATE JULY 2ND

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Love & Work are our cornerstones. We believe they should be entwined with one another. To achieve this blend, we not only choose to work with clients who want to do things differently, but we build teams that are passionate about working on initiatives that they truly believe in.

Our employees are given the opportunity to develop industry firsts whether that be in the form of a documentary, an activation or the launch of a new concept or partnership. Our alumni have gone on to run their own top 150 agencies and to lead the communications and marketing for well-known global brands. Securing a role with us is a smart and strategic career move.

We look for problem solvers, for creative minds and for individuals who want to change society, influence culture, challenge conformity and push boundaries. We know that without our employees, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we do.

As our many awards and certifications confirm, we are committed to offering an inclusive environment where individuals from all backgrounds are rewarded on merit, have the opportunity to experience integrated communications in its truest form and work on opportunities that due to our connectivity are unique to Freuds. Our culture ensures a sense of belonging for all and we thrive off our ability to support and utilise a diverse range of thoughts and perspectives.

Freuds Group is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability – we want to hear from you.

Film & Entertainment Team

‍ We are a team of strategic communications experts and publicists working across the specialist area or Film & Entertainment, while also offering support to a variety of clients across the Freuds Group. We offer unrivalled connectivity, experiences, and opportunities. From red carpet premieres to film and TV campaigns, Freuds is the place where culture and entertainment collide. We pride ourselves in delivering impactful campaigns that drive the cultural conversation.

We are seeking an interim  Senior Associate (AM) for 6 months who will be involved in a range of TV & film publicity campaigns, as well as live events. We operate an integrated publicity team so you will be expected to have a strong knowledge of UK media. You will be a key player in driving the creative ambition of the client and have a proven ability to develop and deliver impactful publicity strategies and campaigns, generating excellent results. You take pride in delivering excellent work and regularly exceed expectations. We’re looking for someone who is hungry for responsibility, new challenges, and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest campaigns & events in entertainment.  

To give a flavour of what you will be working on, the team have recently worked across titles such as From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Thunderbolts*, Mufasa: The Lion King, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, Clarkson’s Farm and ‘COME ALIVE!’ The Greatest Showman.

• Be an integral part of a team delivering best-in-class publicity campaigns for a range of clients.

• Confidentially lead day-to-day activities on a project will minimally input or instruction.  

• Secure the confidence of the client, becoming one of their day-to-day points of contact.

• Have solid experience, and be confident in, talent handling and dealing with talent reps.

• Have experience, and be confident in, operating on red carpets / live events.

• Demonstrate an excellent knowledge of the current UK media and social landscape.

• Demonstrate an excellent knowledge of current entertainment landscape in the UK, US and globally.

• Be confident in creating original and creative publicity ideas & activations.

• Contribute solutions to overcome unexpected obstacles.

• Nurture on-going close relationships with a pool of journalists who know you personally.

• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of UK influencers relevant to your projects, how to work with them, and when to utilise them on campaigns.