Careers
Life at Haggie Partners
We think Haggie is a creative, inspiring, and fun place to work. We work hard. We think a lot about what we want to achieve and how to do it. We share our anxieties, our successes and our ideas. It makes for a warm, involving, open, and caring environment and crucially, we are underpinned by an enormous amount of mutual respect.
We laugh a lot. Since we spend a large proportion of our lives together, it’s important to share the funny stuff. So we crack on, get the work done, and have fun while we do it. Team events in the past have included a bowling night, a few 5k ‘fun’ runs, a couple of sporty sweepstakes, varying degrees of success with the Lottery, choccy ‘tashes during Movember, a vintage tea party send-off, some Easter egg hunt shenanigans, and of course tons of Christmas and Summer dinners.
Between the laughs, we provide our clients with an exceptional service by delivering the goods. Team members in all stages of their careers are constantly challenged, whether to dream up the perfect big idea for a new business pitch, gently encourage a journalist to see our client’s point of view, or research and write a magazine article which proves insightful even to experts. We are good at what we do, and we love it.
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Current opportunities
We think Haggie is a creative, inspiring, and fun place to work. We work hard. We think a lot about what we want to achieve and how to do it. We share our anxieties, our successes and our ideas. It makes for a warm, involving, open, and caring environment and crucially, we are underpinned by an enormous amount of mutual respect.
We laugh a lot. Since we spend a large proportion of our lives together, it’s important to share the funny stuff. So we crack on, get the work done, and have fun while we do it. Team events in the past have included a bowling night, a few 5k ‘fun’ runs, a couple of sporty sweepstakes, varying degrees of success with the Lottery, choccy ‘tashes during Movember, a vintage tea party send-off, some Easter egg hunt shenanigans, and of course tons of Christmas and Summer dinners.
Between the laughs, we provide our clients with an exceptional service by delivering the goods. Team members in all stages of their careers are constantly challenged, whether to dream up the perfect big idea for a new business pitch, gently encourage a journalist to see our client’s point of view, or research and write a magazine article which proves insightful even to experts. We are good at what we do, and we love it.
Interns
We value the enthusiasm and support that interns bring to our business.
Interns are hugely important for us. In return, the experience they gain ultimately serves to enhance their CVs and their career prospects.
Candidates from schools and universities are encouraged to apply, and are considered on a first-come, first-served basis. The standard length of placement is generally between two and four weeks, and all interns are paid the National Minimum Wage. If you would like to enquire about internship opportunities, please write a letter explaining your interest in working for us. Please email HR@haggiepartners.com, and attach your letter and CV. We will try to arrange a placement within the business for you if possible.
Please note that due to the large number of requests for internships, we regret that we cannot respond to every application. We will contact you if we are able to accommodate your request. We will not respond to recruitment agencies.
To learn more about the National Minimum Wage click here.
Account executive
This is a brilliant opportunity for a PR professional looking to develop their career in a well-respected financial and corporate communications agency based in the heart of the City of London.
Our new account executive will get a competitive salary, performance-related bonus, pension, 25 days holiday (rising by one a year to 30) plus eight bank holidays, private health care, great leisure and lifestyle discounts, support from a lovely team of people, and crucially, a brilliant opportunity to develop their PR career in a finance-oriented environment.
Your core objective will be to provide professional public relations service to clients. Please note this is not a marketing role.
Day to day duties include:
- Devise client PR plans and calendars
- Help in the drafting and distribution of press releases
- Handle media and client enquiries
- Identify media opportunities and arrange interviews
- Edit articles and media comments
- Write presentations and awards entries
- Contribute to event organisation
- Update client activity documents
- Attend and minute conference calls and monthly meetings
Essential attributes
- 9-12 months experience in a financial and/or corporate comms environment
- Enthusiasm for the (re) insurance sector
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Creative, hard-working, enthusiastic and fun
- Good time-management
- Well presented
- A good team player
Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
The role is based at our office in London, EC3 as well as from home.
Please apply with a covering letter of not more than 300 words and a recent CV to HR@haggiepartners.com. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Haggie Partners is an equal opportunities employer.
Account manager
We are looking for an account manager to join the team.
Your core objectives will include developing your knowledge of clients’ PR and wider business objectives, evaluating clients’ planned PR objectives strategically on a weekly basis, and tactically on a daily basis and working with the account team to ensure the client contract and communications objectives are met.
Our new account manager will get a competitive salary, pension, 25 days holiday (rising by one a year to 30) plus eight bank holidays, private health care, performance-related bonus, flexible working, support from a lovely team of people and crucially, a brilliant opportunity to develop their PR career in a finance-oriented environment.
You’ll currently be a senior account executive or an account manager in a PR agency, working across a number of corporate accounts, ideally in financial services, or working in house at PR / comms manager level.
To be considered for this position you must have the following skills and experience:
- Solid B2B/corporate PR experience
- Excellent media relations skills and a strong news sense
- Proven ability to manage and lead others
- Solid relationship-building skills
- Impeccable writing skills
- A keen eye for detail
- A team player
Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
The role is based at our office in London, EC3 as well as from home.
Please apply with a covering letter of not more than 300 words and a recent CV to HR@haggiepartners.com. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Haggie Partners is an equal opportunities employer.
Account director
We are looking for an account director to join the team.
Our new account director will get a competitive salary, pension, 25 days holiday (rising by one a year to 30) plus eight bank holidays, private health care, performance-related bonus, flexible working, support from a lovely team of people and crucially, a brilliant opportunity to develop their PR career in a finance-oriented environment.
Core objectives
- Continually improve understanding of PR strategy and tactics
- Provide professional PR services to clients
- Develop demonstrable knowledge of clients’ PR and wider business objectives
- Demonstrate clear understanding of relevant markets
- Establish a firm knowledge of your clients, their industry issues, their publications, and wider industry publications
- Evaluate clients’ planned PR objectives strategically on a weekly basis, and tactically on a daily basis
- Strive to ensure a profitable relationship with clients
- Ensure our own business objectives are achieved through the effective management and development of team members
- Maintain acceptable profit margins and under/over-servicing levels within the accounts directed
Day-to-day duties
- Manage and take responsibility for the agreed client programme
- Maintain close and regular client contact; anticipate potential problem areas, devise solutions and communicate to client
- Focus on adding value through evaluation of activities
- Lead the account team to ensure that client objectives are met through the development, implementation and review process
- Aim continuously for best practice to assist in meeting client contract objectives with optimum use of time and value delivered
- Develop and broaden a client following for the team to a level where the client has a clear respect for the value of your opinion
- Identify ways of developing the account
Expectations of the role
- Show the ability to lead others
- Remain calm under pressure
- Supervisory responsibilities: identify staffing issues and needs, adopt or create processes to meet those needs
- Instil confidence, motivate and inspire clients and colleagues
- Communicate confidently across all levels, internally, and externally (contacts, press and clients)
- Apply time management principles to balance workloads for you and your team
- Take responsibility for personal development through follow-up of reviews and evaluation of training against personal development
New business
- Contribute to all new business initiatives including the development of relationships with extensive market contacts and the advisory community; conducting research; writing presentations; and working with partners to ensure smooth integration of new business
Hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday.
The role is based at our office in London, EC3 as well as from home.
Please apply with a covering letter of not more than 300 words and a recent CV to HR@haggiepartners.com. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Haggie Partners is an equal opportunities employer.