About this role
PR Account Manager / Senior Account Manager – Restaurants PR
An exciting Account Manager or Senior Account Manager within Sauce Communications’ Lifestyle Team, working across a dynamic portfolio of restaurant clients has emerged due to amazing growth.
This position offers the opportunity to take real ownership of accounts, lead high-impact campaigns, and collaborate closely with our new partner The M Collective as we build the next chapter of The Sauce Collective.
We’re looking for a passionate PR professional who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, loves the craft of storytelling, and is excited by standout activations that drive commercial results.
PR agency experience and exposure to restaurants and F&B clients are essential.
Reporting into a Director, you will play a pivotal role in bringing strategies to life, mentoring junior talent, and securing agenda-setting, feature-led coverage across top-tier UK and international media.
Get in touch to hear more about our culture, clients, competitive salary and benefits.
Roles & Responsibilities:
PR Strategy & Agency Growth
• Act as a senior media lead, nurturing influential journalist relationships and continually expanding a best-in-class contact network for the benefit of all Sauce clients.
• Partner with Directors and specialist teams to develop imaginative, integrated PR strategies that align tightly with client objectives and sales ambitions.
• Champion a client-first, agency-wide approach – blending travel, F&B and lifestyle expertise to deliver campaigns that are distinctive, credible and measurable.
• Stay culturally and commercially connected, identifying emerging trends, talent and industry moments that can be translated into proactive news angles.
Client Relations & Commercial Ownership:
• Provide informed, strategic counsel grounded in deep sector knowledge and genuine understanding of each client’s brand DNA.
• Design and implement engagement plans that protect revenue, unlock organic account growth, and support new projects and launches.
• Hold financial oversight of budgets and resource allocation, ensuring smart, profitable account management without overservicing.
• Support quarterly reviews and contract renewal planning, maintaining senior client contact and clear forward momentum.
• Represent Sauce Communications at industry events to support recruitment, partnerships and new business initiatives.
Team Leadership:
• Mentor and line-manage junior colleagues, supporting career pathing, skills development and confidence in media relations.
• Help deliver robust induction, onboarding and offboarding processes that reflect Sauce’s nurturing and high-performance culture.
• Lead by example as a positive ambassador for Sauce at all times, contributing to a fun, inclusive and supportive working environment.
• Collaborate with the MD and Directors on team-building and Media Excellence initiatives.
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• Key Competencies:
• Proven PR agency experience within restaurants & hospitality.
• Essential exposure to F&B and restaurants media relations; restaurant and consumer brand experience a strong advantage.
• Creative campaign thinking with the ability to translate strategy into flawless execution.
• Exceptional relationship builder – with media, clients and colleagues alike.
• Commercially aware, respectful communicator who enjoys teamwork and mentorship.
• Adaptable, curious and energized by agency life.