Account Executive

We’re looking to hire Account Executives to help us develop engaging, creative, and high-quality strategic communications activities for our clients in the private and public sectors.

As an Account Executive at GTG, you’ll work extremely closely with our high-profile clients to understand their strategic objectives and communications needs, gather requirements on new projects, lead workshops, and collaborate in the development of high-quality communications deliverables.

We work in close partnership with our clients, spending plenty of time on-site offering guidance and working on project deliverables, so someone with excellent relationship-buildings skills who enjoys this element of their work would be a great fit for this role.

You’ll be involved in a diverse range of projects spanning strategy and advisory, communications, digital, content, capability building, and events. Working closely with both internal and external teams to ensure that every project is executed to the highest standard and delivered on time.

As a young company that’s growing extremely quickly, we’d like to hire people who are ready to grow with us. If your application is successful, there will be lots of opportunity to expand your skillset and take on new responsibility. We operate in a fast-paced industry, and we’re looking for people that won’t shy away from the challenge!

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to understand their requirements and help shape their vision

• Assist in client interviews, workshops, and strategy sessions

• Research industry-related topics and news

• Prepare communications and media plans

• Prepare well-structured content outlines and drafts for reports, presentations, press releases, speeches, talking points, and websites

• Take the lead on a variety of communications projects

• Coordinate both internal and external resources including sub-editors, designers, web developers, translators in the delivery of high-quality content

• Create and draft social media content calendars

• Prepare digital and media monitoring and performance reports

• Manage client expectations, timelines, and Gantt charts

Required Skills 

• A proven track record in communications, business, project management, or consulting
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Data analysis and data sourcing
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Professional approach to time, costs, and deadlines
• Self-motivation and a strong work ethics
• Persuasiveness, resilience and confidence
• Highly personable
• Precision and patience
• Fluent English and Arabic

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, business, economics, journalism, or a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s economy, business environment, government landscape and Vision 2030 programs is a plus