Junior Account Executive

JOB TITLE: Junior Account Executive

LOCATION: Abu Dhabi

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time

REPORTING TO: Account Manager

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Account Executive role exists to provide day-to-day support across client accounts, ensuring smooth delivery of communication activities, media relations, reporting, and administrative coordination. The position plays a key role in maintaining quality client service, accurate documentation, and consistent media engagement across the agency’s active portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Account Managers and Account Directors with client servicing, campaign delivery, and reporting.
• Coordinate media relations activities, including press release distribution, tracking coverage, and maintaining journalist databases.
• Manage administrative and reporting requirements for assigned clients, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
• Assist with event coordination, content scheduling, and internal communication updates for client activities.
• Maintain internal systems (job bags, WIP reports, media trackers) and support financial administration such as timesheets and job costing.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications or a related field.
• 1-2 years of agency experience.
• Bilingual - Arabic and English
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Knowledge of media relations and reporting tools.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Confidence in liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

WHY JOIN US?

• Be part of a global, growing organisation with exposure across multiple markets.
• Work in a collaborative, multicultural environment.
• Opportunity for career growth as the organisation expands.

ABOUT ACORN STRATEGY

Voted Large Agency of the Year and winner of multiple international awards, Acorn Strategy is a full-service communications consultancy with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Perth, and London, and an ever-expanding client roster. We are an integrated marketing, public relations, and digital consultancy that delivers sharp, agile, and creative strategies to help grow our clients’ business.

OUR CULTURE

We understand that our success depends on recruiting and retaining the highest quality individuals. We have created an environment for people to grow and learn through a culture that empowers creativity, innovation, and professionalism. The core values we live by are collaboration, agility, bravery, curiosity, and growth.

OUR PEOPLE

Over the years we have come to realise that although each of our team members are unique, we each share a series of personal traits that have successfully linked us culturally as a team and as an agency at large.

ACORN STRATEGY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating and building a respectful and empowering environment. We aim to create an inclusive workplace that supports our diversity and increases our potential to produce work that better represents and resonates with the world around us.