The opportunity
A closer look
If you’re a senior agency-side communications professional who wants your work to matter as much as your career progression, this is the kind of role that offers both. It will suit someone who is at their best advising complex clients, leading high-performing teams and shaping work around climate, clean energy and environmental sustainability. You’ll need the judgement to operate at senior level, the commercial instinct to grow accounts, and the motivation to contribute to work with genuine environmental relevance.
What makes this opportunity distinctive is the breadth and quality of the brief. You’ll lead client relationships across the UK, Europe and internationally, working with organisations spanning corporates, cleantech, NGOs, foundations, scientific bodies and multilaterals. It’s a senior role with real visibility: strategic counsel, integrated campaign leadership, team oversight and a meaningful external profile in a specialist and increasingly important part of the communications market.
As Associate Director, you’ll act as a primary client lead, developing media and stakeholder engagement strategies and guiding campaigns delivered in partnership with digital, design and content teams. You’ll need a strong understanding of the political, economic and policy dynamics shaping climate and environmental action, alongside the wider communications landscape.
The remit also includes leading teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget, overseeing operational performance, and developing junior talent. Commercially, you’ll be expected to identify opportunities for organic growth, contribute to proposals and pitches, and help strengthen the agency’s broader market presence.
You should bring extensive experience leading high-profile accounts within a communications agency, with expertise in areas such as clean energy, decarbonisation, circular economy, nature restoration or carbon markets. Strong client handling, financial management, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and confidence using AI tools will all be important.
If you’re looking for a senior opportunity at the intersection of strategic communications, leadership and climate impact, I’d be pleased to discuss it with you.