Account Manager – EU Public Affairs, Digital Policy (Brussels)

by Cicero/AMO

H/Advisors Cicero is looking for a pro-active Account Manager with experience in EU digital policy areas to join its EU Public Affairs team and work across our digital services client base.

What your profile will look like:

  • 3-5 years’ experience in a consultancy, European institution, trade association or equivalent organisation. Prior consultancy experience would be preferable.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the DSM, including topics such as platform regulation and content moderation policy, and files such as DSA, DMA, AI Act and P2B are strong assets. Knowledge of competition policy is a plus.
  • Experience in developing and executing full-fledged public affairs campaigns, including drafting consultation responses, position papers and amendments, setting up meeting programmes, and in cultivating relationships with policymakers and other key stakeholders.
  • Excellent project and time management skills and capability to manage multiple workstreams at once.
  • Interest in developing leadership skills and in guiding and developing junior team members.

Responsibilities of the role:

  • Being a knowledgeable, reliable and central day-to-day contact point for clients and policy stakeholders alike.
  • Efficient and effective delivery of key outputs, ability to delegate and to manage both downwards and upwards as appropriate.
  • Developing and executing public affairs campaigns from start to finish.
  • Supporting the formulation of public affairs priorities and the formulation of strategic client counsel.
  • Helping to promote Cicero/amo’s external presence including by writing blogs on topical political or policy issues, drafting briefings for public distribution, generating content for our website and our social media channels.
  • Supporting new business acquisition, including working on pitches and responding to requests for pitch documents.

Key competencies:

  • A “get up and go” attitude, ready to assist in a wide range of tasks, build networks and lead on specific projects, tasks or policy areas.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English, other languages are a bonus.
  • Planning and organisation.
  • Accuracy and attention to detail.

Why Cicero/amo?

At Cicero/amo we are famous for designing and delivering impactful, market leading, award-winning communications campaigns across all major business sectors. The successful candidate will have an immediate role in delivering these campaigns by working closely with the whole team and instantly have wide responsibilities for delivering across the life of projects.

Equal opportunities:

At Cicero/amo, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

We are open to discussing flexible working opportunities. Salary will be competitive and commensurate to experience.

Due to high volume of applications, only eligible or matching candidates will be contacted by us.

Closing Date: 30 September 2022