Creative Account Manager
Are you successful marketing professional with creative flair, the confidence to collaborate with others and the enthusiasm to assist with the management of projects?
We are currently representing a fully integrated award winning marketing agency based in Leeds in their search for a Creative Account Manager. The business are proud to offer their clients a sustainable and unique set of in-house marketing capabilities including strategy, design, artwork, experience, print production, digital design and build.
My client as built an unbelievable company culture which is bourn from people who manage wonderous things every day.
The experience we need.
You will ideally be an experienced Account Manager from an integrated agency environment looking for a fresh challenge. You will have a strong understanding and interaction of the basic elements of creative design, advertising and marketing.
You’ll be calm, organised and resilient with the ability to build good working relationships and able to demonstrate a track record of delivering for the client when working to tight deadlines. Some key requirements are:
- A solid background in advertising, design or marketing
- An inquisitive mind and a knack for problem solving
- Strong client and project management experience with commercial acumen
- Proven experience in a similar environment
- Team spirited with the ability to learn and teach others
- Exceptional attention to detail, organisational and planning skills
- Excellent communicator
- Proactive, self-motivated attitude
- Willing to share experiences and create sales and relationship strategy within the team
The role.
- The day-to-day management of clients’ marketing and advertising campaigns
- Building and maintaining strong relationships internally and externally
- Managing your own projects as well as providing support across the account
- Presenting (verbally and in writing) proposals and recommendations effectively, logically and concisely
- Pro-active leadership that encourages teams to perform to the best of their ability
- Generating accurate reports and status notifications
- Pitching fresh and innovative ideas to clients
- Completing projects to a specific schedule and within an agreed budget
- Using your knowledge and skills to push clients, the team and the agency in the most productive direction
- Gaining client approval for all projects and creative work, ensuring the work is carried out to the agreed brief
- Ensuring all paperwork (budgets, timing plans, briefs, creative statuses etc.) is maintained accurately, kept up to date and is visible using our inhouse MI portal
- Accountability for ensuring that creative work presented to clients is to quality, time and cost standards
- Ensuring the appropriate work trafficking of all projects through the production process
- Maintaining up to date knowledge of all aspects of marketing – including new media, techniques and research tools so that these can be used in conjunction with training, client briefs and enhanced services
The company.
This is an outstanding agency who produce some of the best cross channel work across the country. Working with a long established and diverse client base this will give the successful candidate the chance to work on industry leading campaigns delivering outstanding marketing content across the marketing mix.
This is a fast-paced environment that is both demanding and fulfilling, involving the co-ordination of key projects and pitching of ideas so you will show confidence in giving your projects direction and maintain a clear strategy to achieve the very best outcome for the client.
What you’ll get in return.
On offer for the successful candidate;
- People centric company
- A business who explore potential in their people
- Competitive salary up to £40,000
- Free on-site parking
- Monthly social events
- Personal development plans
How to apply.
For more info on this or similar roles please give Nick Edgar a call.
Henry Nicholas’s mission is to be a part of the transition to using business as a tool for creating a positive social and environmental impact. Part of this mission is our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and the elimination of discrimination in all its forms throughout our organisation. We pledge ourselves to creating and maintaining a working environment which respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.