Senior Account Manager

London, United Kingdom

Job Description


Company Description

Taylor Herring is an award-winning PR, social media and influencer creative agency that delivers solid business outcomes for its consumer brands clients through smart thinking, creativity and innovation. The agency is famous for its eye-catching, creative campaigns \xe2\x80\x93 which generate headlines, crash social media timelines, capture the imagination and inspire people to take notice. Commercially and creatively driven, we deliver long-running PR programmes as well as high impact launch moments for consumer and entertainment brands.

Our creativity, award-winning work, Chancery Lane located offices, industry-famous Christmas parties and team spirit continue to attract some of the best talent in the world, plus the Taylor Herring and St Marks (our production company) crew are the greatest bunch of people around \xe2\x80\x93 passionate, smart, adventurous, creative, determined, supportive, collaborative, we are a tight knit community of like-minded souls all in pursuit of the best work, and having a good time while we\xe2\x80\x99re at it.

Our Commitment
We believe diversity drives innovation and creativity. It connects us closer to our clients and the audiences we serve. So we\xe2\x80\x99re shaping an inclusive agency culture where difference is valued. We celebrate the diverse voices of our team. As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.



The Overview

We\'re looking for an ambitious generalist Senior Account Manager

You will be:

  • Leading the day-to-day client account management and counsel as part of a team on client accounts across different sectors
  • Leading project activations from brief to execution across clients
  • Participating in all-agency brainstorms for new client briefs, and leading the brainstorm for your own client briefs as required
  • Be part of the team pitching creative ideas to clients
  • Leading media sell ins, managing an effective media strategy and team briefing to ensure maximum coverage results
  • Supporting the management and development of junior team members on your accounts/team including effective resource-planning and time management
  • Responsible for providing informative and meaningful client reporting
The Day to Day:
  • Leading client-led project execution, responsible for delivering to deadlines, efficiently managing team resource and budgets, and effectively managing client relationships
  • Leading role on day-to-day retained accounts, including client management and consultancy, keeping on top of overall account planning and timelines and regularly reporting up to senior team on account status
  • Taking client briefs from brief to budget sign off, including managing response timelines, brainstorms, presentation writing and presenting back to clients as part of a team
  • Managing project commercials, including client contracts, supplier terms, drafting and reconciling budgets with support from senior team lead
  • Managing resource for your projects/accounts across the junior team (with support of team leader and other senior members of the team), working to ensure cost-effective campaign delivery and reporting back on time worked regularly to manage potential over-servicing
  • Setting KPIs for projects and managing their delivery with both the team and the client
  • Overseeing delivery of PR assets, including photography, video content, events and influencer content \xe2\x80\x93 with support of Taylor Herring\xe2\x80\x99s production company
  • Effectively manage PR shoots for video and photography assets, including overall shoot management on site for projects under \xc2\xa350k - such as engaging suppliers, drafting supplier briefs, talent engagement and briefings, shooting schedules, etc
  • Draft and/or effectively edit press releases for different types of PR activations (e.g. survey story, event, production build, video content, etc)
  • Lead media sell ins including drafting sell in strategy and briefing the sell in team
  • Overseeing delivery of account/project reporting, including meaningful campaign summaries and coverage reports
  • Participate in all-agency brainstorms, bringing creativity and insights to the table
  • Support and manage the development of the junior members of your team (particularly those you will Line Manage)
  • Strong knowledge of the UK editorial media landscape
  • Ability to work as part of a cross-agency team for clients as required
Qualifications

Skills Expected:
  • Strong experience working in PR for consumer brands (or similar experience)
  • Project management and execution
  • Excellent use of Microsoft Office (including Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Client management and reporting
  • Contract drafting (for clients and suppliers)
  • Pitch writing
  • Budget creation and management
  • Junior Staff Management
  • Cross-Agency working experience if possible
Additional Information

If you have any adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD2993863
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    London, United Kingdom
  • Education
    Not mentioned