Marketing & PR

Account Manager for Award-Winning Recruitment Marketing Agency
£24-27k + bonus
Reading
Ref: JO0000000055

Our client is a fast-expanding recruitment marketing and advertising agency, boasting a clutch of industry awards for their innovative and creative campaigns, as well as a fantastic roster of brand-name clients. They are now looking for an ambitious Account Manager with recruitment marketing experience to join their team.

As Account Manager, you'll demonstrate your passion for recruitment marketing by creating exciting and innovative work for the range of high-profile clients you'll take responsibility for. You'll be involved in everything to do with your clients, from the basics to working on award-winning campaigns, in order to exceed client expectations and maximise growth for the agency.

Key Responsibilities:
* Develop a strong face-to-face working relationship with clients, acting as the pivotal link between agency and client (taking briefs etc)
* Develop a progressive recruitment marketing strategy that optimises new technology, addresses changing aspirations in the workplace and employer branding etc for all clients.
* Manage complex recruitment and wider HR Communications programmes, providing innovative solutions that challenge conventional thinking
* Spot new business opportunities for organic growth within the account
* Attend and promote regular review meetings to benchmark service delivery
* Handle client requests, ensuring margins are maximised
* Brief studio and copywriters with well written, clearly targeted information that identifies key propositions
* Contribute to the new business process through competitor intelligence, scanning media and attending presentations as required
* Take total responsibility and ownership of all managed campaigns

Skills & Experience required:
* Considerable recruitment marketing experience, ideally within a recruitment advertising agency or media company
* Ideally face-to-face account management experience
* Demonstrable experience of creative advertising
* Keen interest in recruitment and wider HR communications
* Excellent project management skills
* First class communicator
* Credible and professional
* Able to work well under pressure
* Able to supervise others to ensure quality standards met
* Team worker, able to delegate and accept responsibility

Project Manager for Innovative Design Agency
London
£22-28k dependent on experience

Our client is an independently-owned international design agency specialising in the design, build and implementation of innovative projects for premium brands. They are now looking for an experienced, creative and brilliantly organised Project Manager to join their growing team.

As Project Manager, you will solely manage projects, as well as assist the Directors with their projects. You will be a creative, enthusiastic individual with fantastic organisation skills, as well as plenty of confidence in front of clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage high-end clients’ projects from start to finish, from design stages through to implementation, constantly prioritising and staying on top of all aspects of the project and role
• Work as a well-rounded project manager, thoroughly dealing with everything from administration and logistics through to installing travel retail furniture across the world
• To take on an account manager stance, fully briefing clients at all times and ensuring that you create a great rapport, managing client relations to an excellent standard

Skills & Experience required:

• Solid experience in a client-facing, project management role within a creative industry
• Ability to manage strict deadlines for various projects
• Ability to constantly chase suppliers and keep on top of all project aspects at all times
• Impeccable administration skills and excellent attention to detail, incredibly organised with an amazing ability to multi-task
• The ability to maintain a calm demeanour at all times and not react under pressure
• A creative mind, someone who loves to bring ideas to the table, showing willingness to input and add value wherever possible
• Professional yet warm and approachable
• Prepared to work autonomously as well as work with the team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable, a fast thinker and self-motivated
• Ideally experience of the retail sector
• The ability to work in an informal environment within a creative company
• Willingness to work long hours and travel internationally