Senior Account Manager / Project Manager- Award Winning Creative Agency- Woking, Surrey - up to £42k

Job Description

(Account Manager, Project Management, Agency, Marketing)- Multi Award Winning

• Job title: Account Manager / Project Manager
• Salary: up to £42k per annum (dependent on experience)

Company:As one of the UKs top 100 independent agencies they are a mid-sized agency with a team of circa 35, working with a series of large and growing brands, consistently delivering great work.Sector agnostic, they work across B2B and B2C, engaging customers and employees. With the goal of winning the hearts and minds of their customers audiences they help make a fundamental impact on their commercial success.The Role

• As a Senior Account Manager/ Project Manager, you will be working on some of their largest client accounts and their many touch points. Working alongside their Account Directors, their Senior Project Managers are expected to run projects from end to end,taking full ownership for the delivery of the project, on time and on budget.
• Whilst there is no current expectation to line manage junior members of the team, you will be expected to be a role model for any such team members, demonstrating a consistent high level of service for their clients and internally, whilst being passionateabout the work they do - a real ambassador for the agency.
• There will also be the need to manage some of our small clients from end-to-end without the support of an Account Director, so confidence and passion working directly with clients is a must.
• The focus of this role is to enable smooth delivery of projects for both their clients and their internal team, ensuring accuracy throughout and taking on the responsibility for the quality of work and the communication surrounding the project from beginningto end.
• As a Senior Project Manager you will own the lifecycle of each project, from working with the Account Director and stakeholders at briefing stage, to enable you to plan the project successfully, right through to the successful delivery of the full scopeof the project within the agreed timeline.
• You will be an effective communicator, someone who is able to persuasively communicate their point of view and motivate others whilst using prudent judgement in new situations. There will be many different people to meet and work with. You must be friendly,positive and genuinely interested in the business, the needs of others, including the company, its management and their customers.
• The ability to coordinate multiple projects from start to finish in a timely manner to meet deadlines is essential, as well as the ability to communicate in a clear and confident manner with clients, ensuring all the correct information is collected andpassed onto the relevant people. The ability to manage quotes, scopes and budgets and ensure that project costs are kept on track is essential, alongside the ability to create and manage detailed timing plans and the coordination of all activity internallyand where relevant, with any partners we may use. Attention to detail in your work is a must and flexibility and agility are key skills we are looking for in our successful candidate.

Skills and Expertise

• Experience of managing large complex projects
• A minimum of 3 years experience within another agency (marketing, design or creative agency)
• Experience and proven track record of relationship management
• Experience and proven track record of protecting and nurturing clients
• Ability to grow and maintain solid client relationships and revenue opportunities
• Ability to take the lead and assume full responsibility for the service that the agency provides to a client
• Strong written and oral communication
• A persuasive communication style
• Management and motivation of client teams
• Competence in supervising and mentoring junior team members
• Problem solving
• Experience in project costing
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to proof check documents before publication
• Ability to manage time and prioritise time efficiently
• Flexibility to adjust course when required
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise workflow
• Flexible approach to working hours when needed
• Experience as part of a cross-functional team, both taking a lead on projects and collaborating to deliver under tight deadlines
• Experience with Synergist preferred

If this is of interest, get in touch with Grant now!