Senior Account Manager

Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to AU$75000 per annum
Contact: Hilary Williams
Call: Hilary
Reference: 20013334_1630062857

THE COMPANY:

Our client is an independent creative agency, based in central Sydney. They have a great reputation for creating robust and engaging integrated campaigns that span and partner with some of Australia's best known brands across the FMCG and alcohol categories.

THE ROLE:

Reporting to the Managing Partner the main responsibilities include the following:

  • Manage client relationships on a day-to-day basis, including maintaining WIP documents
  • Lead the inter-departmental team on client work, including development and presentation of client proposals & pitches
  • Develop rapport, mutual respect and a productive relationships with other teams, clients and direct reports
  • Understand & articulate complex ideas
  • Own projects and help grow accounts, including brainstorm ideas and manage development sessions, dissecting briefs, understand objectives and develop brief or pitch plans
  • Seek out opportunities to grow relationships with clients
  • Understand how the company and clients work including, economic and political issues, the growth hurdles facing the clients and understand ways to seek further opportunities and organic growth for the clients
  • Anticipate & solve problems by applying and adapting experience learned from previous problems to solve new issues
  • Manage the clients budget, discuss and suggest ways to resolve disputes which arise and achieve annual revenue forecast and assist in preparation and maintaining of quarterly client plans

YOU:

  • The ideal person will have 2 - 3 years' creative agency experience in account or project management
  • Understanding of agency process and creative campaign development
  • Passion for the companies brand and your clients business. You will need to demonstate how you can build a good rapport with various stakeholders
  • A good heart and a positive attitude

If you are looking for the next step then we look forward to hearing from you.