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Are you currently working within an agency environment?
Are you looking for a new challenge?
If so then we would like to talk to you! Gillespie Recruitment are delighted to be supporting our client in their search for an experienced Advertising Account Manager.
The role plays a vital link between the client and the entire agency team. As Account Manager you will act as sales person for the agency whilst being the clients representative within the agency.
The successful candidate will lead the campaign for individual clients, ensuring that the ideas remain faithful to the brief and that it is kept within the agreed time frame and budget.
You will be responsible for:
- Creating a portfolio of client accounts and monitoring the ongoing activities related to them.
- Managing, reviewing progress and delivering the clients advertisement projects.
- Conducting meetings with the clients as well as informing them about the current work status of their projects.
- Establishing relationships with new clients and maintaining and nurturing business relationships with existing clients.
- Identifying accounts whose revenue may be shrinking so as to address any at risk customers and reach out to these accounts to ensure they are retained.
- Recruiting and training new account executives.
The Ideal Candidate will:
- Have exceptional leadership qualities
- Have the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and demanding targets
- Have strong closing and negotiating skills
- High level of analytical and organisational skills, and excellent attention to detail.
- Show a real understanding of print and web advertising opportunities.
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Have creativity, and initiative combined with commercial awareness.
If this sounds like you then please Apply today!
