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Position: Account ManagerLocation: Reading (RG1 - hybrid)Salary: £35,000 - £39,000 per annum (+ discretionary bonus)Hours: 09:00 - 17:30 (Monday - Friday)Experience: Account Management, Public Relations, Communications, PR, Client Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, Property, Planning
The Opportunity
Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with an award-winning communications business who are leaders within the built sector. They are looking to recruit a confident, value-driven and communicative Account Manager to join their Reading based team and work closely with clients on exciting projects.?
As an Account Manager, your primary role will be providing the link between clients and wider stakeholders including local community groups, councils and politicians. Day-to-day, this role will include offering advice to clients, working closely with internal PR teams to sign off press releases, brochures, and presentations, pulling together reports, and closely monitoring and managing budgets.
The successful Account Manager will work closely with community groups, local councils and politicians to ensure the seamless delivery of local developments, whist considering all stakeholders.
Your role will include holding focus groups and Q&A sessions, attending community and council meetings, and managing the relationships with politicians and councillors to build trust and alignment between all stakeholders.
The role of Account Manager would be really well suited to a candidate with professional experience in the built environment and the confidence to successfully manage relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Whilst this vacancy is at 'Account Manager’ level, our client really values professional development and subsequently have excellent staff retention and a track record of promoting from within. Therefore, they are very much looking for a candidate who seeks a career, rather than just a job.
The Company
Thompson & Terry Recruitment’s client are a highly respected Communications business operating across the UK on a range of high-profile projects.
Our client are really proud of the relationships they have built with clients and boast an impressive catalogue of work with household names, but equally as important are the relationships they have built with local communities too.
In exchange for your hard work, our client rewards their staff with hybrid working opportunities, a discretionary bonus scheme, 25 days holiday (+ additional leave over the festive period and your birthday off), unlimited access to training opportunities and other generous benefits too.
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills at all levels and the ability to build really strong relationships??
- Previous experience of excelling in a similar role with clients within the built environment
- Strong attention to detail with the confidence to balance multiple projects and wear many hats
- Due to the nature of the role, a full UK Driving License and access to your own vehicle is essential??
Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.?
We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.?
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.?
