Senior Account Manager (Consumer & Food) - PR
Agency: Red Agency
Job Description Summary: We're looking for a Senior Account Manager with experience across Consumer & Food to join our team and create standout work that will help make our clients famous. Working within our portfolio of brands, you will be working with some of the biggest and well-known brands in the country. This is an opportunity for someone with a passion for all things consumer and food to join our team to look after some of the biggest brands in the country and the world.
Job Description:
We are HAVAS global, earned-first agency that puts cultural clout, creative magic and strategic insight at the heart of everything we do. We help brands become part of consumer conversation by thinking big, different and bold, with attention-grabbing creative driven by strategic cultural insight that is authentic, engaging, entertaining, informative and provocative.
The Senior Account Manager works closely with Account Directors, Senior Account Directors and the Client Services Director to deliver the best quality work across client program development, implementation and reporting, meeting and exceeding campaign KPIs, and makes a positive contribution to identifying and securing new business for the agency.
We need a self-starter, someone who is a can-do operator, can spot a good, earned story, and who has close media contacts. In addition, you will have the skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement, adaptability and responsibility to manage client activities and junior members of the team who help implement them.
This position reports to a Senior Account Director with whom the person will work with daily and requires accountability for personal and team outputs and outcomes.
We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs, age and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply for this or any role with us.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Research and monitor clients' business and industries to stay up to date on trends, developments and breaking issues, and in concert with senior managers, counsel client accordingly. Own and drive strong relationships with multiple levels within the client base, ensuring regular visibility with key contacts. Know each client's objectives, perspectives, issues and requirements. Prepare basic communications and earned strategies and programs for clients and contribute to more complex ones. Effectively present strategies and programs to clients. Prepare and regularly review detailed project/program plans including working timetables of activity to ensure successful implementation and achievement of KPIs. Continually review programs to ensure all deliverables are met and suggest new initiatives to reach goals as required. Achieve high levels of client satisfaction, driving and motivating team members to provide superior service whilst maintaining agency profitability. Autonomously manage small-to-medium sized accounts in consultation with senior manager/s. WHAT YOU BRING
Skills
Manage junior teams allocated to clients. Plan, write and present more complex materials and presentations. Handle more complex negotiations and manage more complex client engagements. Demonstrate more complex creativity. Manage media relations, social media activity and events/activations. Develop high quality audience insights. Develop basic communications plans. Manage communication measurement and evaluation tasks. Look for and make a major contribution to business development activities. Manage allocated budgets ensuring client profitability. The Basics
A degree in Communications, Public Relations or Journalism (or similar) would be great (but not mandatory). Experience and contacts within the Australian media, with key relationships across news, lifestyle, luxury, food and beverage and travel. A minimum of five years full-time in agency or similar experience and proven proficiency to perform tasks required to a high standard. Contract Type: Permanent
Equal Opportunity Employer: Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.
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