Agency Account Director

Rarely available opportunity to join an award-winning media agency as an Agency Account Director.

The Client

• A market leading, cutting-edge marketing company and the winner of a number of prestigious business awards.
• They provide their agency clients with promotional space throughout the UK.
• Venues include shopping centres, garden centres, city centres, train stations, retail parks, festivals, airports and bespoke locations.
• These are controlled environments where their brand product or service is placed directly in front of their potential customer audience.
• No.1 in their market their clients include Mercedes, Coca Cola, BMW, Lego, Virgin, Sky, Schweppes and BT to name but a few.
• This innovative organisation have experienced continued growth through organic expansion and acquisition due to their unique product offering and increasing product portfolio.

The Role

• To sell their full range of national marketing/promotional media solution, demonstrating the value of their proposition and presenting business reports designed to increase customer loyalty.
• Customers will be an existing list of established marketing agencies customers who are working on behalf of client brand customers.
• Supporting the team of Account managers.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key decision makers in a number of clients, ensuring that the relationship is nurtured and grown.
• Listening to briefs, establishing campaign criteria and putting together bespoke, innovative and creative initiatives and campaigns that meet client objectives while maximising client expenditure.
• Obtain an understanding of client requirements at both a strategic and a tactical level to be able to offer the best business solutions.
• This will involve working in a relaxed, fast-paced environment to deadlines and revenue targets.
• You will have the support and back up of strong case studies, metrics and marketing information.

The Candidate

• Ideally you will have a strong proven track record of account managing Marketing Agency clients from any media sector (e.g outdoor media, radio, experiential etc.) or account managing within an advertising, PR or marketing agency.
• You will require proven relationship-building and account management skills.
• Experience of working in a multi-product environment.
• Demonstrable experience of strategic planning and tactical decision making.
• Demonstrable evidence of sales success and solution-based selling that focuses on the use of data.
• Excellent presentation skills and previous experience of presenting to an audience.
• Commercial awareness and demonstrable business acumen.
• Structured, disciplined, energetic, committed to individual and group improvement.
• High attention to detail.
• The ability to understand and analyse data and select and articulate findings.
• You will require a stable work history.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A natural problem solver with the ability to take ownership and resolve issues.
• Excellent PC skills, particularly competent with Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint.

The Package

• Rarely available opportunity to join a genuine No.1 market leader at the forefront of their sector in a senior sales role.
• They are an organisation that values their staff and customers and provides the investment in retaining them.
• The opportunity to join a growing, friendly and innovative successful team.
• You will be given full training and development and the opportunity to work in a rewarding environment where genuine career opportunities exist.
• Basic salary £35 - £37K + uncapped bonus (Year 1 bonus c.9K rising to £20K in year 2) + benefits.
• Office based Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; Home based Wednesday.

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