Account Director - Project Management in Edinburgh

This is a career making opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading advertising/integrated agencies whose awards and accolades have kept them at the top of their game consistently. You’ll be working across some of their flagship accounts with varied and interesting projects to deliver.

The Account Manager’s role is to be the key person on their client accounts day-to-day, ensuring the smooth running of the accounts to help deliver work that is strategically and creatively excellent - and make sure they are profitable for the Agency. You will mostly be working on a flagship account (financial services and internal communications) helping the Account Director produce brilliant campaigns and build the team, whilst getting to know the client and helping improve the processes and procedures. This should be achieved through building positive internal and external (especially client) relationships, the effective supervision of team members and the efficient application of agency processes to ensure delivery of excellent work within agreed budgets and timescales.

Account Manager’s key skills and experience required:

• Strong organisational and project management skills within an agency
• Understanding of role of strategy and planning
• Briefing creative, digital and production teams as appropriate
• Fully understands client’s business and market and keeping on top of new developments and trends - it would be ideal if you had experience in a large regulated account environment such as financial services or utilities
• Ability to deliver projects smoothly on time and on budget
• Assists the Account Director to forecasting future income streams and making sure projects and overall clients are profitable and prepped for growth
• Has knowledge of all aspects of the agency process model and competent in progressing work within this framework such as: Prepping schedules and quotations, taking briefs, briefing in planning/creative/production/studio etc.

This may be perfect for an existing Account Exec / SAE to step up or an existing AM who wants to be an integral part in a brand new team. It is highly preferable that you have creative agency experience, but we may consider a great client side candidate if you have experience of briefing and come from a large financial services or utilities industry background.

If you are not currently living in the UK, please explain/outline your plans and timelines for relocation to Scotland. We are a Scottish based recruiter who generally do not represent “remote” opportunities - thus you will be either living in Scotland or have solid plans to relocate.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race. Unless clearly stated otherwise, the advertised position is a permanent contract.