Account Manager (French Speaking)

Summary

Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales. Creators of Home Tester Club - the world’s largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content. Industry-leading benefits package. Customized training program delivered by some of the industry’s best. Lots of opportunity for growth as we promote from within.

The Role

We are looking for an Account Manager based in London to present our advertising solutions to the largest consumer goods manufacturers in the world. The positions are unique sales roles within Marketing & Advertising Sales. As an Account Manager at The Brand Power Company, you will work with Europe’s leading consumer goods manufacturers and marketing executives. You will bring your knowledge of networking, sales management and marketing in TV, digital and social media to your daily work.

The Brand Power Company

The Brand Power Company, a WPP company, is the world’s leading provider of endorsement advertising platforms across television, digital and social, including Brand Power, Medifacts, and Home Tester Club. We’re big fans of authentic. Not just in the solutions we provide clients globally, but in the people we welcome to our team. Genuine team players up for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients. We know passion beats pretense and that it’s the down-to-earth who best step up to any challenge. We champion diversity. We collaborate across sixteen offices worldwide. We’re expanding into new markets. We’re committed to solutions that drive measurable results for our clients. And we play as hard as we work. With more than 100,000 staff based in 110 different countries, WPP is the world’s largest creative transformation company and is home to some of the biggest communications, advertising, and media agencies, including Ogilvy, GroupM, Grey, and Wavemaker. A career with The Brand Power Company opens up endless opportunities to learn and grow within a powerful network of WPP brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Use some of your existing contacts in the market to generate meetings with prospective clients around Europe.
• Networking at a high level, getting to know our current clients while finding potential new ones.
• Setting up meetings with top-tier CPG, FMCG, and OTC companies across Europe to educate them about our platforms and how they can serve their business, using various tactics such as e-mail, telephone, LinkedIn etc.
• Use our online CRM tools (salesforce.com) to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities.
• Work effectively with multiple internal departments to sell, execute, and manage campaigns (i.e. creative and production teams).
• Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions to understand market dynamics and key players.
• Use your industry knowledge to establish areas of opportunity with potential clients.
• Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider The Brand Power Company’s tools.
• Use the skills you develop to close business with new clients.
• Build strong relationships with existing clients to grow book of business.
• Prepare quotes for qualified prospects and opportunities.
• Prioritize and organize the sales pipeline for maximum efficiency on a daily basis.

What you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously. We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as seeing what else is in your toolbox.

Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist

• Must be fully bilingual in French & English (verbal and written) - C1/C2 level.
• University Degree (Business or Marketing preferred) and/or 3+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a sales environment (CPG exposure highly desirable).
• High levels of initiative, self-motivation and time management.
• Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Proficiency in English with additional language skills in either German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish or Finnish is a strong asset.
• Must have the legal right to work in the UK to be considered for the job.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and lucrative commission scheme.
• 5 weeks of annual leave each year + WPP special leave entitlements.
• Hybrid work model.
• Global mobility – with strong performance comes genuine opportunities to grow your career with options to transfer to one of our international offices in destinations including Sydney, Toronto or New York.
• Training, training and more training – delivered by some of the industry’s best.
• Fun and relaxed advertising agency environment with plenty of extra perks.

We’re big fans of authentic. Diversity and inclusion is fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. We believe treating everyone with authenticity and respect simply gives us the best chance of delivering success.