Creative Agency Account Manager in Reading

Location: 450 Longwater Avenue, Reading + Hybrid

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Three benefits

Working Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday; core hours between 10:00am and 4:00pm. Hybrid working: 2-3 days in the office each week.

Duration: 6 months FTC

What You’ll Do:

• Plan projects in advance, working closely with the creative director and resource manager to assign responsibilities, plot key milestones and identify risks & dependencies.
• Advise on those risks & manage them proactively by working up & presenting options.
• Ensure learnings from previous projects are applied.
• Track timing plans tenaciously and keep them updated as things change, ensuring the project team are fully updated where required.
• Insist on disciplined delivery.
• Be reactive and nimble in the application of processes, with the ability to spot the need for flexibility and pivot where necessary.
• Be constantly alert to potential challenges and obstacles and solve them in advance before they become problems.
• Work with the creative director and the creative production manager to support projects once they go into production, particularly by managing feedback rigorously but sensitively.
• Demonstrate a passion for the creative work and for embracing new & diverse ways of working.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of how we’re tracking against time and money.
• Monitor/manage the budget so that it is commensurate with the objectives & opportunity.
• Bring awareness at all times of what’s in and out of scope and flag any potential over-burn before it occurs.
• Strive to increase efficiency, through smarter ways of working.
• Maintain quality while helping the team deliver to short deadlines and fast turn-round times.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with the IHA team, focusing on creative excellence.
• Develop positive relationships with marketing and other roles that brief the IHA, helping them to generate quality work.
• Based on your clear understanding of all brands in the stable and the creative ambition of the IHA, support agreed ways of working across the team so that each member can work efficiently and effectively.
• Use internal systems, tools and processes to enable the team to excel and ensure time is recorded in REBUS.
• Demonstrate behaviours that encourage respect across all functions and show due regard for timelines, budgets and other constraints inherent in the brief.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record managing multi-channel creative campaigns.
• Brilliant commercial tracking.
• Experience in driving forward big ideas and working with stakeholders, creative people and producers in implementing them.
• An in-depth knowledge of the creative and design process as well as an interest and understanding of the production process.
• Ability to take and interpret creative briefs.
• Can read and translate media schedules in order to service the creative process.

Additional Information:

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? We know that everyone is unique, with multiple aspects to their identity and different experiences behind them. We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description or you require a more flexible working pattern, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What we offer: great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, flexible benefits, a pension plan and learning & development tools.

Need to know: We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet regulator standards. We provide reasonable adjustments during the interview process through collaboration with Talent, Diversity & Inclusion teams and our DEI Networks. If you require adjustments or have an accessibility request, please contact the recruiter or email jobs@three.co.uk. We use AI in parts of our business to boost innovation and efficiency. During the interview, please rely on your own knowledge and abilities to show your authentic self.