Account Executive - Brand Campaigns in London

VCCP is the global challenger network for challenger brands. With more than 1,500 people across 13 offices in North America, EMEA and APAC, we challenge convention to create value for the world’s most ambitious organisations. Our founding belief is It Only Works If It All Works. That’s why we bring specialists from every discipline - strategy, AI, data, media, digital, experience, branding, creativity, production, PR, CX, CRM, employee engagement and beyond - into one fully integrated challenger network.

Today, our clients include some of the world’s most recognisable and progressive brands, such as Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark and Co-op. VCCP has topped the AAR’s annual new business ranking in 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles. Across every company and every capability, we share the same ambition: to challenge ourselves, challenge our clients and challenge the industry for the better.

The Role:

As an Account Executive, you’ll play a vital role in the smooth day-to-day running of the account, ensuring that Campaign projects are organised, well-coordinated and delivered to the highest standard. You’ll be responsible for the essential administration that keeps the team moving, from preparing for meetings and managing project documentation to coordinating timelines, tracking actions and ensuring that no detail is overlooked. You’ll also support wider research tasks, helping the team develop a deeper understanding of our clients, their audiences, competitors and the wider market.

Key Points:

• Client Management: VCCP Account Executives are the focal point of the account, supporting the team to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible. Our Account Executives should build and maintain good relationships with the day-to-day clients at a junior level and will be expected to gain their confidence quickly. It goes without saying that all AE’s at VCCP should be born multi-taskers and have the ability to spin many plates at the same time, whilst displaying charm and calmness to the internal VCCP team and client. They should be microscopic in detail and provide dedicated support to the Account Managers and Account Directors leading their piece of business.
• Communication: VCCP Account Executives have excellent communication skills, both internally and with the client. They have professionalism and presence with their clients and are clear and concise in all spoken and written communications both to the client and the internal team. VCCP Account Executives are responsible for capturing key agreements, actions and next steps and compiling into contact reports following both internal and client meetings.
• Financial: VCCP Account Executives support the Account Manager/Director in the day-to-day financials of the account. They work with their creative production partners to keep track of production budgets of any projects they are working on, whilst starting to get an understanding on fees, budget constraints and forecasting. Whilst finance might be an area to learn, in keeping with the agency’s entrepreneurial spirit, AE’s are always on the lookout for opportunities.
• Operational Support: VCCP Account Executives are expected to support the core account team in all aspects of their day-to-day role in servicing clients. This might range from ensuring the IT is working and has been fully tested prior to a meeting, or the coordination of travel for the senior account team to a key client away day.
• Integration: Written large across the walls of the agency is VCCP’s founding mantra is ‘IT ONLY WORKS IF IT ALL WORKS’. All AE’s at VCCP should have a broad range of skills to ensure ideas are conceived and delivered with this in mind. Everyone is responsible for challenging an idea through this filter, i.e. is the idea media agnostic, and is it a simple enough thought that can work across every consumer touchpoint?

About you:

• A passion for all things creative and advertising
• Thrive on working in a high-energy and fast-paced environment, where no two days are the same
• Be proactive with a can-do attitude - be eager to get your sleeves rolled up and learn
• Strive for excellence - be proud of your work and have meticulous attention to detail
• Friendly and approachable
• Build rapport and be able to quickly establish excellent working relationships
• Live and breathe the agency’s values
• Strives for excellence
• Can-do attitude
• Approachable and personable
• Team player

Contractual Benefits:

• 25 days holiday
• Private Medical Healthcare
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Work mobile phone
• Enhanced maternity/paternity (after qualifying period)

Non-Contractual Benefits:

• Half a day working before a bank holiday – work permitting
• Payday pizza
• Fresh fruit daily
• Fully stocked drinks fridges
• Employee assistance programme
• Gourmet Society & Tastecards
• Health Screening
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• RAC Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Free annual eye test
• Learning & Development
• Give as you earn (a tax-free benefit)
• Cycle to work scheme - after successful completion of probationary period

VCCP DE&I STATEMENT: We believe that DE&I is about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency, where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.

CRIMINAL RECORDS INFORMATION: As part of our onboarding process, you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions. For roles in finance, HR, Legal, IT or senior management, we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check, as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.