Account Executive

My client is a corporate communications agency looking for an account executive to help manage a number of annual reports (both print and online) and other corporate communications projects from either their London office or their Cambridge office (location to suit the candidate).

The successful candidate will be heavily involved in creative pitches and briefings – research, benchmarking analysis, messaging, admin and attending client meetings.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare project administration
• Schedule production for your team and liaise with senior account managers and other members of the production team (designers, typesetters, proofreaders, artworkers, web developers and the print team)
• Liaise with various client contacts with updates
• Check client amends and proofread projects with 100% accuracy
• Keep abreast of best practice and corporate reporting and communication trends

Skills and Expertise:

• University degree or proof of working in a busy corporate communication environment
• Organisation skills, highly proactive administrator with proven track record of project management
• Ability to work with numbers and manage large quantities of data
• Ability to liaise with internal production teams and the client to ensure projects are delivered on time and to budget
• Client services-focused approach, and ability to both enhance existing client relationships as well as create new ones
• Previous experience in Investor Relations would be an advantage

In the first instance please send your CV in word format via email to Harriet Baverstock quoting reference HB1402-84.

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