Account Director – Events Agency

Account Director – Events agency – West Midlands

My client is a well-established events agency that is seeking an experienced Snr Account Manager/Director to join their merry band. To be considered for this role you need to be from an Events Agency background.

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure a consistent high service values and quality approach applied to your projects proving ROI wherever possible.

• Resource Management – be responsible for job profitability and effective resource management to maximise margin achieved across the year from you clients

• Project Management – including brief taking, budget control and reconciliation including working to agreed margin targets, briefing internal departments, inspiring creativity, quote preparation, client and supplier liaison

• Event Production: Overall responsibility for all areas of event production including content development, technical and logistics

• Client Management – maintaining high level input on specific key high profile accounts, overseeing the production process, attending client meetings as necessary, communicating at levels up to and including Board level

• Business development – drive strategy and plans by client to achieve business development targets, reporting on plans at Account Management meetings

• New Business – attending new business meetings and networking events as required

• Pitching – involvement in putting together pitches, ensuring they meet the client requirements and are in line with our brand, being on pitch team as and when necessary

Person Specification

• A substantial track record of at least 6-7 years event production experience working on a variety of productions and budgets

• Experience at a senior level (with varied client experince) in a similar agency environment and a proven ability to grow accounts and manage teams

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of internal comms and how this fits with the client requirements – you will ideally have had an internal comms role previously either in an agency or in-house

• You will live and breathe and be driven by content, you will get strategy and have track record in bringing it alive and driving engagement

• Experience in video and other digital solutions also expected

• Good leadership and strategic skills

• Outstanding interpersonal skills – ability to present and communicate to all levels including Board level

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines whilst delivering numerous events on time and on budget

• Ambitious, enthusiastic and highly motivated

• Flexibility is an essential, travel is likely to be a large part of the role as we work nationally and internationally

If this sounds like the right challenge for you please either send your CV to Claire at Swindale Parks, or please feel free to call Claire