Account Director

Rocking Zebra Recruitment- Marketing jobs in Swindon, Bath and Bristol

Account Director

Calne

£42,000-£54,000 DOE

Rocking Zebra Recruitment is looking for an experienced Account Director to join an industry leading client based in Calne.

Joining an established client facing team, you will be responsible for the effective retaining and development of a number of existing clients.

This is a brand new role aimed at strengthening the existing Account Director team providing more resource to enable the development of client campaigns. The successful candidate will be required to take an analytical and strategic approach to driving improvements in client campaigns as well as identifying genuine opportunities to cross sell additional services.

• To attend set-up / planning meetings with clients. To discuss campaign approach in detail and to compile a pre-briefing document
• To go through the pre-briefing information with the account manager for the account giving clear guidance and parameters for the campaign
• To be responsible for ensuring that the original quote is updated to reflect any changes that arise during the pre-briefing and briefing process
• To produce a development plan for each client which will consider some of the following: client targets and aspirations, budgets, decision making structure, development opportunities, creative approach, data approach, testing approach
• To identify and deal with any changes that arise during the briefing process and deal with them appropriately
• You will lead all end of campaign meetings with your clients
• To liaise with outsourced providers of creative and data services as required
• To safeguard the retention of their clients and to grow the sales turnover from each client where possible and applicable.
• To report on progress in each client at regular intervals to MD & SD via the quarterly update meetings
• To have oversight of the account management approach within your clients
• To be targeted on retention and development targets

Our client is highly passionate about their people and will provide the right candidate with all the tools and training required to flourish in this role.

To be considered for this role, the ideal candidate will have a data / direct marketing / creative agency background with solid client facing experience. You may be at Senior Account Manager level, looking for that next step up.

We are looking for a warm, friendly but professional personality with the appropriate level of gravitas for this key role. You will be an experienced presenter with sound analysis skills. A high level of numeracy and literacy with a forensic eye for detail will be expected.

You will need to be comfortable working independently and travelling regularly (mainly to London). Occasional overnight stays may be required.

If you feel that this is you then please call the Rocking Zebra Recruitment Team today or send your CV to Michaela!

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