Would you like to work somewhere committed to making you even better? Do you want to build brands, influence behaviours and help drive profitability? If yes, and you are dynamic and ambitious then Ketchum Pleon is the place for you…
We’re searching for an Account Director to join our award winning brand practice to work on beauty accounts, we could consider an Senior Account Manager taking a step up but they would need to be a star! Candidates should ideally have big brand FMCG or beauty experience. If you have FMCG background with a passion for beauty this would be second choice. Candidates must also be experience at working on big brand campaigns and have owned projects in this area.
Purpose of the role: Develop key relationships with clients, provide client counsel to the client and oversee day to day activities on accounts to facilitate the delivery of key objectives and outputs.
• Demonstrate and develop client counsel skills, acting as a strategic counsel to the client. Create and develop documents for clients including features, opinion pieces, by-lined articles, proposed reaction statements, Q &A’s and key messages.
• Manage/drive client teams and development of plans for client work, communicating to the team any priorities, deadlines, developments and decisions made, involving key senior staff as needed.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key media, influencers, third parties and Ketchum Pleon colleagues to provide appropriate skills and input to programmes and activities.
• Continuously update and maintain understanding and knowledge of the media and market in which clients operate.
• Run/actively participate in creative brainstorm sessions, share new ideas and support and encourage colleagues.
• Project management of client events and programmes. Keep in regular contact with the client and the team to incorporate feedback.
• Drive and ensure the delivery of campaigns and events across the team at the highest standard
• Promote the value and importance of client feedback and review with team and develop a client-focused culture. Manage post campaign evaluation, highlighting strengths and identifying opportunities to improve future campaigns.
• Constantly update and maintain an understanding of client’s business and sector to improve counsel to client – becoming an extension of the client’s internal team.
• Use client satisfaction survey data to make continuous improvement to client service.
Applicants must have:
• Fantastic consumer, beauty and lifestyle media relations and communication skills
• Would have ideally worked on big blue-chip brands before
• Good lifestyle experience
• Must be tapped into trends and style
• Excellent writer
• Experienced strategist
• Strong commercial instincts
• Great creativity and initiative
• Digital/online expertise
• Proven ability in client handling/ team account management
• Passionate Line Manger, helps grow and develop junior staff
• Proven track record of taking ownership and leading on accounts
• Commercial acumen
It’s not all work and no play!
You will receive 25 days of holiday, plus the office closes in-between Christmas and New Year’s. And our birthday present to you is an extra day off in your birthday week! What’s more, you get private healthcare, a contributory pension after one year’s service, an interest-free season ticket loan, and a cycle-to-work scheme. We also have a drinks trolley on Friday afternoons too!
