Account Manager

Marks. ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,000 per annum

Overview

Do you want to get involved in strategic design briefs for a global giant who owns some of the most famous brands out there? We’re looking for someone early into their client services career who is ambitious and wants to push forward on a strategic account. Our client’s culture is ambitious, grown up, intelligent and highly creative - so we need someone who has the potential to grow into their culture. You’ll be working closely with senior leader and our most competent, strategic creatives to deliver on higher value projects. You’ll be responsible for the delivery of specific Client projects, so planning projects and manage work to agreed timeframes, delivering work within Client budget and profitably. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that projects remain within the agreed parameters of the brief. If it exceeds the original brief, you’ll need to flag this to your line manager with a breakdown of the increased costs - understanding the importance of timely billing & income recognition is key. Be curious, we encourage you to increase your knowledge. Spend time with your Clients, learn about their business, their challenges, trends in their market, the competitive landscape. Understand what threatens their business at all levels. Partner with the Creative team on your accounts, participate in brainstorms, share insights and information that you glean from research into your Clients. About you: You’re probably an Account Executive right now, but you’re ambitious and want to keep progressing your skills, experience and career - and that’s what we’ll do for you. We’re a packaging design agency however we wouldn’t expect you to be experienced in this, we can teach you all the packaging design and brand design knowledge you’ll need. What you will need to understand though, is the concept of brands. So, you’ll have come from an agency working on brands or maybe marketing services. What we’re looking for in you - are you bright and sparky, are you capable of intelligent conversations, are you inquisitive and looking to learn and develop, do you want to get involved in strategic work in a client services role where you can grow your career? You’ll need to have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage clients and projects independently. Reward: Salary of up to £25k (based upon experience) 25 days annual leave ( 8 public days) Pension scheme Private health insurance You’ll be based at our studio in Southwark. It’s at the heart of SE1 so you’ll have everything you need right on your doorstep. Who are we? Marks is a global brand design agency specialising in packaging and brand experience. Within Europe we have 4 studios; London, Birmingham, Amsterdam & Paris. We’re not big on clichés but we are big on work hard play hard… we are a team focused business that wants new joiners to develop, grow and have fun with us.