Description
We are looking for a talented Account Manager to join our Client Services team in London.
This will be an initial 12 month full time contract (FTC) with potential to be extended or become permanent.
The Client Services team at 1000heads is the engine that keeps all of our accounts powered. Our business is understanding what our clients need and delivering the solutions to help them get there. We do this via our extensive knowledge of sectors and business drivers, a potent blend of strategic and creative thinking, and exceptional organisation and project management skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the world’s biggest brands such as The North Face, Google, Diageo, Wella, Snap, Meta, Amazon and the United Nations.
To be part of the Client Services team at 1000heads you must be a passionate, details-loving communications expert, driven by the need to make things work.
1. Consistently developing innovative and creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns
2. Building client relationships; listen and understand individual client requirements and consistently meeting if not exceeding their expectations
3. Developing a clear understanding of your clients’ brand(s), category and customers
4. Monitoring and understanding your clients’ markets; be aware of market issues and competitive activity
5. Keeping clients informed; ensure reports are on time and are kept in a central location so the rest of the team can locate if necessary
6. Assisting in creating project briefs; briefing in and working with members of the wider team to develop an idea, strategy or campaign tactic; presenting and selling that idea to the client
7. Working with Project Managers to develop effective project plans and project specification documents
8. Producing accurate costs estimates, and ensuring they are signed off by Account Director and the client before work proceeds
9. Ensuring all billing is completed on time
10. Ensuring that campaigns run to agreed client budgets and clients approve all expenditure before it happens, particularly unexpected expenditure
11. Assisting with the production of client reviews with senior clients
12. Overseeing and owning the overall quality of the final deliverables on projects that you manage
13. Ensuring your Account Director and / or Creative Director signs off all briefs and attends important project meetings
14. Maintaining a central file of essential client information