Copper Consultancy is looking for a tenacious, high calibre Account Manager to join their growing team nationwide. This is not a sales or Marketing AM role and the right candidate will need demonstrable experience in the Communications or PR fields. This is a Full-time, Permanent role. Hybrid working options are available. Key Responsibilities Delivers consistent performance as day to day account lead; ensuring all project activities are being completed by the team to a high standard, on budget and on time Keeps on top of industry developments including policy, project developments and people moves and interprets relevance to clients and projects Demonstrates an understanding of, and make proactive and informed contributions to forecast discussions Management and delegation of tasks to junior team members to ensure timely delivery in line with expectations and avoid overloading team members or causing a resource issue Contributes to development of Copper’s broader marketing strategy through involvement with marketing programmes Earns position as first port of call for all client enquiries; be recognised as trusted advisor externally and internally as a safe, effective and reliable pair of hands Person Specification Consultancy skills: able to develop strong client relationships; day to day account management of clients, projects and campaigns; budget management including understanding of contribution to Copper income and profitability New business development: ability to identify and contribute to generating consultancy income from existing and new clients; drafting proposals, budgets and presentations (with supervision from account director); pitching Communications planning: ability to develop plans from communications strategies; execute individual communications workstreams using OASIS principles Media and social media: day to day knowledge of media management Public affairs: politically aware: some knowledge of UK political structures (national, devolved and local) Strong interpersonal skills; articulate; motivated; enthusiastic; enquiring mind; problem solver; attention to detail Salary and Benefits £35,000 DOE Life assurance Fitness fund Personal development fund Enhanced employer pension contributions after year one A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership Copper is an Equal Opportunities Employer