Account Manager / Project Administrator – Reports and Comms projects in Corporate Social Responsibility - £30,000 - £36,000 p/a
We’re looking for an Account Manager or Client Facing Project Manager to manage and administrate project timelines, resourcing and costs around CSR / Sustainability reporting and related communications projects for some of the world’s leading brands and global organisations.
Our client is an award winning and creative consultancy / agency who offer Sustainability and CSR strategy to clients alongside reporting /editorial, campaign and content for a diverse client roster. The agency is well established and has built a reputation based around its strategical approach, creative output and the emphasis is places on truly understanding the brands that they work with and their goals with regards to Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Communications. This allows them to produce exceptional work that is executed to the highest standard and has meant that they have retained clients as well as winning new ones year on year.
Working across a handful of important accounts you will lead the coordination of projects and act as a driving force for work through the agency. The Account Manager / Project Administrator will need to be extremely strong with project administration as this is highly important in the role - confident in estimating, quoting and scheduling communications projects and setting up project plans from scopes of work overseeing timing, resource and budgets. You’ll support Senior Account Directors and Consultants who will lead relationships with clients, ensuring everything is in place on projects including setting up meetings, schedules of work, and managing feedback and approvals. You'll make sure projects are able to run smoothly (timings and budget wise) working with the various resource managers to deliver work through the agency departments including Strategy, Copywriting, Creative / design and Production to delivery.
This role will suit and extremely proactive, detail orientated, organised, and personable Account / Project Manager who thrives under pressure! They are looking for someone who is intelligent and positive and keen to work within a sociable team as you act as the linchpin on your accounts and ensure the best possible work can be delivered. You'll also need to enjoy administering projects and be strong with Excel and systems putting together project documentation for internal depts. and clients.
Any keen interest or experience in Corporate Social Responsibility / Corp Comms projects would be a definite advantage.
Key requirements:
· Developing close and strong working relationships
· Creating estimates and timing plans for digital and print projects
· Strong administrative skills - use of office 365 including Excel, Word as well as other workflow or project finance systems
· Project Managing editorial / reporting or communications projects
· Confident inputting on client calls
· Owning Project Administration and ensuring internal teams have everything they need to deliver
Key personal traits:
· Thrives under pressure and in a busy role
· Passionate about Corporate Sustainability / CSR / Corp Comms
· Bright, proactive, ambitious and organised
· Collaborative and good at problem solving
· Approachable, positive and a confident leader
The agency is at an exciting point in is juncture and will offer the chance to develop and progress. You’d also be joining a great agency team that gets on well and where there are no ego’s. If this sounds interesting and you have relevant account and project administration / management experience, please apply now.