Job Description
Role in summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning, fast-paced creative branding and marketing agency as our new Account Executive.
You’ll support the team with the delivery of smooth running campaigns and projects, ensuring they happen on time, on brief and importantly on budget. Working at pace will be important as will being organised, having the innate ability to prioritise and having a love of brands.
This role will be ideal for someone looking to progress their career in client project management as you will have plenty of opportunities to learn from those around you, absorbing their experience while building your own.
We are looking for individuals with previous work experience within a marketing or account management support role for at least 6 months and above all someone who understands the value of building great working relationships both with clients and colleagues.
The role in detail
- Acting as a point of contact between client services, creative and the client, you help manage the day-to-day flow of projects ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget and on brief
- Assist in planning key stages of the project in terms of getting the right creative resource in place, planning budgets and preparing project timelines
- Writing creative briefs for the design team
- Organising and attending meetings, taking detailed notes and creating action points and deliverables
- Liaising with client contacts, responding to requests for information, status updates and ad-hoc queries
- You’ll have oversight of the financial management of projects ensuring the team always have up to date information where you’ll create cost estimates, raise purchase orders and record accurate information on our financial systems
- Liaising with suppliers to gather estimates which will feed into the budget for each project
- Keeping accurate records, ensuring everything is filed with correct job numbers on our systems and carrying out general admin
- Carrying out product/retail audits and research to see establish what the competition is up to
- Coordinating information for pitches and presentations.
Skills and experience we’re looking for
- At least 6 months of experience, preferably in an agency environment
- Ideally holding a Marketing Degree or similar, or experience working in marketing, branding, or advertising
- An organised and proactive self-starter
- Excellent communicator
- A love of brands, particularly Technology
- An ability to work autonomously
- Good attention to detail and project management skills
- Good financial management and commercial acumen
- Agile mind and inquisitive nature
What's in it for you?
- Equal pay
- Friendly, relaxed and collaborative working environment
- Lots of support and the autonomy to make the role your own
- Opportunity to help shape and share in our continued success
- 28 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays PLUS bonus days at Christmas!
- 9-5 office hours, with flexibility
- Pension contribution per annum
- Training budget for upskilling
- Team socials and events
- Career progression with salary reviews on a yearly basis
- Commission on new business
- The referral bonus for any friends successfully placed in jobs at 3 Colours Rule
Job ID: 102067