Senior Account Manager

THUNDER MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASIA PTE. LTD.; Lavender; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A marketing communications agency in Ontario seeks an experienced professional to manage comprehensive communication efforts in consumer PR and IMC. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of agency experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to manage client relationships effectively. This role involves teamwork, effective project management, and a proactive attitude towards lifestyle brand building.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of agency experience in the APAC region.
• Experience in consumer clients and lifestyle brands preferred.
• Strong ownership and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop client relationships.
• Counsel clients on communications strategies.
• Oversee PR-related client campaigns.
• Develop and coach junior team members.
• Assist with financial management and budgeting.

Skills

Client relationship management

Consumer PR

IMC communications

Bilingual planning skills

Strong presentation skills

KOL management

Team leadership

Project management

Job description

The role provides comprehensive communication scope in terms of consumer PR, IMC and regional marketing, with a focus on tech (smartphone, wearables, EV) and lifestyle (fashion, photography, travel, etc.).

You will work closely with multiple key stakeholders, including regional media/KOL partners across Southeast Asia, internal teams and partner agencies to deliver high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing client relationships, exhibiting best practice in client handling
• Counselling clients confidently and maturely on communications including both IMC and consumer PR, other experience across marketing levers like digital, social, e-commerce would be a plus
• Contributing to client development plans and overseeing and driving PR-related client campaigns
• Taking responsibility for managing team members, developing and coaching junior team members, and line management responsibilities
• Assisting with overall financial management – forecasting, hours allocation for team members, project & plan budgeting, managing servicing levels

Requirements

• At least 6-8 years of agency experience in agency background in APAC region
• Experience in consumer clients and lifestyle, fashion, music, arts, travel or tech brand is preferred
• Able to lead the project/working team to be the leading agency for IMC communications and PR planning and implementation.
• Good planning skills bilingually, possess strong presentation skills and be able to clearly communicate messaging.
• Able to lead the process of material development and content creation, seeding and KOL management that drive impression, engagement, talk-ability and brand preference.
• Strong ownership/leadership and ensure that project team can move on in progress as well as provide deadlines based on DDL.
• Able to switch the roles in-between retainer team as well as project teams dynamically.
• Great communication/coordination skills in the collaboration over cross-function/account teams
• Previous experience of coaching and managing more junior employees.
• Enthusiastic in lifestyle brand building, dynamic and proactive team player with a strong can-do attitude.