Account Manager

Bray Leino; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative communication agency is looking for an Account Manager to manage B2B client relationships and oversee global accounts. The role requires strong organizational and interpersonal skills, with responsibilities including maintaining client relationships and budget management. The position is hybrid based in North Devon, offering a competitive salary and benefits including 25 days' holiday and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday

Company pension scheme

Medical Cash Plan

Employee Discount Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Outstanding training and progression

Social events

Long service awards

Cycle To Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in an advertising agency or similar client-facing role advantageous.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving results.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining strong Client relationships.
• Presenting Agency's proposals and recommendations effectively.
• Managing budgets and ensuring all paperwork is maintained accurately.
• Ensuring the quality and timeliness of creative work.

Skills

Client relationship management

B2B marketing knowledge

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

Account Manager- B2B

Filleigh, North Devon- HybridCompetitive + Benefits

A little about us….

Bray Leino is a creative and communication Agency that drives growth through Creativenergy, by going beyond, to find the most powerful way.

It’s the way we began back in 1973. Before email, before mobile phones, when London was still 6 hours by road, our founders set up shop in a gloriously rural part of the UK. It’s how we grew into a full-service global agency. And it’s how we still look at the world now.

Creativenergy is the force that makes us think, create and work differently to our competition. It’s what makes us a thriving powerhouse of free-range thinkers, creators and makers. And wherever we are in the world, connects us all back to one common ambition.

To use creativity to make businesses grow.

Role

About the role:

We are seeking an Account Manager to join our Client Services team based in Filleigh, North Devon. This role is part of our B2B team, where you will be the primary point of contact for our Clients, collaborating closely with all departments across Bray Leino.

As an Account Manager, you will oversee some of our largest and most dynamic global B2B accounts. The work is varied, covering everything from internal communications to global events. A passion for all aspects of B2B marketing and a commitment to delivering high-quality results will set you up for success in this role.

You will play a vital role in building and maintaining strong relationships with Clients, ensuring a creative and exceptional service experience. Organisational skills, motivation, and a genuine enthusiasm for the industry are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining strong Client relationships and to be the first point of contact for the Client on day-to-day matters
• Providing team support across the business to ensure that we meet our deliverables
• Present (verbally and in writing) the Agency's proposals and recommendations effectively, logically, and concisely
• Negotiating and gaining approval from the Client for all projects and creative work and to ensure that work is carried out to the agreed brief
• Ensuring all paperwork (budgets, timing plans, briefs, creative statuses etc.) is maintained accurately and kept up to date
• The day-to-day budget management, monitoring all job costs, and obtaining approval before spend is committed
• Accountability for ensuring that creative work presented to the Clients is to quality, time and cost
• Ensuring the appropriate trafficking of all projects through the production process
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of all aspects of marketing - including new media, techniques, and research tools

About the person:

• Experience in an advertising agency or a similar client-facing role would be advantageous.
• Demonstrate a commitment to achieving results, strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Approach challenges with a solutions-focused mindset, maintaining strong Client relationships and a professional attitude.

Benefits

And in return…

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 29 after two years’ service, plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension scheme, with enhanced Employer contributions after 1 years’ service
• Medical Cash Plan – including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc.
• Employee Discount Scheme – an online platform for all staff offering a variety of discounts at various shopping outlets, gyms etc
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme, via Salary Sacrifice
• Outstanding training and progression, including access to LinkedIn Learning and The Mission Group Learning Management System
• Employee referral scheme
• Regular staff social events
• Company Christmas closure
• Long service awards
• Cycle To Work scheme
• Mission Share Scheme

Here at Bray Leino, we’re celebrators of difference. We know it’s where Creativenergy comes from. So, our culture’s open, diverse and inclusive. Whether you’re coming for an interview or have been with us for years, what matters is your talent and character; the rest is what makes you, you. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to; ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to those with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.

We are also a part of…

The MISSION Group Plc. is The Brand Performance Group.Delivering measurable, results-driven campaigns as the preferred creative partner for real business growth. We offer top-tier agencies, strategic specialisms and global reach delivering outstanding performance for brands. We call it Work That CountsOver 1,100 people across 25 locations and 3 continents.

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