Account Manager

CPM United Kingdom Limited; Stokenchurch; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events agency is seeking an experienced Account Manager to join their team in Thame. This role involves managing multiple accounts, ensuring timely delivery of events, and leading a passionate team. Candidates should have over 5 years of experiential events experience and excellent leadership and communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £38,000 per annum, a flexible working culture, and a range of benefits including private healthcare.

Benefits

26 days leave per year

Private health care

Up to 10% employer pension contribution

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing projects.
• Experience in experiential events.
• Detail-oriented and organized with complex planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main contact for clients, ensuring timely and on-budget project delivery.
• Oversee event logistics from inception to conclusion.
• Manage creative processes including designer briefings.

Skills

Experiential events experience

Project Management

Excellent communication

Leadership skills

Problem solving

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Office 365

Job description

Hyphen are recruiting an experienced Account Manager to join our team in Thame. Do you have some experience of running events to budget and looking to move into an account manager role? Hyphen are a boutique live events & experiential agency, with creativity that connects, to cut-through the noise. At Hyphen, we turn encounters into connections. Permanent, full time, up to £38,000 p/a DOE. Starting early 2026.

The more ways people engage with a brand - see it, hear it, touch it - the better. We know that if you encounter a brand in person, you're more likely to remember it - 90% more likely!

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 09:00 to 17:30 with some weekend work.

Ideal Location: Thame, United Kingdom, OX9

(Hyphen promotes a culture of flexible working. The successful candidate would be expected to attend one of our offices in either Thame, Stokenchurch or Leeds 3 days per week).

Benefits:

• 26 days leave per year (increasing by 1 day per year up to 31 day),
• Private health care,
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution,
• Life insurance,
• Plus, other opt in benefits.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Account Manager to join our enthusiastic team to work across several accounts, delivering a variety of best in class events and activations for our clients. We are looking for someone who is excited about working with clients who are building their experiential and event propositions and not afraid to try things a little differently. Someone who loves energetic teams, high profile brands and having the opportunity to shape and evolve activity.

The work could take you from festivals to high streets, supermarkets to freshers weeks and everywhere in between! We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivery and enjoys leading Account Execs, Event Managers and Brand Ambassadors as part of that process. Someone who loves a challenge, likes to think outside traditional channels, is creative in their solution finding and is comfortable working with a team and client to do the same.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Servicing- you will be the main point of contact for client's ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and with flair - you will be expected to set agendas, manage meetings and drive forward actions
• Event & Activation Delivery- you will be responsible for ensuring the events and activations run smoothly from the initial set up through to the close down, overseeing the planning, production/build and logistics process.
• Creative Management - from supporting with brainstorming to managing all creative requirements on an event, including briefing designers and artworkers.
• People Management - be that a line reportee, field team, suppliers or colleagues within other areas of Hyphen / CPM group such as other client handlers, Creative Services, Production and Logistics.
• Finance Management - creating cost estimates, negotiating best rates, protecting margins and reconciling projects

Key Skills & Experience

• Typically, a minimum 5 years+ experience.
• Experiential events experience.
• Proven experience of managing end to end projects in a similar environment
• Can do attitude and oodles of passion for live events and experiential marketing
• Must be a self‑motivated, proactive, flexible, adaptable, resourceful and accountable personality
• Detail‑oriented, organised, and efficient with an ability to simplify the complex into clear plans
• Ability to adjust and set priorities to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Complete IT literacy in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Office 365 and general digital awareness and skills

We are an equal opportunities employer, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities.