Account Manager (Marketing)

Lesniak Swann Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Job summary

Lesniak Swann Ltd is seeking an experienced Account Manager to join our Manchester/Stoke based team. You’ll manage a portfolio of B2B client accounts, supervise advertising campaigns, research and strategy projects, branding, printed literature, and content work, ensuring client objectives are met.

The role is client-facing and requires strong relationship building, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage multiple projects to deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a marketing role, preferably B2B or agency.
• Strong account and project management capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategy, relationships, workflow, profitability and growth of assigned clients.
• Understand clients' business, communications strategy and objectives.
• Obtain business data and market information to inform the agency’s approach.
• Debate brief directions with the client and suggest alternatives.
• Take responsibility for projects from timing and budgeting to invoicing.
• Position the agency as a strategic partner through proactive project management.

Skills

Account management

Project management

Strategic thinking

Creative problem solving

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

• Job Title: Account Manager
• Location: Manchester or Stoke
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: £28,000 - £42,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus private healthcare

Job Overview

We have a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced Account Manager to join our growing team. You will be responsible for providing expert account management to a wide range of B2B client accounts within a busy and fast paced agency environment.

This is a client facing role and as an Account Manager you'll work across a variety of accounts, managing advertising campaigns, research and strategy projects, branding and corporate identity, printed literature, exhibition design and content work.

Key Responsibilities

• To manage the strategy of, relationship with, workflow, profitability and growth of clients that are assigned to you.
• Understand and respond to the Clients' business, communications strategy and objectives.
• Obtain business data and market information from the Client and from the competitive environment to ensure that the Agency is fully immersed in the Clients' business.
• Debate the strategic direction of any brief with your Client. Understand the wider objectives of the brief and suggest alternative routes that the Client may not have considered.
• Take full responsibility for projects assigned to you, from managing timings and budgets, through to client liaison, briefing and invoicing.
• Manage projects in proactive way, positioning the Agency as a key strategic partner, taking an active interest in all aspects of client business.

Requirements

Educated to degree level or higher.

Experience

2+ years of experience in a marketing role, preferably within a B2B or agency environment.

Skills

• Exceptional account/project management skills.
• Strategically minded.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Attributes

• Attention to detail and a results-oriented mindset.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build lasting relationships.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in B2B marketing or technology sectors.
• Previous agency experience.

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