Experiential Campaigns Account Manager

Whistl Uk Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days' annual leave

Company Pension

Long service rewards

Health cash plan

Life assurance scheme

Critical Illness cover

Rewards portal

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Whistl UK Ltd is seeking an organised Account Manager for Relish to own campaigns from enquiry to delivery, ensuring on-time, on-budget outputs and high standards. You’ll build strong client, retailer and supplier relationships while balancing project management with commercial growth.

You’ll work across experiential projects, develop your commercial expertise, and play a key role in delivering memorable activity for leading brands and retail partners.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering experiential marketing or out-of-home activations.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good commercial awareness and strong negotiation skills.
• Availability to work outside standard hours occasionally when campaigns or client meetings require it.

Responsibilities

• Manage experiential, sampling and out-of-home campaigns from briefing through to completion.
• Support the sales team in converting campaign opportunities and delivering against client expectations.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with allocated clients, retailers and suppliers.
• Independently manage inbound enquiries, insert advertisers, bookings and allocated projects.
• Coordinate with experiential, print and packaging suppliers, negotiating effectively to achieve high-quality and commercially competitive outcomes.
• Create and manage detailed project plans and critical pathways, identifying potential delays, risks and contingency requirements.
• Monitor campaign budgets, commercials and profitability.
• Maintain accurate revenue forecasts, pipelines and account updates.
• Ensure client and supplier KPIs, service levels and deadlines are consistently achieved.
• Identify suitable brands for campaigns and undertake outreach to both new and existing contacts.
• Spot opportunities to increase revenue and client spend across allocated accounts.
• Prepare clear, persuasive presentations, proposals and strategic narratives for client and supplier meetings.
• Attend and occasionally present or pitch during client and supplier meetings.
• Manage essential campaign administration, including supplier set-up, purchase orders, billing, invoicing and payment terms.
• Travel independently to client meetings and campaign locations when required.
• Represent the organisation professionally and in line with its core values.

Skills

Experiential marketing

Out-of-home campaigns

Account management

Project management

Budgeting

Negotiation

Excel

Client relationships

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Whistl UK Ltd is seeking an organised Account Manager for Relish to own campaigns from enquiry to delivery, ensuring on-time, on-budget outputs and high standards. You’ll build strong client, retailer and supplier relationships while balancing project management with commercial growth.

You’ll work across experiential projects, develop your commercial expertise, and play a key role in delivering memorable activity for leading brands and retail partners.