Senior Account Executive (Marketing)

Midas; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and award-winning integrated communications agency as a Senior Account Executive in Marketing. This role offers the chance to engage with a diverse array of clients in the arts, culture, and entertainment sectors. You will be at the forefront of exciting marketing campaigns, utilizing your digital marketing skills and creativity to enhance client visibility and engagement. Collaborate with a passionate team, design compelling content, and manage social media strategies that resonate with audiences. This is an incredible opportunity to grow your career while working with some of the UK's leading cultural brands in a vibrant and supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Career Growth Opportunities

Monthly Culture Club

Annual Culture Bonus

23 Days Holiday

Summer Hours Policy

Vibrant Location

Free Membership to Arboretum Club

Internal Training and Mentoring

Regular Cultural Events Access

Qualifications

• Experience in digital marketing and running marketing activities.
• Strong understanding of social media trends and tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the Marketing team across projects and campaigns.
• Own and deliver targeted social media campaigns.

Skills

Digital Marketing

Content Creation

Social Media Management

Interpersonal Skills

Graphic Design

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Flexibility

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Award-winning integrated communications agency, Midas, has an opening for a Senior Account Executive (Marketing)

The Opportunity:

Our new Senior Account Executive - Marketing will have the opportunity to work on an incredible range of arts, culture & entertainment clients spanning books, music, visual arts, live events, prizes, exhibitions, festivals, and beyond.

Our clients include internationally renowned organisations such as Affordable Art Fair, Bookshop.org and BookTrust, much loved festivals including Henley Festival and Cliveden Literature Festival, prestigious literary prizes like the Windham Campbell Prizes and Wolfson History Prize, respected organisations like The London Book Fair, and many leading publishers including Bloomsbury, Headline, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Oxford Children’s, and Dialogue Books not to mention some of the UKs biggest authors in Patricia Cornwell and Maggie O’Farrell.

Who We’re Looking For

As an agency that lives and breathes all things culture, we’re looking for someone who shares our passion for books, culture, heritage and the arts.

The ideal candidate will be an up & coming savvy digital marketer, with a flair for content creation and keen eye on consumer trends. You will have experience of running marketing activity, a passion for social media, great interpersonal skills, and show a talent for visual communication through graphic design & video.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Play a key role in supporting the Marketing team across a range of projects and campaigns on behalf of a wider range of clients in the publishing & arts sectors
2. Demonstrate excellent client communication & service delivery, and contribute to the maintenance of positive account relationships
3. Own & deliver targeted social media campaigns, with input on tactics & outcome, supported by the senior marketing team
4. Attend client meetings and input into client updates & reports where necessary
5. Assist the management of our network of influencer & creator talent, and manage limited influencer campaigns
6. Monitor the digital landscape (including social media updates, influencers, talent agencies, events), including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires, social media sites and blogs, for opportunities for clients
7. Cultivate and maintain relationships with key influencer & creator contacts in the books, arts and culture landscape
8. Design assets for organic & paid social media campaigns
9. Contribute to Midas social media channels & company website, creating campaigns to build the company profile & celebrate campaign work & successes
10. Represent Midas at external events, industry forums, conferences, pitches, presentations and seminars
11. Build strong relationships and networks with colleagues, clients and talent agencies

Skills & Experience:

1. Strong understanding of social media/digital marketing trends, tools, and best practices
2. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
3. Some experience on paid social & digital marketing
4. Experience working with influencers & creators
5. Understanding of social media platforms & performance analytics
6. Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work on multiple projects at once
7. A can-do attitude, willing to take on a wide variety of tasks and clients, with the understanding that every task allocated is a learning opportunity
8. Flexibility, determination, enthusiasm and the ability to cope well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
9. Graphic Design skills a plus, ideally proficient in Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign
10. Demonstrable love of books, culture & the arts a must!
11. We are looking for someone with a positive outlook, and willing to give anything a try
12. Flexibility and adaptability, someone who doesn’t want the same old thing day in, day out
13. Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high achieving environment
14. Calm and clear-thinking under pressure, with natural problem-solving ability
15. Resilience and tenacity, who sees things through until the end and sees all experiences as learning opportunities
16. Someone who values teamwork and loves to celebrate their colleagues’ success as much as their own
17. High level of accountability and conscientiousness – ability to own the outcome of their work and strive to improve in all areas

What We’re Offering:

1. A competitive starting salary dependent on experience starting at c.£28k, plus benefits
2. The opportunity to work with some of the UK’s leading culture brands and creative individuals
3. Career growth, and the opportunity to forge your own area of expertise and follow your passions
4. A supportive team and a stimulating work environment
5. Internal training and mentoring to help you progress in your career
6. A monthly culture club covered by the company, which in the past include theatre trips, gallery visits, pottery painting and cinema outings
7. An annual culture bonus to a subscription/membership of your choice
8. 23 days holiday plus extra gifted days for the two-week office closure over Christmas and New Year
9. A fantastic summer hours policy, where all staff can work extended days Mon- Thurs and take off Friday afternoons in the summer months – this time off is in addition to holiday allocation
10. An enviable, vibrant location in the middle of the West End, sandwiched between Trafalgar and Leicester Squares, with all the amazing theatres, galleries and shops on our doorstep
11. Regular opportunities to attend client cultural events such as book launches, awards, festivals, gallery openings etc.
12. Free membership to the Arboretum member’s club in our building (London’s first net zero member’s club), which has a gym & table tennis
13. Hybrid working with 2 days in our offices in Central London

To apply:

Please email a full CV with a covering letter to [e-mail] with the subject line: SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (YOUR NAME)

Midas is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.