Senior Account Manager | Events | Shopper Marketing | Dublin

Think Differently; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in Dublin is seeking a Senior Account Manager with experience in experiential and shopper marketing. You will own client accounts, lead campaigns end-to-end, and ensure on-time delivery while managing budgets. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of relevant experience and strong client leadership skills. This role offers a hybrid working model and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Access to unadvertised roles

Honest feedback and people-first process

Inclusive hiring practices

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing/experiential/shopper agency at Account Manager level.
• Proven ownership of campaigns with live/event and shopper components.
• Strong client leadership with consistent stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary client contact, building trusted relationships.
• Lead delivery of campaigns, managing scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Identify upsell/cross-sell opportunities within accounts.

Skills

Client leadership

Project management

Budgeting and forecasting

Strong communication

Production knowledge

Use of productivity tools

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Canva

Job description

Senior Account Manager | Events | Shopper Marketing | Dublin

Job Openings Senior Account Manager | Events | Shopper Marketing | Dublin

About the job Senior Account Manager | Events | Shopper Marketing | Dublin

Senior Account Manager

Location: Dublin (Hybrid)
Type: Full-time
Level: Mid-Senior

A leading Dublin-based creative agency is seeking a Senior Account Manager with a background in experiential, shopper and event marketing. This is an exciting opportunity to work across major brands in a fast-paced, idea-driven environment.

What you will do

• Own the account day to day
  • Act as primary client contact; build trusted relationships and keep stakeholders aligned
  • Run delivery: scope, timelines, budgets, resource planning, and supplier management
  • Maintain and manage projects, protect margins and ensure on time, on budget delivery
• Lead campaign development and execution
  • Translate briefs into clear agency briefs; lead brainstorms; shape proposals and decks
  • Oversee production for live activations and in-store programmes; ensure H&S/compliance and brand adherence
  • Coordinate internal teams and third parties; plan capacity and additional resource for peak periods
• Drive growth and quality
  • Proactively identify upsell/cross sell opportunities within your accounts
  • Produce high quality presentations, T&Cs, copy, case studies, award entries
  • Report performance with actionable insights; feed learnings into continuous improvement
• Operate with seniority
  • Seek sig noff from AD+ on major budgets, pitches, and atypical legal/compliance items
  • Model calm, solution led delivery under pressure; mentor juniors and champion internal initiatives

What you will bring (must-haves)

• 5+ years in a marketing/experiential/shopper agency, currently operating at Account Manager level
• Proven ownership of campaigns with live/event, shopper, and BTL components
• Commercial discipline: budgeting, forecasting, supplier negotiation, and margin management
• Strong client leadership: trusted advisor, clear communicator, consistent stakeholder management
• Production knowhow: structures and site builds, print/POS, H&S and onsite operations
• Confident briefing, writing, and presenting: proposals, decks, T&Cs, copy, and post campaign reports
• Proficient with core productivity tools (PowerPoint/Slides, Excel/Sheets, Word/Docs)

Nice to have

• Experience integrating digital/social and technology (e.g., apps, web, SMS) into live/shopper activity
• Familiarity with Canva
• Thought leadership mindset: industry piece, award submissions, or case study authorship

Why apply through Think Differently?

• Specialists in media, marketing and communications with deep experiential/shopper expertise
• Access to confidential and sometimes unadvertised roles with leading brands and agencies
• Clear preparation, honest feedback, and a people first, inclusive process

How to applyApply with your CV and a short note on:

• A multichannel experiential/shopper project you led end to end (objective, your remit, outcome)
• How you managed budget/margins while elevating the brand experience
• A deck or case study you helped create (attachments or link welcome)

Inclusive hiringWe welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fair, inclusive hiring. If you need adjustments at any stage, tell us and well make it work.

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