Assistant Account Manager (Sales - Events Management)

Pico Hub Services Sdn Bhd; Selangor; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading event management company in Malaysia is seeking a dynamic individual to manage client relationships and ensure the successful delivery of events. The role involves identifying new business opportunities, leading proposals, and growing the business both locally and regionally. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in account management. Strong project management skills and the ability to foster long-term relationships with clients are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in account management or client engagement, preferably in events management.
• Ability to effectively engage with corporate clients.

Responsibilities

• Managing client relationships and ensuring successful delivery of events.
• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.
• Leading pitches and proposal development.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with identified clients.
• Forging relationships with new clients through communication plans.

Skills

Project management skills

Client relationship management

Strategic account management

Business development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Event Management, or a related field

Job description

IMPORTANT NOTE: To set you up for success, the role begins with a 3 to 6-month training attachment in Singapore. You'll gain hands‑on exposure to our systems, workflows, and project methodologies, and shadow experienced teams before transitioning fully to our Malaysia office.

SUMMARY

Responsible for managing client relationships and ensuring the successful delivery of events. Working closely with clients to understand their needs and translate them into unforgettable experiences. This role requires a dynamic individual with strong project management skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to foster long‑term relationships with clients.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities aligned to Pico’s broad service capabilities in events, exhibitions, retail, experiential marketing, content, and technology.
• Lead pitches and proposal development. Includes working with the relevant team and producers to pull together the required Specialist Services to develop the proposal.
• Competent in leading client’s strategies and to identify client’s needs and to create strategies to meet those needs.
• Grow the business both locally and regionally through a strategic account management approach and look to continuously improve the planning and execution of activities planned by our clients.
• Key responsibility is to establish and maintain relationships with identified clients, both new and existing. Hosting of regular POV meetings with the client to share insights and extend the value creation will be expected of you.
• Forge relationships with new clients and strengthen those with existing clients through the implementation of communication plans, thus creating strong visibility to the strategic support that is provided.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Event Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in account management or client engagement, preferably in the events management, Advertising, creative industry.
• Ability to effectively engage with professionals from client side, as well as understand, navigates, and manages complex, hierarchical corporate clients.
• Exposure on different types of projects such as events, multi-media, online, interactive, direct marketing and social media, etc.
• Ability to effectively manage project teams assembled from different business units within a large corporate agency.