Senior Account Executive (1 year contract)

HOGARTH WORLDWIDE SDN. BHD.; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

WPP Production in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Account Executive on a 1-year contract to lead client campaigns and coordinate with cross-functional teams for on-time delivery. You will translate client briefs into actionable tasks and oversee quality checks to ensure brand accuracy.

With a focus on cost management and stakeholder relationships, you’ll balance budgets and schedules while guiding projects from planning through final delivery in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead client conversations and manage expectations.
• Strong production or campaign delivery background in a fast-paced agency.
• Excellent project management, prioritisation and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for clients and internal teams, ensuring clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Receive, interpret and translate client briefs into clear, actionable briefs for internal teams, ensuring project objectives and requirements are fully understood.
• Conduct thorough quality control checks on all deliverables prior to client submission, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Coordinate closely with internal teams (e.g. Print, Moving Image, Broadcast and Studio) to ensure seamless project execution and delivery.
• Manage project costings, revenue trackers, billing and financial administration, while maintaining a strong understanding of project profitability and commercial performance.

Skills

Project management

Client relationships

Communication

Budget & cost management

Multitask & deadline driven

Job description

Senior Account Executive (1 year contract)

We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unitecutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counselin a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visitWPP.com.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Act as the day-to-day point of contact for clients and internal teams, ensuring clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Receive, interpret and translate client briefs into clear, actionable briefs for internal teams, ensuring project objectives and requirements are fully understood.

Conduct thorough quality control checks on all deliverables prior to client submission, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines.

Coordinate closely with internal teams (e.g. Print, Moving Image, Broadcast and Studio) to ensure seamless project execution and delivery.

• Manage project costings, revenue trackers, billing and financial administration, while maintaining a strong understanding of project profitability and commercial performance.


• Own project timelines, deliverables and budgets, proactively identifying risks, resolving issues and proposing solutions before they escalated.


• Handle all aspects of client campaigns from planning through to final delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.


• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the client's brand, objectives and campaign requirements.


• Highlight and elevate quality control issues, risks or project concerns in a timely manner.


• Work across multiple platforms and systems as part of day-to-day project management and workflow processes.

Support continuous improvement of operational processes, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and collaboration across teams.

Requirements

Confident in leading client conversations and meetings, with the ability to converse clearly and manage expectations effectively.

Foundational production knowledge with the ability to support end-to-end campaign delivery in a fast-paced agency environment.

Excellent project management, prioritisation and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple clients, projects, workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and quality.

Comfortable working additional hours during peak project periods to support client and business needs.

• Experience working in a TV, creative, print or digital production role is essential.


• Resilient and able to perform effectively under pressure while managing competing deadlines.


• Fluent written and spoken English is essential; additional languages (Korean, Thai, Bahasa, Vietnamese, Chinese) are advantageous.


• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across clients and internal teams.


• Experience managing and servicing international or regional accounts with multiple stakeholders is desirable.

Strong commercial awareness, with an understanding of project scoping, agency profitability, budgeting and billing processes.

A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, with the confidence and maturity to challenge constructively when appropriate.

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Why work here:

At WPP Production, you'll help shape the future of content production at a truly global scale. We bring together world-class talent, cutting-edge studios, and advanced technology to solve some of the most complex creative and production challenges in the industry. You'll work in a collaborative, borderless environment where craft excellence is valued, innovation is encouraged, and AI and next-generation tools are used to amplify not replace human creativity. With access to diverse projects, global career opportunities, and the backing of WPP’s unmatched network, this is a place where you can grow your skills, make real impact, and create work that performs for every audience, across every channel, at every moment.

Inclusion and Impact

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