Digital Marketing Account Manager

Talent Sam; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Multichannel Account Manager to enhance client relationships and drive campaign success. This role involves managing large-scale advertising campaigns, ensuring client satisfaction, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a passion for client service, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to account management. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact client retention and account performance. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as an agency-side marketing account manager.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Onboard new clients and nurture relationships for exceptional service.
• Evaluate campaign performance and report to client stakeholders.

Skills

Client Relationship Management

Multichannel Advertising Campaigns

Communication Skills

Report Production

Time Management

Team Collaboration

Job description

The client is a fast-growing group of global marketing brands with a focus on future thinking, AI and innovation. They’ve helped hundreds of clients across a wide range of verticals to maximize ROI, improve client acquisition & retention and grow faster, with their unique marketing platform and solutions.

The Role:

Multichannel Account Managers are relationship-focused, client services heroes who truly put the client first and champion their clients across the business. With a passion for client relationship management and an eagerness to see the company grow and succeed, you excel at clear, consistent communication, keeping projects on-track and managing client expectations.

You must be a confident communicator with proven experience managing large scale multichannel advertising campaigns. You need to be comfortable managing client expectations, reporting on performance, liaising with strategists, producers and implementers working on the account and feeding in to seniors on ways to improve client satisfaction & account performance.

Core responsibilities:

1. Onboard new clients and nurture those relationships, keeping a close eye on client retention and ensuring that clients receive an exceptional quality of service.
2. Evaluate campaign performance based on clear KPIs, and report confidently on a weekly and monthly basis, either via call, video call or email, to client stakeholders.
3. Partner with account strategists to identify and recommend account improvements, constantly look for ways to further boost account performance and ensure strong client engagement.
4. Flag any concerns with account performance, troubleshoot alongside the Head of Strategy, work hard to ensure retention and client satisfaction.
5. Be the account lead for your designated key clients - this means operating as the main client point of contact, ensuring all members of the account team are feeding into the monthly report, being aware of overall account performance and liaising with the Head of Strategy about any concerns you have over account performance, or any opportunities to provide additional services and support for that client. You are the advocate for that client and should work carefully on building up a trusting and supportive relationship with the client representative(s).
6. Work cross-departmentally, to align campaign strategies and goals on multichannel clients.

Skills and experience:

1. 4+ years as an agency-side marketing account manager.
2. Comfortable setting up or taking over client account teams and ensuring that deliverables stay on track.
3. Excellent oral communications skills.
4. Very strong written communication skills and email comms skills.
5. Strong experience producing reports and explaining them to clients.
6. Happy to chat on the phone, comfortable calling clients.
7. Well-organised and efficient, good time management and prioritisation skills.
8. Team player who likes to work in a dynamic environment and collaborate across teams.

Culture Fit:

1. A natural communicator, you have a collaborative approach and enjoy working as part of a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment.
2. You easily build rapport with business leaders around the company to earn trust and ensure optimal outcomes and partnerships within the company.