Creating a portfolio of client accounts and monitoring the ongoing activities related to them.
Making 'pitches' along with other agency staff to try to win new business for the agency
Managing reviewing progress and delivering the client’s advertisementevents PR projects.
Conducting meetings with the clients as well as informing them about the current work status of their projects.
Establishing relationships with new clients and maintaining and nurturing business relationships with existing clients.
Identifying accounts whose revenue may be shrinking so as to address any ‘at risk’ customers and reach out to these accounts to ensure they are retained.
Monitoring work performance of colleagues and setting sales targets.
Recruiting and training new account executives.
Development production and delivery of projects from proposal right up to delivery.
Delivering events on time within budget that meet and hopefully exceedexpectations.
Setting communicating and maintaining timelines and priorities on every project
Communicating maintaining and developing client relationships
Managing supplier relationships
Managing operational and administrative functions to ensure specific projects are delivered efficiently
Providing leadership motivation direction and support to your team
Travelling to on site inspections and project managing events
Being responsible for all project budgets from start to finish.
Ensuring excellent customer service and quality delivery.
Skills
excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
a proactive attitude with the ability to use initiative.
excellent organisational skills.
the ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly whilst paying attention to detail.
flexibility.
experience of effective teamworking skills
influencing and negotiation skills.
oral and written communication skills.
commercial awareness.
a passion for advertising and an understanding of what makes a good advertisement.
a willingness to learn.
resilience to enable you to deal with problems and constructive criticism.
IT literacy and an awareness of how the industry is developing in the light of new communication technologies.
Education
advertising marketing communications business management.