Job Description - PR Account Director in Shoreditch

PR Account Director

About the company

Our client is a financial communications agency. Designs, Digital, PR. They provide innovative and award-winning solutions through an open and honest culture, forging strong relationships with both their clients and their employees. As an expanding business they are looking for candidates who are passionate about communications and will contribute to the successful growth of the agency.

Job description

The PR Account Director’s primary responsibility is to service the agency’s PR clients under the direction of the PR Director Additionally, the PR Account Director assists the PR Director in identifying and driving organic and new business activity across the divisions, as well as driving the agency’s marketing programme.

Key responsibilities:

For the agency’s PR client projects, the PR Account Director is expected to:

• Draft annual and project proposals for clients with limited PR Director input (including budgets)
• Deliver exemplary client service for specified clients. This will include: – Have a strong working relationship with the client who listens and values your advice
– Work to be an equal to your client – not just a ‘yes’ person – Develop a strong knowledge of your clients business, their competitors and relevant industry bodies – Identifying key messages and audiences and developing a communications plan – Delivering projects and campaigns against briefs – Client satisfaction – Understand the financial side of each account, the allocated hours per month vs actual fee and the resulting servicing levels
• Actively develop relationships with key clients and be seen as main point of contact on the account
• Identify relevant opportunities to secure organic growth.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with appropriate members of the media.

Key responsibilities:

For the agency’s new business, the PR Account Director is expected to:

• Pro-actively identify opportunities for new business, having a minimum of 5 conversations per week (email, telephone, face-to-face)
• Drive initiatives to identify new business opportunities
• Draft new business proposals
• Be capable of leading new business pitches with little or no involvement from the PR Director
• Be pro-active in understanding how social media impacts your clients business.

Key responsibilities:

For the agency’s. The PR Account Director is expected to:

• Train and mentor junior PR account team, as required
• Lead by example and ensure your team have very clear direction and roles and responsibilities across account portfolio
• Assist with the agency’s marketing and sales activities as required
• Support the PR Director to ensure client billing is accurate and ensure all costs are re-charged accordingly.

Key responsibilities:

For the agency’s. The PR Account Director is expected to:

• Work with colleagues from other agency divisions on their client projects, including writing copy for items such as mailers, website, newsletters, brochures, presentations
• Aid the company’s marketing and business development programme as required, including: – Writing or editing copy for items such as press releases, mailers, website, newsletters, brochures, presentations – Assisting as required with company’s seminars and events – Identify opportunities to cross-sell company’s services where appropriate
• Be an Ambassador for the agency across all touch-points.
• Roles reporting to this position
• Account executive (s), if applicable
• For some projects, a freelance PR Account Executive might be appointed. In such cases that person would, for the duration of the project, report to the PR
• Account Director on matters relating to that project while reporting to the PR
• Director on all other matters
• In the absence of the PR Director, support and ensure all clients actions are fulfilled to high standard and on time.
• Overall, the Account Director is expected to:
• Identify and drive opportunities for new business
• Play a significant role in delivering new business to the agency
• Maintain first-class client relationship and ensure account KPI’s are being met and exceeded at all times
• Final approval on all client-facing work
• Have excellent communication skills – both internally and client facing.
• Maintain excellent media contacts
• Be detail conscious and capable of multi-tasking
• Have passion a sense of humour and a can-do attitude at all times

Have a personal drive to deliver value to client and performance to the Company Lead by example and demonstrate to your team your role on each account Adhere at all times to the agency’s policies and working procedures as specified in the Employee Handbook. Keep abreast of market trends, client needs and competitive offers. Produce quarterly and annual review presentations and present face-to-face to client Attend networking events, seminars and conferences, including out-of-hours, as required in order to maintain personal professional development and to build networking and new business contacts.

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Job Description - Annual Reporting Account Director in Liverpool St

CSR Annual Reporting Account Director and Client Manager

Our client specialises in communications for the financial services sector. They provide innovative and award-winning solutions through an open and honest culture, forging strong relationships with their clients and their employees.

Due to new business wins and expansion they are looking for Account Directors and Client Managers who are passionate about communications and will contribute to the successful growth of the company going forward.

You will be part of a close-knit team of experienced specialists in corporate reporting. The Senior Managers have long experience of advising some of the world’s largest listed companies on annual reporting through the skilled use of strategy, project management, design and production.

As Annual Report Client Manager you will focus on the smooth delivery of this aspect of the business allowing the Senior Managers to concentrate further on strategic new business generation. You will be supported by an in house Creative, Digital, PR and Corporate communications team.

Working within well-established and defined processes, the Annual Report Client Manager or Account Director will be able to contribute their own skills, experience and enthusiasm to raising our client service, production quality and efficiency to even higher levels.

With 3-7 years relevant Account Direction experience you will be full of creative ideas, have great communication skills and be able to work accurately and efficiently under pressure. You must also be a fantastic client manager, as you’ll be expected to manage your own projects liaising with clients, designers and suppliers.

You will be able:

• To manage annual and corporate responsibility report (CSR) projects, large and small, for existing clients and for prospect pitches, providing a risk-free, reliable, responsive, and flexible service
• To provide a filter between client and agency that ensures complete and useable briefs in, and accurate responses out
• To motivate the people in the agency, from top to bottom, to deliver right first time, creative and production solutions for clients
• To administer the work-flow from brief in (through design, photography, typesetting, programming and printing) to invoice out
• To coordinate and harness all the skills in the company to plan and execute client work to the highest level
• To prioritise work and allocate time to the in-house planning, design and production resources, including aspects of the Senior Managers time
• To ‘farm’ clients patiently, positively and imaginatively for new projects and classes of work
• To provide project management support in annual report new business activity

Your Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Experience of working with an in-house team of design and production staff, as well as by skilled freelance staff at times
• Solid experience of design, typesetting, pre-press, print and online production processes enough to enable sound planning and good advice for clients
• Good numeracy skills for estimating, scheduling, production and invoicing purposes
• High and accurate standard of English in client communication including phone, email, documentation, reports and face-to-face presentation
• You must be organised, with outstanding attention to detail
• Annual report design, process, production and implementation
• A good understanding of online annual report design and production

Technical skills required

• Highly proficient in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint, on Mac and PC
• Knowledge of Indesign is a not essential but would be a benefit
• Working knowledge of design and production software

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Job Description - Associate Creative Director-Experiential in London

Associate Creative Director-Experiential

Do you want to put yourself in a position as an Associate Creative Director with complete control over how things are done, well this is it, and at a time of growth. There’s even potential to become part of the board with this very successful young experiential agency.

Agency Background

Our Central London Client is an independently owned experiential agency with an impressive client base and an even more impressive multi million pound turnover.

They provide comprehensive client servicing including in-house planning, promotional staffing, production & operations and creative resources. They have a diverse product offering – including nationwide sampling campaigns, live public events, PR launch stunts, in-store retail-tainment, as well as on and offline integrated promotional communications. And they are doing it all for some very big brands.

There objective? - to be a top three experiential agency within the next five years, and they need you to help take them there.

Your Job Main Purpose of your Role

• To lead and take full responsibility for all aspects of their creative proposition and output.
• To develop and grow their creative offering, working with the senior management team to enhance their reputation as one of the leading independent experiential agencies.
• To contribute to the commercial running and strategic development of the business, helping to ensure they continue to be a fast growing and profitable business.

The Required Skills & Experience

• A creative ‘all rounder’ – capable of clear strategic thinking, insight generation, basic scamp / Mac visualisation, to overseeing artwork and production processes (including photographic, print, hardware design and build).
• ’Hands on’ experience of generating brand experience / live communication campaigns (appreciation of some of the basic logistical fundamentals a bonus).
• Integrated expertise – understanding and competency working within other below the line disciplines, particularly sales promotion, shopper, digital.
• Commercial acumen – a creative with an interest / aspiration to be involved and make a contribution to the successful commercial business management of the agency.
• Team leader – a willingness and interest in nurturing and mentoring junior talent, leading by example and working closely with team members to help them achieve their role and career objective
• Agency spokesperson – an individual who will be seen as a highly credible, polished and professional ambassador for the business

Responsibilities Reporting to the Managing Director, the Associate Creative Director’s core responsibilities will be:- Creative Output

• To lead the creative response process and take full control and ownership over creative output, e.g. from initial receipt / refining of the brief, key consumer insights, conceptual development and idea generation through to pitch presentation and client debrief.
• Develop effective professional and personal relationships with key clients acting as the ‘creative front man’ throughout the briefing, Q&A and pitch process and latterly ongoing account development.
• Work with key account handling teams to assist with account development initiatives – proactive innovation added value.
• Recommend ways in which they can strengthen their creative product through diversification / expansion of core skills, e.g. copy writing, digital / social media, 3D design, hardware design and architecture etc.
• Represent the agency (championing their creative product) at all relevant opportunities, e.g. inter agency meetings, industry meetings etc.

Read the rest if you have time, otherwise if you think it’s a good fit then just apply. Team Management

• Day to day management and control of the creative department, including:-
• Workload allocation, prioritisation and planning
• Personnel development including appraisal processes, external training requirements and internal mentoring
• Coordination of external resources where required, e.g. freelancers, specialist studios / suppliers etc.
• Development of our clients offering in terms of future team expansion – necessary skill sets, expertise, resources etc.
• Responsibility and budgetary control with regards to creative team resources from Mac hardware / software and other technical equipment.
• Ensuring the agency is supported by successful and effective relationships with key suppliers and specialists who can provide ‘best in class’ external expertise.

Establishing Day to Day Best Practices

To work in conjunction with senior account management team to implement effective day to day creative development / account handling processes, including aiding creative briefing best practices, brainstorm techniques and formats, critical stages of development.

Contribution to Agency Management

You will play a key part in the commercial management of the agency including strategic business planning, revenue and profit maximisation, investment and expansion of the core proposition and agency diversification.

Assist the senior team in building upon their reputation as providing a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment, through development of agency culture.

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Job Description - Art Director - Experiential in London

Art Director - Experiential

Play a key role as Senior Art Director within this small but very successful Experiential agency. Our client is looking for real talent. In return you get to be a part in moulding the creative team and the processes required to keep ahead of the competition in terms of creativity.

Agency Background

Our Central London Client is an independently owned experiential agency with an impressive client base and an even more impressive multi million pound turnover.

They provide comprehensive client servicing including in-house planning, promotional staffing, production & operations and creative resources. They have a diverse product offering – including nationwide sampling campaigns, live public events, PR launch stunts, in-store retail-tainment, as well as on and offline integrated promotional communications. And they are doing it all for some very big brands.

Their objective? - to be a top three experiential agency within the next five years, they need you to help take them there.

Your Job Main Purpose of your Role

• As Art Director / Senior AD you will play a key role within a small but fast growing agency / creative team, producing ‘best in class’ experiential marketing campaigns.
• Whilst this agency’s core expertise and proposition of this is experiential, almost all of the campaigns they work on include other promotional marketing elements such as micro sites, in-store POS, sales promotions and so on – our client sees this as a key growth area of the business moving forward so you’ll have a fully integrated skill set.
• You will play an important role in the creative team, taking part ownership of the agency’s output. This will range from client related work to the company’s own brand marketing and development.

Required Skills & Experience

• You will be a creative ‘all rounder’ – a clear strategic thinking, capable of insight generation, scamp / Mac visualisation, to overseeing artwork and production processes, including photographic, print, hardware design and build.
• You will need hands on’ experience of generating brand experience / live communication campaigns. If you have an appreciation of some of the basic logistical fundamentals that too would be a bonus.
• Integrated expertise – understanding and competency working within other below the line disciplines, particularly sales promotion, shopper, digital.
• A real team leader as well as player– a willingness and interest in nurturing and mentoring junior talent, leading by example and working closely with team members to help them achieve their role and career objectives

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Job Description - Account Manager - Health and Pharma in High Wycombe

Account Manager

Principal role:

Drive the management of the day-to-day aspects of running the programme(s), which will include:

- contributing to the advance planning of weekly activities - setting-up status update meetings (internal and external) and driving the agendas - overseeing the development of monthly status reports - contributing to the financial aspects of the programme(s)

Assume responsibility for pre-defined programmes and / or elements of programmes and ensure they meet clients’ marketing and communications needs. Establish a role as ‘programme champion’ amongst colleagues and clients. Live company’s core values of passion, integrity, integration and leadership in order for others in the organisation to understand, empathise and adopt these principles fully.

Experience:

Educated to degree standard in a science related subject. Proven experience as a Senior Account Executive or experience within a pharmaceutical marketing related role.

Skills Required: • Understanding of pharmaceutical and health related issues • Understanding of all elements within the promotional / marketing mix • Good interpersonal skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Sound financial management • Proficient account planner

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Job Description - Healthcare and Medical Education Specialist Agency in London

Senior Medical Writer – Healthcare and Medical Education Specialist Agency

The company

Our client is one of the world’s leading communications agencies. Their reputation for quality, creativity, and results is the foundation of their distinguished status in the industry. They are proud of their ability to seamlessly integrate their global network with boutique-agency attention. Our client brings together eight different practice areas: consumer, corporate, creative, healthcare, digital, medical education, public affairs and technology. This enables them to provide critical insight on communications strategies, competitive issues and market trends for clients of all sizes and markets.

Previous sector experience:

Candidates must have at least 3 years' medical writing / editorial experience (specifically primary and secondary manuscripts, posters, abstracts, review articles). Medical education agency experience is desirable but not essential. Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry would be advantageous. Knowledge of the following therapeutic areas would be beneficial but is not essential: antivirals, cardiovascular, oncology, sexual health

Key skills/knowledge areas(essential):

• Excellent writing skills
• 3+ years' experience in med writing/editorial
• Experience in writing manuscripts
• Competent in PowerPoint
• Med ed agency experience
• Project management experience
• People management experience
• Knowledge of therapeutic areas: antivirals, cardiovascular, oncology, sexual health

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Job Description - (MedEd) Medical Education Specialist Agency in London

Senior Account Manager – (MedEd) Medical Education Specialist Agency

The company

Our client is one of the world’s leading communications agencies. Their reputation for quality, creativity, and results is the foundation of their distinguished status in the industry. They are proud of their ability to seamlessly integrate their global network with boutique-agency attention. Our client brings together eight different practice areas: consumer, corporate, creative, healthcare, digital, medical education, public affairs and technology. This enables them to provide critical insight on communications strategies, competitive issues and market trends for clients of all sizes and markets.

The team description

The Med Ed division of our client in London comprises of two directors, several account handlers, two senior medical writers, three events staff and one admin support staff. The vast majority of the Remedy's work is on global or pan-European accounts for pharmaceutical companies. The Med Ed team are part of our integrated Healthcare team of 40 PR and Med Ed professionals.

The job

To work on a mix of existing and new accounts, leading junior members of the team and working with practice management on new business initiatives. Candidates must be able to develop relationships with KOL's (clinical, industry and hospital bodies, both UK and international) and have knowledge of clients' opinion leader profiles by identifying knowledge to build opinion leader base and develop additional activity. Candidates must demonstrate detailed knowledge of the healthcare sector and the pharmaceutical market place. Strong writing and presentation skills combined with a science degree is a must.

Key skills/knowledge areas(essential):

• Strong client servicing/presentation skills
• Account budgeting
• New business development
• Solid account management skills
• Ability to deliver from day one
• Strong writing - core programme materials
• Ability to pitch & lead
• People management skills

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Job Description - Account Manager – Healthcare in London

Account Manager – Healthcare Specialist Agency

The company

Our client is one of the world’s leading communications agencies. Their reputation for quality, creativity, and results is the foundation of their distinguished status in the industry. They are proud of their ability to seamlessly integrate their global network with boutique-agency attention. Our client brings together eight different practice areas: consumer, corporate, creative, healthcare, digital, medical education, public affairs and technology. This enables them to provide critical insight on communications strategies, competitive issues and market trends for clients of all sizes and markets.

The Job

To work on a mix of existing and new accounts, leading junior members of the team and working with practice management on new business initiatives. This crucial role will support the agency’s award winning campaigns in the areas of HIV, Gastroenterology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Oncology and Cardio-Vascular treatments. Agency experience in ethical, pharmaceutical, product PR or diagnostics is essential.

Key skills/knowledge areas(essential):

• Strong client servicing/presentation skills
• Account budgeting
• New business development
• Solid account management skills
• Ability to deliver from day one
• Goog writing skills
• People management skills

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Job Description - Account Director – Healthcare in London

Account Director – Healthcare Specialist Agency

The company

Our client is one of the world’s leading communications agencies. Their reputation for quality, creativity, and results is the foundation of their distinguished status in the industry. They are proud of their ability to seamlessly integrate their global network with boutique-agency attention. Our client brings together eight different practice areas: consumer, corporate, creative, healthcare, digital, medical education, public affairs and technology. This enables them to provide critical insight on communications strategies, competitive issues and market trends for clients of all sizes and markets.

The job

To work on a mix of existing and new accounts, leading junior members of the team and working with practice management on new business initiatives. This crucial role will support the agency’s award winning campaigns in the areas of HIV, Gastroenterology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Oncology and Cardio-Vascular treatments. You will have ideally, at least 4 years agency experience in ethical, pharmaceutical, product PR or diagnostics. You will be the main senior day to day contact for clients and should be comfortable with providing strategic counsel and leading new business opportunities.

Key skills/knowledge areas(essential):

• Strong client servicing/presentation skills
• Account budgeting
• New business development
• Solid account management skills
• Ability to deliver from day one
• Strong writing - core programme materials
• Ability to pitch & lead
• People management skills

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Job Description - Agency that works on Pharmaceuticals - Health - NHS in London

Account Director (Market Access)

Reporting to: Director of Market Access

To further accelerate the Company’s market access offering across Europe, developing and delivering market access business opportunities on current and new accounts.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Understanding of the key European health systems and major health issues
• Understanding of how to keep abreast of key European health systems and policies
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and product marketing
• Understanding of communication agency activities
• The ability to understand healthcare system changes and translate their implications for the pharmaceutical industry into jargon free communication
• The ability to identify healthcare system and policy opportunities and threats for specific pharmaceutical industry disease areas and develop solutions that will capitalize or minimize them accordingly
• The ability to engage with European pharmaceutical brand teams across disciplines and proactively identify opportunities for the agency.
• Leadership and communication skills that enable matrix working across multiple internal teams to deliver high quality programmes that meet the needs of the client

Skills Required:

• Project management
• Ability to deliver to deadlines
• Strategic thinking
• Good organisational skills
• Project management
• Ability to adapt quickly and be flexible in the face of changing priorities
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of pharmaceutical and health related issues
• Knowledge of the NHS and requirements of NICE
• Good interpersonal skills

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the Director of Market Access is kept abreast of relevant developments and Client feedback on projects
• Proactively work across the Company functions to support and / or identify opportunities for the agency
• Develop projects that are in line with project strategy and added value thinking
• Establish a position as a key contact with the Client in terms of development and implementation on specific projects, as appropriate
• Conduct appropriate Client meetings, which may be in the absence of the Director of Market Access
• Liaise with the Director of Market Access to manage Clients’ expectations so that unreasonable demands are not agreed to and that any additional work that has not been accounted for within the fee is estimated and billed, as advised
• Manage project implementation as appropriate to ensure timelines and quality standards are adhered to and alert the Director of Market Access to potential issues at the earliest opportunity
• Maintain overview and momentum of projects
• Be vigilant in detecting any potential project issues, advising the Director of Market Access at the earliest opportunity
• Own the financial management of projects
• Demonstrate an understanding of the decision making process and an ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and quality of outputs.
• Demonstrate maturity and judgement to be able to recognise when there is a problem or error and to handle it openly and effectively
• Support the Director of Market Access in the development and presentation of new business presentations and proposals as requested

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Job Description - For User Experience and Insight Agency in London

Account Director

Location London.

Package: Competitive salary, bonus scheme, 25 days holiday, matched contributory pension scheme, death in service cover & private medical cover

Our London based client is an independently owned, UK-based firm that specialises in customer insights, user-centred design, marketing planning and digital strategy.

They gather and apply insights from online markets, consumers and business customers. This allows their clients to strengthen brand experience online, win new customers and increase their lifetime value.

Due to their continued growth, their client has a new opportunity for an Account Director to join the their team. This is an opportunity to join an experienced team and grow a list of clients which include but is not limited to:

• Tesco
• HSBC
• First Direct
• Lloyds TSB
• Directline
• Norwich Union
• Barclays
• CenterParcs
• Virgin
• Directgov
• Betfair
• Nationwide
• GHD
• Office of Government
• Commerce

The role

Reporting to the Group Account Director, you will be responsible for growing and developing a portfolio of clients and providing commercial quality assurance across the delivery to your clients.

You will have 2 main objectives:

1. Build and develop client relationships to meet your sales targets for your client accounts.

2. Provide commercial leadership, direction and support to the team of user experience consultants to deliver measurable competitive advantage to clients online sales and user experience.

You need a good understanding of the web and its importance in the future of marketing & business and be interested in the ability of usability and user insights to help improve the customer experience offered on digital channels.

Responsibilities

Managing sales targets – generating and managing a sales pipeline to meet monthly sales targets for your portfolio of accounts

Client management – working with the Group Account Director and business development team to build and develop strategic relationships with existing and new clients.

Writing proposals – formulating the approach and developing proposals for user experience research, consultancy and advice to your clients.

Project briefing – ensuring project teams are fully briefed on your clients business, project objectives and required deliverables?

Commercial quality assurance – develop and maintain an understanding of your clients business, their customers and market context.

Required experience

Graduate – preferably in marketing / business management / HCI or Similar.

Currently working as an Account Director / Account Manager with at least 4 years experience either gained in an agency environment – full service marketing, digital or creative.

You should have at least 2 years experience of managing senior relationships, with responsibility for account development and management.

You must have worked in a project-based environment and had responsibility for delivering projects on-time and on-budget.

Essential qualities

Excellent relationship skills – you must be able create rapport and relationships across a range of clients and functions – marketing, ecommerce, IT.

Excellent communication skills – you must be fully-confident to take on a client-facing role with the necessary skills required to work with and manage clients, suppliers and colleagues.

Passion & creative thinking – Our client is passionate about delivering high-quality, effective and value-added services to their clients. This requires a degree of passion for what they do and creative thinking to ensure that everything they do is a success.

Attention to detail – Our client prides its self on the quality of its deliverables, from an e-mail to a client presentation. Achieving this, especially when under pressure, will be a critical success factor for the role.

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Job Description - Experience Architects in London E1

Experience Architects London E1

Salary: Very Competitive

Our client is an experience design and usability company looking to fill positions from Junior to mid-range Experience Architects to work out of offices near London Liverpool Street.

These roles are permanent and offer competitive salaries and benefits.

The client seeks individuals who have a combination of formal education and a proven capability for self-learning. They require experience in information design and additional experience in or exposure to usability testing, research or prototype development. Individuals should be able to start quickly, and work across there impressive client base. Suitable candidates must have the following skills.

Experience design and research

• You will require experience and knowledge of:
• Developing site maps, wireframes, and specification of new sites and services;
• Ability to understand and specify rapid HTML prototype requirements (familiarity with
• Dreamweaver is a nice-to-have addition);
• Project research (expert and competitive reviews, benchmarking);
• Project documentation development (specifications, proposals);
• Technical investigations; and
• User research (usability testing) and reporting.

Client handling

• You will have direct contact with clients, building trust and rapport with them on projects.
• You’ll require experience in:
• Setting agendas and managing meetings and workshops with clients;
• Maintaining communication with clients on projects; and
• Addressing specific client concerns on projects.

Business development

• You will participate in the acquisition of new clients. This will involve:
• Meeting and presenting to prospective clients;
• Strategy and planning; and
• Input into presentation documentation and proposals.

General

• Generally, you will require:
• Excellent conceptual skills with the ability to combine analytical and creative thinking;
• Excellent visualisation and documentation skills;
• A high attention for detail;
• A solid awareness of usability and EA best practise; and

Good client-facing and teamwork skills.

You will work on a range of projects for our clients, including content structuring, product and web services design and specification, and conducting user research.

About the company

Our client is a user-centred design company providing quality information design and usability solutions for clients across technology, finance, retail, media and public sector companies and organisations. Their clients have high expectations of them, and therefore look for people with solid experience and a proven track record of success. Over the last four years, they have worked with Mainstream Television companies, Big name Electrical goods manufacturers, Online Brands, Financial instituations, Government and many more.

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Job Description - Director of Corporate Reporting in Central London

Director, Corporate Reporting, Central London

A key role, working alongside the board to lead business development, strategic consulting and delivery of the corporate communications offer.

You will have a demonstrable track record in the arena of corporate reporting, with experience of digital communications in this context.

Salary in the region of £80k plus generous benefits package.

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Job Description - Senior Account Manager in London E1

Senior Account Manager

Salary Up to £33,000

Benefits 20 days annual leave + 3 ‘free’ days between Xmas and New Year + January 2 + birthday day off + Life Assurance

Location London E1

My Client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. They currently employ 180 people across 2 locations in Shoreditch, London and Glasgow and turnover of £20m.

Overview

They currently seek to recruit an enthusiastic individual, who is an extremely competent project manager, to work on the Tesco account in London. The ideal candidate must be a team player and in addition to the requirements outlined below, must have previous below-the-line experience, ideally with some experience within the retail/trade sector.

Job Description

To provide superior service to the business by:

• Supporting and reporting into Account Director
• Ensure that direct reports are carrying out their duties accurately
• Key project manager within the Retail team, working with Account director on the development of proposals and responding to client briefs
• Responsible for the smooth running/day-to-day management of the account
• Day-to-day Client contact – key point of contact, co-ordinating and managing feedback, delivering on requests, etc
• Interaction with and coordination of various departments (Planning & Concepts, Creative, Production, Digital, Finance) - for example writing briefs/managing output as required, leading creative briefing/planning meetings, brainstorms, etc.
• Assist in presenting and selling the response to a client brief and ensuring development of communication skills
• On-going administration/account support-leading/attending client status meetings/reporting
• Finance - manage own project budgets

Person Specification

My client is looking for a candidate who is willing and able to get involved and immersed in all aspects of a large and small campaign. You will be committed to hard work and able to meet the expectations of a demanding yet rewarding client. You must demonstrate the ability to work individually and as part of a team along with the ability to manage upwards and downwards, as required. You should be willing and able to build strong client/agency relationships to become trusted and respected by both Client and Agency colleagues alike. You will be able to see the bigger picture but still be able to focus on the day-to-day smooth running of the account, juggling multiple projects at any one time.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Relevant below-the-line marketing experience in a similar role
• Solid understanding of studio and creative process
• Relevant Retail experience - major ‘blue chip’ client experience preferred
• Attention to detail and good project management skills vital to this role
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working on fast paced high volume accounts / campaigns
• Solid understanding of print production process
• Has worked as part of a larger cross-agency team
• Ideally will have some knowledge and experience of other marketing disciplines such as advertising, media, PR, Experiential and Digital
• Relevant FMCG/Retail experience

Development Issues

A learning focus is desirable. A full induction programme will be in place. On successful completion of the probation period and if not already achieved, there will be the opportunity to complete an MCCA excellence in Account Direction course (as required).

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Job Description - New Media - Digital Designer in London E1

New Media - Digital Designer

The Company:

Our client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. They currently employs 200 people across 2 locations in London and Glasgow and turnover £15m+.

Overview: Digital Department

The digital department has been running for over 7 years and has been responsible for delivering award winning digital solutions supporting the agency’s traditional marketing and creative competencies. A department of 30 people, they are currently in a period of significant growth and the specialists in the team include Designers, Programmers, Producers and Senior Managers.

Job Description:

• Produce designs for a range of digital projects, most commonly for online advertising, flash animations, websites and email marketing.
• Work from briefs delivered by Account Handlers, Project Managers or from initial idea’s and scamps drawn up by the Art Director

Person Specification:

The candidate will be experienced in designing for web, mobile and other emerging technologies, and will possess a strong ability to carry initial ideas through into fully workable solutions within short timescales. Working within the growing design team the candidate will be passionate about digital and have the talent and drive to create great looking award-winning work.

Essential experience and skills required for position:

• 3 years + experience of working in digital media with particular emphasis on blue-chip clients.
• Superior production skills as projects must be completed to an extremely high level using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Comprehensive understanding of what works on the internet.
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/Flash).
• An eye for detail.
• A solid understanding of usability and accessibility principles.
• Works well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to interpret and work with corporate brand guidelines.
• Understanding of designing to accessibility and usability standards.
• Experience of web design for large corporate/FMCG clients.
• Solid skills in typography /layout/colour.

Desired skills

Intermediate to highly skilled in After Effects and ActionScript 1.0 / 2.0

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Job Description - Senior Account Manager in East London (E1)

Senior Account Manager

The Company

Our Client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. Our client currently employ 180 people across 2 locations in London and Scotland and have an impressive £15m turnover.

Overview:

They currently seek to recruit an enthusiastic individual, who is an extremely competent project manager, to work on the Tesco account near Liverpool Street London. The candidate must be a team player and in addition to the requirements outlined below, must have previous below-the-line experience, ideally with some experience within the retail / trade sector.

Job Description:

• To provide superior service to the business by:
• Supporting and reporting into the Account Director
• Ensure that direct reports are carrying out their duties accurately
• Key project manager within the Retail team, working with Account director on the development of proposals and responding to client briefs
• Responsible for the smooth running/day-to-day management of the account
• Day-to-day Client contact – key point of contact, co-ordinating and managing feedback, delivering on requests, etc.
• Interaction with and coordination of various company departments (Planning & Concepts, Creative, Production, Digital, Finance) - for example writing briefs/managing output as required, leading creative briefing/planning meetings, brainstorms, etc.
• Assist in presenting and selling the response to a client brief and ensuring development of communication skills
• On-going administration/account support – leading/attending client status meetings/reporting
• Finance – manage own project budgets

Person Specification:

Our client is looking for a candidate who is willing and able to get involved and immersed in all aspects of a large and small campaign. You must be committed to hard work and be able to meet the expectations of a demanding yet rewarding client. The individual must demonstrate the ability to work individually and as part of a team along with the ability to manage upwards and downwards, as required. The candidate should be willing and able to build strong client/agency relationships to become trusted and respected by both Client and Agency colleagues alike. This individual should be able to see the bigger picture but still be able to focus on the day-to-day smooth running of the account, juggling multiple projects at any one time.

Essential experience and skills required for position:

• Relevant below-the-line marketing experience in a similar role.
• Solid understanding of studio and creative process
• Relevant Retail experience – major ‘blue chip’ client experience preferred
• Attention to detail and good project management skills vital to this role
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of working on fast paced high volume accounts / campaigns
• Solid understanding of print production process
• Has worked as part of a larger cross-agency team
• Ideally will have some knowledge and experience of other marketing disciplines such as advertising, media, PR, Experiential and Digital
• Relevant FMCG / Retail experience

Development opportunities:

A learning focus is desirable. A full induction programme will be in place. On successful completion of the probation period and if not already achieved, there will be the opportunity to complete an MCCA excellence in Account Direction course (as required).

Reason for recruiting:

Team expansion

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Job Description - and Usability and Accessibility in London Bridge

Web Designer

Location

South East London

Our London, based client is now looking for a talented designer to join the web team and work on exciting multimedia projects. This is an enthusiastic, professional and growing company.

The workplace is very relaxed and friendly; they all work closely together and take pride in producing top quality websites and multimedia applications. More recently, they have won some fantastic projects with Deloitte, Gallaher, JVC, Telewest, and Cap Gemini.

They are presently based in South London, but they are re-locating to premises near London Bridge in the New Year.

You will be offered the opportunity to work on a variety of high profile multimedia projects with a competitive salary and performance related bonuses.

We are looking for a designer with the following skills:

• An outstanding flair for design
• A good knowledge of CSS, Usability and Accessibility.
• Strong organisational skills and a good team player
• Other design skills would be beneficial but not essential (print, multimedia).

What can we offer you?

• Career progression and cross training in design and development skills
• Competitive salary and performance related bonus
• Involvement in exciting multimedia projects

Salary

BP 27,000 - GBP 30,000

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Job Description - Account Executive – Experiential in Nr Liverpool Street

Account Executive – Experiential

The Company:

Our client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. The company currently employ people across 2 locations in London and Glasgow and has a turnover of £15m.

Overview:

The purpose of this role is to provide account management and support to new and existing client projects within the experiential team. The aim is to support the smooth day to day running of the experiential output.

Job Description:

To provide superior service to the business by:

• Supporting in the administration, facilitation and co-ordination of experiential projects and the experiential offering in conjunction with the SAE/AM and wider team.
• Liaising closely with all internal departments to understand workflow.
• Ensuring deadlines are met and budgets adhered to.
• Participating in brainstorms across the agency to understand the business and learn from current projects.
• Developing client relationships and ensuring that requests are dealt with effectively and in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring attention to detail in all forms of administration, communication and provision of financial information.
• Developing relationships with relevant third party providers and negotiate competitive pricing and service levels to best suit the client and agency requirements.
• Developing processes to manage clear communication internally and externally.
• Continuing to develop own skills by working closely with more senior team members and ensuring a clear understanding of the working practices within the team and the company. Striving for continuous professional development.
• Keeping up to date with current trends in the marketplace and developing an understanding of competitor activity. Developing research skills.
• Supporting the growth of the Experiential team and being a champion of the discipline in the company and with all contacts.
• Raising PO’s/T’s & C’s and adhering to the company’s financial processes.
• Fulfilling other responsibilities as assigned.

Person Specification:

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Has good communication and interpersonal skills
• Uses own initiative
• Pays strong attention to detail
• Strong professional attitude
• Has the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Has strong time management, organisational and planning skills

Essential experience and skills required for position:

• Events and experiential experience
• The ability to use own initiative
• Innovative and creative qualities
• Self motivation skills, passion, drive and can be a role model for others.
• Superior organisational skills
• The ability to work towards and meet deadlines within budget
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent communicator

Salary and benefits package:

£20-22,000 salary + 20 days annual leave + 3 ‘free’ days between Xmas and New Year+ January 2 + birthday day off + Life Assurance.

Development opportunities:

Opportunity to develop strong account management skills and learn from other members of account handling staff in the experiential department. Must have a solid understanding of the comanys internal processes.

Reason for recruiting:

Team expansion

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Job Description - for the Peugeot account (Languages required: French and English) in Nr Liverpool Street

The Company:

Our client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. They currently employs people across 2 locations in Shoreditch, London and Glasgow and have a turnover of £15m.

Overview:

The Peugeot UK account team is responsible for the design and production of all UK dealership brochures, which can be split into two categories:

• Range brochures : adapting a master brochure from France for the UK through an on-line brochure production system (full training will be provided).
• Tactical brochures are designed in-house because they are product specific and feature the models only available in the UK.
• They are produced as and when required and usually require a studio/location shoot.

The Peugeot Paris team also work directly with head office in France to produce the original designs and photography for the global brochures from conception through to studio and location shoots to delivering the final brochure. All team members need to be fluent in French and English.

Job Description:

To provide superior service to the business by:

• Support 2 SAMs on both the UK and Paris accounts.
• For the UK, run on-line brochure production system, and co-ordinate the design and production of UK specific brochures from brief to final artwork to print.
• For Paris, run the design of multilingual and accessory brochures and assist on shoot planning.
• Organise and track costs and travel for the design team on their studio or location shoots.
• Finance : keep a track of all costs and monthly billings.
• Quality control.
• Overseeing some digital projects and work on additional material and briefs.
• All other duties as assigned.

Essential experience and skills required for position:

• Bilingual French and English – no exceptions
• A passion and flair for design and strong design management skills
• Experience of briefing and working with designers
• Strong client relationship and business skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Car industry knowledge a plus
• Good commercial acumen
• Knowledge of digital projects a plus

Salary and benefits package:

c24K salary + 20 days annual leave + 3 ‘free’ days between Xmas and New Year+ January 2 + birthday day off + Life Assurance.

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Job Description - Digital Designer in Nr Liverpool Street

Digital Designer

The Company:

Our client is a multi-disciplined marketing services agency growing at an exceptional rate. Areas of best of class specialisations include Digital, Promotions, Design, Experiential and Sports Sponsorship. They currently employ people across 2 locations in Shoreditch, London and Glasgow and have a respectable turnover of £15m.

Overview:

Working closely with the whole Digital team to define solutions to client briefs and bring these solutions to life in creative and design terms. This would involve working on a variety of digital campaigns, including large scale content managed websites, promotional microsites, viral campaigns, banner adverts or Flash applications.

Job Description:

To provide superior service to the business by: .

• Designing beautiful user interfaces
• Bringing first class graphic design skills to life on the web

Person Specification:

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and passionate about new media design and their ability to manage their own time and excellent attention to detail goes without saying. .

Essential experience and skills required for position:

• thorough understanding of the web
• an awareness of current trends in web design and online communications
• Sound grasp of technical web design and development issues.
• an understanding of best practice regarding accessibility and usability
• skilled user of core design tools such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Desirable Experience:

• The ability to use current methods in CSS design and front-end build
• A degree of competency in Macromedia Flash and Action Script

Development opportunities:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled Digital Development team in one of the country’s most dynamic agencies, working on a range of digital campaigns for blue chip clients and household names. .

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