Account Manager

Wasserman is forever committed to serving our clients, colleagues and community with exceptional insight, influence and creativity, while making a positive and lasting impact. We support our employees' professional aspirations, with a rich internal culture where curiosity is rewarded. We offer our people multiple learning and development programs throughout the world. What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you'll love life at Wasserman.

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Job Description

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

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• Campaign Planning – specifically for campaign strategies, global market and event activations. You will input into campaign direction and activation planning, steer in brainstorms, be creative and shape ideas, call on your industry knowledge, and manage all budgets.
• Implementation – you will be central to bringing the plans to life, managing dedicated areas of the account. You will have an instrumental role working as part of an All Agency team and managing rights holders, from providing briefs and guidance through to approvals and delivery.
• Evaluation & Review – you will be familiar with KPI setting and delivery against them, leading in the collation of results and creation of evaluation documents.
• Self & Team Management – you will build the respect and commitment of team members by developing a collaborative working relationship, delegating effectively and fairly.

Client / Account Management

• Development and management of own relationship with the client, and day-to-day client management
• Lead the relationships and management of markets, all agencies, and partners
• Effective management of regular project and status meetings with clients (and markets where relevant), including consolidation of notes and actions
• Support in the campaign strategy and project planning (with Account lead)
• Lead internal and All Agency brainstorms, and ideas development
• Lead all market communication, global toolkits, activation planning
• Development and management of project timelines, budgets, invoicing/cost management, PO's
• Implementation of all aspects of the campaign touch points including; general rights delivery, talent/ambassador appearances, live activations, digital & social strategies, PR & Comms
• KPI setting and campaign evaluation
• Approvals process and management

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED

• Agency experience
• Experience working on large global consumer brands is preferred, but not essential
• Ability to influence decision making processes, both within the Agency and the client organisation
• Ability to multi-task; you will be working across a number of activities with tight deadlines
• Ability to think on your feet and take appropriate actions to resolve any unforeseen issues as they arise
• Ability to enthuse and motivate others
• Presentation skills (both writing and delivery), internally and to clients / suppliers including use of Microsoft PowerPoint
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written – and attention to detail
• Creative thinking
• Knowledge of, and passion for, both sport and music & entertainment is a bonus​

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.