Account Manager (FMCG)

An Account Manager IS vital in leading the day-to-day project delivery for our FMCG portfolio of clients and supporting the team to enable the broader agency vision.

THE TASK AT HAND

The Account Manager is responsible for:

• The project/campaign delivery, particularly through the production process – They're accountable for making it happen
• Managing the day-to-day project team for FMCG clients (creative, strategy, production)
• Owning timelines and budgets (with input from resourcing + production)
• Cost control on projects (including raising job numbers, estimates, invoicing and reporting on project utilisation / profitability)
• Arranging project team meetings; organising and scheduling meetings
• Working with resource management and Head of Production to schedule resources across the Collective
• Ensuring we deliver projects on time and on budget
• Running tasks briefs and post implementation reviews
• Voicing a point of view on how we could do things better as an agency collective or in making the work better

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO TBWA

Skills

• 2+ years agency experience
• Strong organisation and interpersonal skills and a high attention to detail
• Strong integrated marketing experience- ideally all channels
• Ability to work and manage multiple smaller projects autonomously from brief to completion
• Ability to deliver high standards of client satisfaction, measured through feedback

Knowledge

• Ability to understand and interpret a client’s business and its competitors
• Integrated mindset with a clear understanding of marcomms across different brands
• Strong experience managing budgets/financial processes
• Experience creating master timing plans, cost estimates and controlling production processes financially to improve cost efficiencies and profitability

You

• Strong sense of initiative and ability to work under pressure
• A genuine passion for the industry, creativity & pride in your work
• An individual who loves making things happen- loves seeing ideas come to fruition and facilitating teams to get there
• Good attitude and proactiveness to drive improvements to help the team
• An incredibly diverse team member who is clever, commercial, and strategic
• Someone that is detail oriented and has an organised streak
• Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills