About the Role
Account Management sits at the heart of the agency. As a Senior Account Manager, you will work closely with every department and client stakeholders to lead and support client accounts. You will become a trusted point of contact for clients, helping to deliver impactful social and influencer campaigns across a diverse portfolio of brands. You will manage the full lifecycle of influencer and social campaigns, from strategy and planning through to execution and reporting. You will collaborate with internal teams and clients to deliver exceptional work across various industries. You will also support and mentor junior team members, helping them develop their skills while growing your own client leadership and strategic abilities.
Responsibilities
- Respond to client briefs and coordinate the accounts team to develop creatives informed by trends to achieve campaign objectives.
- Write clear proposals and craft persuasive pitches to present strategy, creatives, and recommendations.
- Build rapport with clients to understand their business and objectives, translating this into client briefs and ensuring influencer selection and content creation align with requirements.
- Manage influencer and social campaigns end-to-end, including writing influencer briefs, outreach, negotiation, onboarding, client communications, and post-campaign analysis.
- Oversee multiple campaigns simultaneously, liaising with campaign teams, staying updated on progress, and flagging concerns with solutions.
- Act as the main client point of contact, sharing clear updates and reporting via email, phone, and meetings, providing recommendations and expertise.
- Present clearly and confidently to stakeholders in pitches, kick-off meetings, and post-campaign analysis meetings.
- Participate in new business by representing account management in the pitch team.
- Continuously ideate additional activities for clients based on their business, objectives, and upcoming focuses.
- Build strong client relationships and proactively unlock opportunities to grow accounts.
- Act as a mentor and manager for junior team members, facilitating their learning and development.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience working for a brand or in a client servicing role at an agency, dealing with high-profile clients.
- Genuine passion for influencer and social media marketing.
- Experience in upselling ideas to clients and presenting confidently to stakeholders at all levels to grow accounts.
- Exceptional organization and ability to independently manage multiple campaigns to a high standard in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
- Ability to stay calm under pressure and deal with problems logically and efficiently.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to tailor communication and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally.
- Experience in all agency meetings and collaborating with different types of agencies.
- Demonstrable experience delegating and prioritizing an ever-changing workload.
- Demonstrable experience as a project lead on sizable client accounts, coordinating teams to deliver impactful campaigns.
- Previous line management experience, with a track record of coaching, developing, and supporting junior team members.
Skills
- Influencer marketing
- Social media marketing
- Client servicing
- Project management
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Mentoring
- Team leadership
- Strategic planning
- Content creation
- Campaign analysis
- Pitching
- Upselling
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid working with 3 office days required
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- 25 days paid annual leave per year
- Free-to-use office gym
- Pet-friendly office
- Employee wellbeing/assistance programme
- Annual company trip abroad (based on meeting revenue targets)
- Summer & Christmas parties, plus regular team and company-wide socials
- Company social football team
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual learning & development budget
- Professional development and growth opportunities
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing agency
About the Company
- Socially Powerful is a global social media marketing agency offering bespoke, end-to-end services.
- Our team of creatives, strategists, designers, editors, and account managers create impactful content for global brands across FMCG, fashion, beauty, and tech.
