About the Role
VCCP is seeking an Account Manager to contribute to the agency's vision of being the best account management department in London. This role involves challenging convention to deliver value for ambitious organizations, focusing on brilliant basics, having a strong point of view, and making brave choices to produce outstanding creative work that populates culture.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate outstanding creative judgment and take responsibility for the highest standard of creative output.
- Prepare inspiring creative briefings and client presentations, and present confidently and passionately.
- Contribute to the strategic process with a well-informed strategic point of view.
- Build and maintain good relationships with day-to-day clients at a junior to mid-level.
- Exhibit charm and calmness while displaying meticulous attention to detail.
- Provide dedicated support to the Account Director.
- Communicate effectively internally and with clients, demonstrating professionalism and presence.
- Capture client feedback and disseminate relevant information clearly and concisely.
- Work with creative producers to ensure the smooth running of the account.
- Inspire planners and creative partners throughout the project cycle.
- Drive the creative production process in partnership with the producer.
- Support the Account Director in day-to-day account financials.
- Track production budgets and support the Account Director on fees, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Ensure ideas are conceived and delivered across all consumer touchpoints, challenging siloed thinking.
- Ensure ideas are media-agnostic and simple enough to work across every consumer touchpoint.
- Deliver motivating, insightful strategies and powerful creative ideas that are excitingly and professionally implemented.
Requirements
- Background in creating advertising campaigns at an agency.
- Ability to challenge the work to make it better.
- Ability to contribute to the strategic process.
- Ability to gain client confidence quickly.
- Born multi-taskers with the ability to spin many plates.
- Meticulous in detail.
- Born presenters with professionalism and presence.
- Clear and concise in all spoken and written communications.
- Ability to work with creative producers.
- Take initiative and thrive on entrepreneurial opportunities.
- Excellent at inspiring planners and creative partners.
- Process experts who know how to make the agency work.
- Support the Account Director in financials.
- Good understanding of the client’s budget.
- On the lookout for opportunity and growth.
- Broad range of skills to ensure ideas are conceived and delivered.
- Challenge siloed thinking.
- Ensure an idea is media-agnostic.
- Ensure an idea is simple enough to work across every consumer touchpoint.
- Committed to making a positive contribution to the VCCP Group.
Skills
- Creative judgement
- Creative briefing
- Client presentations
- Strategic thinking
- Client relationship management
- Multi-tasking
- Communication (internal and client-facing)
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Financial acumen
- Budget management
- Forecasting
- Integration
- Media-agnostic thinking
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Account Manager
About the Company
- VCCP is the global challenger network for challenger brands.
- With more than 1,500 people across 13 offices in North America, EMEA and APAC, VCCP challenges convention to deliver value for the world’s most ambitious organisations.
- VCCP brings specialists from every discipline into one fully integrated network.
- Founded on the principles of simplicity, collaboration and un-preciousness.
- Clients include Virgin Media O2, Barclays, Cadbury, Compare the Market, Domino’s, White Claw, easyJet, Primark and Co-op.
- VCCP has topped the AAR’s annual new business ranking in 13 of the last 14 years and holds multiple Agency of the Year titles.
- VCCP's ambition is to challenge ourselves, our clients and the industry for the better.
- VCCP's founding mantra is ‘IT ONLY WORKS IF IT ALL WORKS’.
Equal Opportunity
- VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity.
- If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know via joinus@vccp.com.
- As part of our onboarding process, you will be required to complete a Criminal Records Declaration regarding any unspent convictions.
- For roles in finance, HR, Legal, IT or senior management, we may be required to verify your declaration with a basic DBS check, as well as an Adverse Finance and ID check.
