Senior Account Executive

Are you seeking a new professional challenge with attractive prospects at an international level? Are you keen on working with top management of the world’s most recognised companies, and do you have a keen interest in the automotive industry?

Are you highly motivated, flexible, and willing to take responsibility within a diverse, fast-paced environment?

If this sounds like what you are looking for then we would like to hear from you... 

We are looking for talented full-time Senior Account Executives to support our automotive project team in the day-to-day running of client accounts, and ensuring that our client servicing standards and objectives are met successfully. The Company offers a challenging job and a friendly atmosphere. Successful candidates will work in conjunction with the Project Managers in a highly motivated, innovative and international team in Oxford. 

Applicants should be comfortable with taking responsibility and ownership of assigned client relationships, client reports, and in-depth analysis of data in order to write insightful reports based on traditional and social media content. The analysis and data collated must be accurate and presented to a high and client-ready standard in a timely fashion, adhering to our clients required deadlines. Applicants should also be able to work well as a team bringing with them a proactive and dynamic approach towards enhancing our existing services provided. 

The roles are based on a full-time contract and the successful candidates would be expected to work 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Hours of work will be between 9 am and 6 pm daily, although some flexibility may be given and required.

What would be your responsibilities?

• Taking responsibility and ownership of client accounts and relationships, with the support and guidance of the Account Manager
• Completing ongoing client-ready tracking reports
• Creating insightful client reports to communicate key qualitative findings
• Statistical analysis of client data 
• Communicating with and servicing clients on a day-to-day basis
• Preparing and attending client meetings, creating meeting summaries
• Collaborating with the Account Manager on building project designs and service scopes, as well as setting up research processes
• Assisting in creating proposals for ad-hoc client work
• Communicating effectively internally and externally
• Escalating roadblocks to the Account Manager in a timely manner with suggestions for solutions
• Assisting with other projects and tasks when necessary

We are looking for someone who:

• Is able to demonstrate experience in one of or all of the following fields: Media Analysis, Marketing, Market Research, Communications or PR 
• Has experience in building and maintaining successful client relationships in a professional services or research environment 
• Is a driven and enthusiastic team player
• Shows a strong client services ethos
• Is a confident communicator
• Has an analytical mindset
• Is confident with data
• Has superb time management and organisational skills
• Is target and deadline driven
• Is proficient in the full Microsoft Office suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel
• Possesses excellent written and spoken English with in-depth understanding of grammar; additional languages are highly valuable
• Has experience using popular statistics software (e.g. SPSS Stata, R) or analytics and monitoring tools. Exposure to content analysis techniques are beneficial
• Has proven research and analytical skills – possibly as part of a university project/dissertation or other examples of workplace experience

Benefits:

• Competitive salary starting at 26k - 28k depending on experience
• 26 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays
• BUPA Private Healthcare Plan
• Company Pension Scheme
• About the Company

PRIME Research is a global leader in strategic communications analysis and reporting. We have approximately 500 employees in our research centers worldwide, who continuously monitor 15 different industries, including automotive, financial services, chemical, technology, and pharmaceuticals, in 35 key markets.