Account Executive

Account Executive 
Uxbridge, Greater London 
£Competitive Plus Benefits including 25 Days’ Holiday, Private Healthcare & Life Assurance

Role & Responsibilities 

The Account Executive will be responsible for the delivery of specific Client advertising projects. You will support your line manager on larger pieces of POS projects. You will ideally have 1-2 years’ experience in project management or account management. You will support with managing FMCG off-pack design projects from concept through to delivery, liaising with various stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on schedule, at cost and within tight brand guidelines. You will be responsible for the financial management of your projects, including estimating, invoicing, reconciliation and forecasting. 

You will be expected to plan projects and manage work to agreed timeframes, delivering work within Client budget and profitably for the Agency. You will be responsible for ensuring that projects remain within the agreed parameters of the brief and any agreed SLA or contract. Where work goes beyond what’s agreed or exceeds the original brief, you will need to flag this to your line manager with a breakdown of the increased costs. You will have excellent organisational skills, be able to juggle multiple tasks and priorities whilst retaining attention to detail. You will have the ability to prioritise projects and work under tight deadlines whilst remaining calm under pressure. 

Be curious, we encourage you to increase your knowledge. Learn about your Clients’ business, their challenges, trends in their market, the competitive landscape. Understand what threatens their business at both a micro and macro level. 

Seek also to broaden your knowledge of the communications industry, of branding and the mechanics of advertising, print, design and delivery. 

Partner with the Creative team on your projects. Participate in brainstorms, share insights and information that you glean from research into your Clients. 

You will be Client facing, participating in presentations and liaising with Clients, both face to face and via email. We will expect written communication to be accurate and to a professional standard.

Key Functions & Skills 
Interrogate: Projects to identify road blocks, flag them early and proactively plan to mitigate them 
Motivate: Yourself and your colleagues. Demonstrate a positive attitude and ‘can do’ approach 
Create: Opportunities to learn, from your colleagues and industry peers. Use this learning to add value with context and background knowledge where appropriate 
Present: Yourself well at all times. We believe that ‘client first’ is truly a part of the Marks DNA. We seek to engender a sincere and holistic ‘can do’ approach, giving Clients a real sense that nothing is too much trouble and everything is delivered with genuine care and attention. Demonstrate these values throughout all that you do 

Team Responsibilities 
- Play an active role in contributing to the morale of your team and your colleagues; participate in the social side of Agency life 
- Support your colleagues; look around and be aware of who is busy and could benefit from an extra pair of hands. Be proactive and offer your assistance. 

KPIs 
- Projects delivered to timelines and billed on time 
- Positive reviews of your skills, attitude and contribution from colleagues, peers and Clients. 

Day to Day 
- Delivery of specific project elements accurately and on time 
- Liaison with creative to monitor progress and to sit in on creative review meetings 
- Research for specific projects; insight gathering and general background and context for the Studio. 

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