The Bigger Boat
Senior Account Manager
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Term: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 depending on experience
Holiday: 26 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday
Location: Hybrid. You’ll work from our Mirfield office at least two days per week
Experience: Three years’ account management (agency or marketing-based)
Apply: Email your CV to louise@thebiggerboat.co.uk, and tell us why you would suit this role
About us
The Bigger Boat is an award-winning integrated marketing agency based in scenic Wheatley Park in Mirfield, close to Huddersfield and Leeds. We’re a friendly crew of designers, developers, digital marketers and content creators, working with well-known international brands and brilliant regional businesses. We’re big on collaboration, original thinking, and creating work we’re proud of.
The role
This is a great opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic senior account manager to join our growing team. We’re looking for someone with a minimum of three years’ account management experience who is organised, confident and prides themselves on client relations. As a senior account manager, you will work closely with the different departments in the business to deliver projects for varied clients professionally and to deadlines. The role requires strategic understanding, competence and strong attention to detail, as well as the confidence to be a client-facing communicator and work in a fast-paced environment.
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What you’ll be doing
- Overseeing day-to-day communications for a number of clients
- Delivering strategic value and measurable bottom-line impact on accounts
- Preparing marketing plans based on client objectives
- Remaining in regular contact with clients to update them on progress, including meetings, calls, and presentations
- Managing client budgets – both time and financial
- Analysing data to prepare reports for clients to highlight results achieved and inform future strategy
- Mentoring junior members of the team
What we’re looking for
- Minimum of three years’ account management experience (including B2B)
- A relevant marketing degree
- Strong organisation skills and the ability to prioritise work effectively
- Excellent attention to detail, taking pride in getting the basics right
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- A curious, motivated approach and willingness to learn and collaborate with all our internal departments to hit deadlines and project needs
- A wider understanding of campaign planning, management and execution
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage client teams
- A passion for evidencing ROI from communications activity
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Nice to have
Experience in any of the following would be useful, but it’s not essential:
- Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
- Basic SEO knowledge
- Email marketing platforms
Benefits
- 26 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Pension scheme
- Profit share
- Commission scheme for new business
- Training and continuing professional development (CPD)
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working hours
- Friendly, supportive team
- Varied client work across different sectors
- Free parking
Why join us?
You’ll join a team that works hard, plays nice, and enjoys solving problems together. We’ll give you room to grow, support from experienced specialists, and the chance to become a more rounded account manager.
If you’re a hard worker, curious, and ready to build on your current account management experience, we’d love to hear from you.
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