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Senior Account Manager (Freelance)

Manchester
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Please submit your application in English.

Must be fluent, C1/C2 or native in German and English languages.

Please note: This is a short-term freelance contract opportunity.

About DEPT®

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Job Purpose

As a Senior Account Manager you will be responsible for building strong relationships with clients while overseeing the delivery of a wide variety of integrated campaigns. You will be required to manage client briefs, plan, assign, review, and deploy creative as well as manage the overall agency workload in partnership with the rest of the team.

You will be working closely with Designers, Copywriters, Developers and other parts of the agency to ensure successful campaign deliveries; while maintaining agency profitability and a high level of creative integrity.

What You'll Do

  • Manage, draft and review client briefs
  • Ensure client deadlines are met across multiple campaigns and liaising with the Account Director on the team’s capacity
  • Liaise with clients, clarifying questions, managing expectations and proactively communicating status, updates or agency recommendations
  • Clearly and effectively distill and transfer client feedback to designers, copywriters
  • Prioritising workloads for the team, and escalating when needed
  • Ensure client requirements are met whilst protecting DEPT® brand values
  • Maintain a full understanding of the clients’ business, strategies, objectives, brand, audiences, and challenges, advising on the communications solution that best meets their needs, with the objective to becoming a trusted adviser
  • Build excellent working relationships with key clients – by attending regular meetings, video conference calls, planning sessions, briefing meetings, and participating in evaluation reviews
  • Ensure high standards are maintained and add value wherever possible
  • Ensure success criteria are met and projects are delivered to time and to budget
  • Maintain a good knowledge of all DEPT® products and services and actively promote them to clients
  • Escalate to senior management with internal and external issues and events that might impact accounts positively or negatively
  • Work with the team to determine and test creatives across client-owned channels

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  • Experience delivering a broad range of multi-channel marketing communications including digital and direct, including email and banner experience
  • Extremely organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • You are ambitious with the ability to think strategically, contribute something new to the agency
  • Ability to work within short timeframes and meet deadlines with ease and efficiency, successfully managing schedules and priorities
  • Highly motivated to learn, grow and improve
  • Personable, approachable demeanor and motivating team player
  • Moderate understanding of production and interactive processes
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Superb planning and organisation ability
  • Ability to manage and develop client and supplier relationships
  • Basic understanding of financials to effectively manage budgets

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Who Are We?

We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world.

DEPT® is committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 has been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.

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Skills

Account management
Project management
Digital marketing
Client relations
Strategic planning
Budget management
Communication
Campaign management
Team leadership
Creative direction
Production processes
Interactive processes
Organization
Problem solving
Stakeholder management

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

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