Account Executive

Account Executive

Location: Birmingham

Career Level: 11
Salary: Competitive package

What we do?

As Accenture, we deliver meaningful customer experiences, which is the new battleground for brands. Marketers today are expected to deliver exceptional customer experiences at the right time, with every interaction – acknowledging the individual. With accelerating complexity, delivering a cohesive brand experience remains elusive. Our Clients, especially CMO’s, are looking for expert global partners who can create, innovate, activate and scale marketing operations programs that deliver increased impact, powerful customer experiences and marketing-led growth.

Working within our team…

Your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity and your best true self to your work.

As part of Accenture, you'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology and thinking to make incredible things happen.

If you’re looking for an exciting and challenging career, working in a vibrant environment, with access to world-class training from our global network of experts, this could be the for you. As part of our global team, you'll not only have access to cutting-edge technologies, but will have the opportunity, on an ongoing basis, to develop a wide range of new skills on the job – always learning, always evolving.

Overview:

The Account Executive plays a vital within the Birmingham office. The has the responsibility for delivering content to both Jaguar and Land Rover websites, focusing on developing a strong user experience, alongside copy and imagery creation. In addition, it involves working with the wider account management team to ensure digital best practice.

The works with the Project Managers in the various functions, and in-market teams involved in the delivery ensuring each is aware of the tasks at hand and on-track for delivery. This begins by taking the brief from the client, turning this into a creative brief and managing the project through to completion. The Account Executive will also be required to accompany the Account Director by regularly presenting to the client project status and highlight any risks and mitigation of them along the lifetime of a project.

We develop highly creative work so as an Account Executive, you will need to have a keen sense of good, effective creative, and attention to detail. You will have an ability to build strong, trusted relationships with both internal teams and our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a relationship with day to day clients responsible for your projects
• Deliver projects successfully – on time, on budget, on scope and to expected level of quality
• Work with Project Managers to develop accurate timing plans for the delivery of projects
• Responsible for accurate and honest reporting of the status of all project deliverables, and clear and accurate documentation of meetings/calls to define agreed decisions and actions
• Understand Jaguar Land Rover brand principles and always deliver against them
• The internal ‘single point of truth’ for the project
• Use internal project tracking systems and monitor delivery against agreed SLA’s
• Identify, communicate and manage the Critical Path on projects
• Manage all stakeholders involved in delivery
• Facilitate communication and build lasting relationships between all internal and external stakeholders
• Write and present creative briefs as well as review creative work to ensure that it has met the client brief
• Support wider members of the account team to ensure digital best practice across the Jaguar Land Rover websites

Person Specification

Experience/Skills:

• Educated to graduate level or have equivalent marketing related work experience
• Demonstrate a keen interest in the world of marketing and digital communications, with a view to progressing a career in this field
• Demonstrable experience of working in key advertising and marketing disciplines
• Innovative and strategic approach to problem-solving
• Ability to judge client briefs and creative work against defined strategy and propositions
• Flare for multi-tasking and handing a high volume of work efficiently and accurately
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Financial acumen including estimating and budget tracking
• Excellent presentation and verbal/written communication skills
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint for Mac
• Solid analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for. Please note, the work location for this role will include a mix of working remotely, onsite at a client or in an Accenture office or center.

About Accenture

We connect deep human and business insights with the power of technology to define and deliver new realities. Experiences that can make lives easier, healthier, safer, and rewarding. At Accenture, we’re reimagining business through experience.

Website: https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/services/song/marketing-transformation

Industry: Marketing & Advertising
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