Junior Digital Account managers - London and Edinburgh
JOB PROFILE
Role: Junior Digital Account Manager
Role Summary and Purpose:
Within the media department, there are a number of portfolios that contain account teams who handle cross digital clients. Each account team is run by a Digital Account Director (DAD) who reports into the Group Account Director (GAD) who controls the overall portfolio. Under the DAD there are Digital Account Managers (DAMs) of different levels and Digital Account Executives.
The teams are multi discipline, running client business across
SEO,
PPC, Display, Affiliate, and Social Media. All members of the team are required to understand each of these channels (although the level and detail of this will vary on a client by client basis).
The Junior Digital Account Manager is expected to be the main point of contact for smaller clients within the portfolio while providing support to the DAM / DAD team on larger cross digital accounts.
Key Relationships
Main client contacts, Digital Account Executives, Digital Account Directors, Group Account Directors
Peers in relevant departments or agencies
Reporting lines:
Reports to: Digital Account Director
Direct Reports: N/A
Key Responsibilities:
Team:
Work with more senior DAM's and DAD in scheduling and developing deliverables for major client campaigns
Take the lead on smaller accounts and ensure they organise and schedule their workload to support client deliverables
Identify issues/opportunities within client campaigns where appropriate and feedback to relevant Digital Account Directors
Understand and effectively convey best practice search marketing knowledge and techniques within client deliverables on a continuous basis.
Provide support and guidance to the Digital Account Executives
Contribute to developing team process to drive best practice and efficiencies
Client:
The Junior Digital Account Manager is responsible for the main day to day client relationship for smaller clients and as part of this would be expected to:
Build strong working relationships with clients
Effectively and confidently communicate with clients on multiple channels
Sell in new ideas with clear rationale and justification on a results basis
Identify areas of opportunity for up or cross sell and communicate these clearly to the DAD to develop a strategy for discussing these with the client.
Problem solve and trouble shoot when the need arises and escalate as necessary
Work with other agencies, where necessary, to help produce clear strategies and campaigns
Personal:
The ability to liaise with other departments internally to the benefit of existing clients
Develop and agree yearly personal and business objectives with the DAD / GAD
Agree and work towards your tailored Personal Development Plan
Manage personal objectives throughout the year, communicating progress regularly.
Complete all Digital and Client Management training workshops to satisfaction
Participate in team training/meetings and events
Understanding each of the areas of media that we cover - Display, PPC,
Affiliates,
SEO & Social Media.
Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and ensure a strong reputation within the industry.
Learning + Development:
Drives own personal development within the cross digital team.
Provide guidance to Digital Account Executives to facilitate knowledge growth.
Responsible for own personal develpment goals and demonstrating commitment to ongoing learning
Develops cross digital product knowledge of the bigmouthmedia offering
Develop expertise in at least three bigmouthmedia product offerings
Responsible for supporting team training plan
Identifies own L&D requirements
Actively manages own career progression through continually driving to improve skills and expertise
Is active is buildling relationships and networking opportunities internally and externally
Presents at internal development and knowledge sharing sessions
Presents to department on client case studies, market trends, etc
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
We are seeking bright, articulate account managers with at least 1 years experience in working in online marketing. These are some of the skills we would require successful candidates to have;
Experience in one of the following five disciplines (Display, SEO, Affiliates,
PPC or Social Media)
Experience in other areas such as usability or mobile a bonus
Google
Adwords Professional Qualification (preferred)
Experience of adserving technology.
Experience using planning & consumer research tools including Nielson, Comscore, TGI, Mintel, Forrester
Analytical approach with strong excel skills
Interested? Please email your CV to
vacancies@bigmouthmedia. com with the following information:
Why you are interested in this vacancy and Which skills and attributes you have to enable you to be successful in the role?
Best of luck!