Account Manager (Mat Cover FTC)

Company Description

At Saatchi & Saatchi we have a simple ambition to make the most influential creative ideas in Modern Britain.

Ideas that are influential in driving business growth, building meaning in consumers' lives, in our client’s organisations creating energy and in culture shaping change.

Our founding spirit of Nothing is Impossible is more important now than ever before. We see it as a simple mindset that allows us to do unbelievable things, driven by the power of creativity.

Our culture is one of chutzpah and openness; of audacity, optimism and inclusivity. Because if you are going to attempt impossible things you have to have the talent, energy and belief to achieve them.

Job Description

Responsible for the day-to-day management of specific project elements or workstreams, ensuring key milestones are reached with a focused eye on detail and delivery. Forming a strong bond and partnership with your Account Director - adopting a spirit of togetherness. You achieve in lock-step, together. Your focus should be on all the project detail and delivery - ideally allowing your Account Director a little headspace and altitude to focus on the broader project and brand picture. Your role is a multi-faceted one. Your ‘To Do’ list will be expansive and evolving. And you catch the things others have missed to keep a project moving.

What you’ll do

Creative

Creative judgement - develop good creative judgement. Know the work across your Clients’ category, and what ‘Best in Class’ looks like across the creative industry. Above all be creatively interested and round out your view on what makes great, on-brief work.

Have a voice and opinion - have a point of view in meetings and across the strategic and creative process. Don’t be afraid to ask the ‘stupid question’. Everyone has a vital role to play in the development and guardianship of the work.

Energise the process with clarity of task and a spirit of action - help create the right conditions for creative excellence with clarity of task and action. You’ll have a clear handle on all outstanding actions, communicating clear and concise next steps to everyone. Ensuring everyone is clear on who is doing what. You’ll then usher the process along with a softness of touch to ensure everyone is accountable for their actions. Your mentality is that a sent email doesn’t mean its ‘done’. Manage upwards to your AD in a timely manner, knowing when to escalate or get a Creative / Strategist / Producer.

Cash

Financial rigour - work with your Account Director and Finance Partner to proactively and efficiently ensure the financial process is smooth and precise. Be positively accountable for all necessary finance trackers, job numbers and Altair tasks. Ensuring they’re completed efficiently and in a timely fashion. This rigour is the bedrock for the financial stability of the account

Client

Safe pair of hands - develop a direct relationship with your day to day clients. They appreciate your focus on the details, and you deliver consistently. You develop the reputation for being a really safe pair of hands.

Immersed in your client’s business - understand your clients’ business and objectives. Have a proactive eye for any relevant market trends or outputs affecting your brand/s and any relevant developments in the wider creative industry. You know your clients’ business better than they do, and they name check you.

Competitor landscape and inspiration - immerse yourself in your client’s business and category. Know the detail. Have a proactive eye for any relevant market trends or outputs affecting your brand/s and any relevant developments in the wider creative industry. Work with your planner to ensure the team is up to date on all competitor information and any relevant sources of inspiration. Share regular competitor reviews and general things of interest as a way to keep the client and your team updated and inspired/ energised.

Communications hub - you are the key communication hub for the team - internally and with your client. Your AD / BL set the agenda, and you make sure everyone is working towards it. You’ll have a clear handle on all outstanding actions, communicating clear and concise next steps and timings to everyone. All rounded out in precise status reports and timing plans.

Culture

Cultural beacon - you see your role of energising and contributing to the team culture as key. You bring good energy and optimism - even on the smaller tasks - to everything you do.

Proactive energy - you adopt a proactive mindset. Suggesting next steps and watchouts rather than waiting to be asked.

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Who you’ll do it with

In absolute partnership with your Account Director. Forming strong partnerships with your wider strategy, creative and production team across the agency.

Qualifications

Known for having a good creative eye and judgement. With a track record of delivering creative excellence across multiple and varied campaign outputs.
Being recognised as utterly reliable and accountable across multiple workstreams - both internally and in the clients’ eyes .
Being recognised as acting with precision and rigour across the financial process. Ensuring there is a solid financial bedrock across the account.

Additional Information

Saatchi & Saatchi has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
• AGENCY DISCOUNTS, onsite gym, and discount in our onsite restaurant/bar, “The Pregnant Man”.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are a core part of our DNA at Saatchi. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates, and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group irrelevant of their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion fuel our creativity and innovation, it enables us to be closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work.