Manager-Account Manager

Overview: As an Account Manager at Hollr, you will lead your junior account teams to deliver the day-to-day activity on your accounts, whilst also keeping your senior colleagues updated and across the team’s work. You will be the heart of the account team. You will be confident in speaking to media and placing client stories across print, online and broadcast outlets, have a passion for cultivating your network and sharing the skills to do this with your junior team. Responsible for being the first point of contact for media most relevant to your clients and for overseeing press office enquiries. Be able to confidently sell in complex stories to journalists and to be able to tailor a media story to the agenda and style of different media outlets Be able to assess media list against agreed media outreach strategy and work with team to strengthen and bolster Client services: Account direction: Develop and support a culture of information sharing and good internal communication on your accounts. Ensure that all members of your client team are always aware of all activity on your accounts Flag any potential issues upwards to your account director early and suggest solutions to potential problems Awareness of sector news, proactively suggesting new business revenue ideas to your line manager Commercial acumen: Demonstrate your understand of client job budgets and confidently use excel, including all relevant formulas for both cost and fee budgets Accountable for monitoring and reconciling client budget as project progress, ensuring all costs are taken account of at every stage, flagging early to your manager if you anticipate any budgetary issues. Demonstrate ability to negotiate with suppliers to keep costs low and demonstrate this financial prudence to clients Accountable for the quality and accuracy of written work being sent to your clients. Proactive in problem solving and lateral thinking, developing ideas and suggestions for client project goals when you are unable to progress activity as originally planned.