Project management

Junior Account Executive

This is a great opportunity to join a successful, independent, award winning strategic corporate content consultancies as a Junior Account Executive

The principle role of the Junior Account Executive is to work within one of the client communications teams managing the delivery of high calibre, multi-channel communications solutions for their blue-chip client base, including Corporate/Annual Reporting, branding, employee communications, stakeholder communications, sustainability communications/campaigns and investor relations.

The role will require you to engage with senior stakeholders and provide you with the opportunity to develop an intimate understanding of client’s strategy and business model as well as a deep understanding of the importance of corporate narrative.

The role is well suited for a highly motivated and ambitious individual with excellent academics, a curious and innovative mind, and a desire to learn about the delivery of corporate communications. The successful candidate must be comfortable communicating with clients and internal teams, have a keen eye for detail, strong communication and interpersonal skills, creative flair and want to participate in the development and growth of this agency.

Reporting Relationships

The Client Account Team is lead by a Client Services Director, who reports to the Managing Director. The Account Executive will report directly to the Client Services Director.

The Account Executive will also work closely with the wider Client Account team (which includes Creative and Production colleagues) as well as the Digital, Research & Strategy and Finance teams.

Your qualifications, experience & skills:

A minimum of 2:1 degree, preferably in economics, marketing and communications, business or languages;
1-2 years agency side experience within marketing and communications;
Excellent writing, editing, proof reading skills are essential;
Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential;
Exceptional attention to detail; and
Ideally be fully conversant with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Ideally integrated communications experience delivering across, moving image, on-line, print and social media.
Your personal qualities:
Strong interpersonal and communications skills necessary to build trust and respect both externally and internally;
High-quality service ethic and committed to customer service excellence;
Ambition to self improve;
Ability to manage many urgent and often conflicting priorities;
Strong ‘can do’ attitude with an innate ability to take initiative and work by yourself as well as in a team;
Flexibility and team focused, non-hierarchical approach with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude to getting the job done;

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Account Manager mid-weight (London)

Our client’s business was founded more than 27 years ago and is a leading UK corporate communications partner supporting businesses ranging from the FTSE 350 through to AIM, as well as private companies and those new to market. They work in print, digital and moving image and specialise in six core areas across numerous sectors:

Websites
Video and animation
Corporate branding
Annual reports
Investor presentations
Sustainability communications

Our client is looking to hire an Account Manager in corporate communications: a mid-weight role at the heart of a fast-developing business.

Our client is seeking an enthusiastic and bright-minded person to join their growing team, with a can-do attitude, a strong focus on customer service and an excellent attention to detail.

Main Responsibilities

As one of the main points of contact for their clients, the Account Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth production of projects – from briefing designers, strategists and copywriters, to managing budgets and, where applicable, working with the Account Director/Account Executive on the project.

Your main responsibilities would be:

Primarily responsible for the management of relationships with clients and liaising with clients at a senior level on a day-to-day basis (either alongside AD or as main point of contact where no AD). As one of the main points of contact for clients, the Account Manager also co-ordinates the resources needed to service projects and balances the expectations of clients with the execution of each project.
Leading a team to provide the utmost level of client service.
Understand and manage effectively the print, digital and production process and approvals internally and externally, including: proofing, and liaising with the print, digital and mailing teams.
Identifying opportunities to grow corporate communications partnerships with clients.
Helping to co-ordinate the team to push clients creatively and strategically.
Working with the pitch team with research and preparing for, and attending, pitches for prospective clients.
Creating timetables and then monitoring and updating key milestones, as necessary, to ensure projects are completed within the agreed and required timeframes.
Overview and management of project budget, including management of time allocation and monitoring of project specification to ensure the project remains within the initial scope, and that any specification changes are charged for accordingly.
Production planning for your team within the production calendars and overview of team production list.
Preparing weekly agenda and attendance at weekly production meetings.
Overseeing all design and content changes to projects to ensure accuracy, consistency and quality at all stages. Checking in client amends throughout the proofing process.

Requirements

For this role, our client is looking for a candidate who:

has a university degree (preferably English or journalism);
has at least 2 years’ experience of working in a corporate communications agency in a similar role;
experience in business development and attracting new clients;
experience working with international companies, ideally in the United States;
has strong interpersonal and communication skills, and is committed to the importance of client/customer relationships;
has a can-do attitude, is organised and is a highly proactive administrator;
has an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; and
has excellent attention to detail.

Competitive salary with a generous package (on request).

The closing date for this job is 14th February 2020

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Account Manager (annual reporting) contract

Account Manager

3 month FTC

Our client is looking to hire an Account Manager you will develop strong senior client relationships and deliver great projects. You will be key to generating a smooth passage of work and deliver projects that achieve excellent results for their clients and businesses. The Account Manager must have an exceptional understanding of the corporate communications arena (annual reports and corp publications).

Deliverables

• Develops strong relationships with senior clients.

• Develops a deep understanding of client’s business environment.

• Engages with clients for the delivery of projects.

• Successful delivery of projects in a timely and professional manner.

• Retention and motivation of high-quality account team.

• Consistently strives to improve systems and processes within the department.

• Effectively manage project over runs.

• Contribution to new business.

Responsibilities

• Ensures visibility of all major client initiatives.

• Provides a viewpoint on team resource and configuration.

• Sets out detailed month-by-month forecasts against which resource can be planned.

• Ensures all project activity is delivered within timeframe and to highest standards – taking responsibility and accountability for all internal resources and costs used on client work.

• Manages post project review process and develops case studies in partnership with clients.

• Maintains reporting documents to manage clients and projects efficiently and professionally.

• Leverages client relationships for introductions to additional business units and brands.

• Identifies, pursues and converts new business opportunities for the agency.

• Ensures all client activity is processed/invoiced in a timely and accurate manner.

• Assists Client Services Director to plan, resource and forecast team’s size, growth, revenue and profitability.

Qualifications and experience

• Successful track record of building exceptional client relationships and managing project revenue.

• Strong account management experience at AM level and experience of:

Financial communications Shareholder communications

Branding & Identity Employee communications

Communication consultancy Investor Relations

Communication design Online communications

Corporate communications Print production

Corporate identity management

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Junior Employee Engagement consultant

Our client is a leading global business communications agency, which is focused on helping some of the world’s most exciting brands deliver on their promises. They think like business people, act like creatives and produce measurable results. They are looking to hire junior consultant!

Preference would be that candidates have had some experience of Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit pension scheme design and wider employee benefits, such as all employee share schemes.

Their Engagement Practice comprises of three core disciplines; consulting, creative and project management and their unique way of working brings these three specialisms together to collaborate and co-create at every stage of a project. This role is based in our clients London office which serves clients across Europe. Their clients are typically FTSE 100.

This role will require a strategic thinker with experience of managing client relationships. An exceptional track record of delivery and someone who is happy to roll their sleeves up and get stuck in is a must. First and foremost, they need to be a team player who is creative and collaborative in everything they do.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Senior Engagement Consultant, Engagement. The role holder will work with our internal engagement team to develop world-class engagement strategies that help our clients to achieve their business goals and help them deliver against their brand promises.

This person will have an understanding and experience of working within an agency or in-house environment.

Experience Required

Fluent in written and spoken English
Technical knowledge of Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit pension scheme design and wider employee benefits, such as all employee share schemes
Previous experience in a similar position: a proven communications professional with a clear understanding of effective internal and external communications
Good presentation skills
Experience of developing and implementing internal communication and marketing plans relating to complex and/or high impacting business requirements
Excellent understanding of communication methods, practices used within a multi-national business with experience of using the same to achieve business goals
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to understand the differing perspective of individuals & groups and relate to them
Good cultural awareness with experience of effectively communicating & interacting with people of multiple cultures
Excellent planning & organizational skills with experience of maintaining progress with multiple deadlines & complex initiatives
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify the key communication points & potential risks/opportunities in complex scenarios & structure ideas into logical & cohesive output
Good understanding of budgeting & cost management principles
Good project & process management skills
A strong team player with the ability to take projects from conception through to flawless delivery
Ability to work as part of a global and sometimes geographically disparate team

As Junior Engagement consultant, your responsibilities will include:

Working with the Engagement team to support with implementing and developing communications plans for a wide variety of clients
Building and maintaining a strong collaborative relationship with employee engagement team and client accounts you are working with
Developing copy for key client deliverables including but not exclusively; digital content, facilitation guides, workshop design overviews, and news articles
Working on pitch proposals both in terms of idea generation and research
Researching and sharing with the team industry ideas, cutting edge thinking and new ways of approaching our work
Client liaison around key deliverables
Management of approval processes and quality assurance
Working with the central team to update the engagement section on the company’s internet and twitter feed, providing analysis to colleagues where necessary
Research and ownership of the engagement twitter feed content strategy
Supporting with the communications plans for the engagement team’s new business events

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Account Manager- Strategic

Our client is looking for an ambitious, strategic Account manager to lead client development, client service and project delivery across a fantastic range of international accounts in a fast-paced business!

The AM will be responsible for a raft of corp communications projects which might include Corp reporting but also digital. The right candidate to be well versed in printing processes and be confident in reporting projects but also have an interest in sustainability reporting and have integrated skills.

Please contact us to find out more.

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Junior Project manager – Corp Reporting, IR, CSR. (full time)

Our client is one of the UK’s leading independent corporate communications agencies. They help all types of businesses – from large global organisations to FTSE small caps – to build greater confidence and trust with their investors and other key stakeholders. Our client is looking to hire a junior Project Manager.

The agency has a peerless depth of knowledge and experience devising and producing integrated reporting solutions. These combine best practice advice on strategy, creative and multi-channel delivery through annual reports and reviews, CR reports, Stake holder engagement comms, online reports, investor presentations and corporate websites. The agency also has a strong consultancy offer which differentiates them from many of their competitors.

Role

The role of the PM is to work closely with the Directors on all Annual Reports and other corporate communications projects and to take responsibility for the day-to-day running of corporate reporting projects within the team.

Responsibilities
-To support Account Director in managing projects on a day-to-day basis helping to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
-To participate in internal Client planning and development processes to deliver effective corporate reporting solutions. -To prepare and manage detailed schedules for all projects, and assist in managing internal and external teams to meet all milestones.
-To oversee all design and content changes to projects to ensure accuracy, consistency and quality at all stages.
-To understand and manage effectively the print and production process and approvals internally and externally, including: proofing, print and mailing.
-To negotiate effectively with external suppliers.
-To assist in managing all financial aspects of the Client’s account.
-To applythe agencies procedures consistently so we are protected from financial loss and the quality of service to clients is maintained.

Key Tasks

Project management
Project Delivery
Commercial
Client relationship management
Strategic development
Business development

Personal Profile

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications, experience and personal qualities: Qualifications -Degree level qualification of 2:1 or above. -Qualification in investor relations or corporate communications or CSR would be helpful.

Work Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate will have the following profile of skills and experience:

-Ideally 2-3 years’ experience in project managing corporate literature (preferably annual reports).
-Management of web projects would be helpful.
-Be very knowledgeable about print production, publishing and the project management process.
-Excellent writing, editing and communication skills are essential.
-Be fully conversant with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Personal Qualities
-Strong interpersonal and communications skills necessary to build trust and respect both externally and internally.
-Ambitious for work quality and committed to excellence.
-Ability to set and manage many urgent, and often conflicting, priorities.
-Strong ‘can do’ attitude motivated by a desire to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
-Flexibility and a team-focused, non-hierarchical approach with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude to getting the job done.
-Ability to hit the ground running, move quickly and make the required contribution in the new environment.
-Energetic and keen to meet the challenges of contributing to a dynamic, highly entrepreneurial environment.

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Senior Project manager – Corp Reporting, IR, CSR. (contract or perm)

Role

Responsibilities

–To support Account Director in managing projects on a day-to-day basis helping to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
–To participate in internal Client planning and development processes to deliver effective corporate reporting solutions. –To prepare and manage detailed schedules for all projects, and assist in managing internal and external teams to meet all milestones.
–To oversee all design and content changes to projects to ensure accuracy, consistency and quality at all stages.
–To understand and manage effectively the print and production process and approvals internally and externally, including: proofing, print and mailing.
–To negotiate effectively with external suppliers.
–To assist in managing all financial aspects of the Client’s account.
–To applythe agencies procedures consistently so we are protected from financial loss and the quality of service to clients is maintained.

Key Tasks

Project management
Project Delivery
Commercial
Client relationship management
Strategic development
Business development

Personal Profile

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications, experience and personal qualities: Qualifications –Degree level qualification of 2:1 or above. –Qualification in investor relations or corporate communications or CSR would be helpful.

Work Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate will have the following profile of skills and experience:

–Ideally 4-6 years’ experience in project managing corporate literature (preferably annual reports).
–Management of web projects would be helpful.
–Be very knowledgeable about print production, publishing and the project management process.
–Excellent writing, editing and communication skills are essential.
–Be fully conversant with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Personal Qualities
–Strong interpersonal and communications skills necessary to build trust and respect both externally and internally.
–Ambitious for work quality and committed to excellence.
–Ability to set and manage many urgent, and often conflicting, priorities.
–Strong ‘can do’ attitude motivated by a desire to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
–Flexibility and a team-focused, non-hierarchical approach with a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude to getting the job done.
–Ability to hit the ground running, move quickly and make the required contribution in the new environment.
–Energetic and keen to meet the challenges of contributing to a dynamic, highly entrepreneurial environment.

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Account Director (Financial Services)

Our client is a joined up communications agency with a strong bias towards financial and professional services. Our client is looking to hire an driven Account Director.

Candidates with financial services or Investment/Fund branding will be preferred however intelligent individuals with transferable skills will be considered for this Account Director role.

Candidates should have a grounded agency experience – with a passion/interest in the financial sector. Candidates should be experienced in an integrated agency – familiar with the full comms mix. Specific experience of working with hedge fund products and brands would be a destinct advantage.

Preferably the Account Director will have previous experience of leading team’s and managing large-scale projects across a variety of media.

Urgent vacancy please contact us for more details

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Senior Project Manager (corporate communications)

Our client is a leading creative design & communications agency based in London. They now employ over 90 people and are continuing to grow. They have a strong client list with some of the world leading brands with whom they have built strong long-term relationships.

What our client does?

Although their heritage is predominantly in printed and digital communication, they are becoming increasingly media neutral, leading to a range of new and interesting challenges. In the digital area they are a leader in their field, having invested in this area of our business some 10 years ago.

They focus on how their clients communicate with their key audiences. They believe great work comes from an intimate understanding of these audiences.

Our client is looking to hire a dynamic Senior Project Manager.

You will be responsible for initiating, controlling and delivering corporate communications projects that include brand and identity, marketing communications and financial reporting projects, both on and offline from £20k up to £500K. It’s an all-encompassing role managing end-to-end projects, at the highest level, in control from start, through to successful completion. You’ll work predominantly with the FTSE 100 and Professional Services organisations both in the UK and internationally, dealing with clients up to and including CEO and Director level so experience delivering projects at this level is essential to ensure you can meet client demands, provide the highest standard of service, both critical to winning the next project.

Day-to-day you will lead and control project teams across a variety client accounts, delivering compelling, creative and successful projects, on time and under budget. Financial control across your projects is a primary responsibility, from initial scope, daily monitoring, to maintaining margin and ensuring commercial viability. You will facilitate senior level meetings, be confident in articulating your views, recognise what’s important to achieve a successful outcome and ultimately make it all happen. As a Senior Project Manager, you will have excellent knowledge and understanding of delivering Corporate Communications projects, with the ability to effortlessly guide clients through the process. Overall you will develop the relationship by adding value, empathising and helping clients through the more challenging situations.

Finally, you’ll be a proven team player, a natural communicator, commercially astute, organised in your approach with the ability to remain flexible in achieving the appropriate outcome. Ultimately, the proof of success will be control of projects, the quality of your input, proactive approach, commercial contribution and strength of client relationships.

Your responsibilities

– Ensure client is happy and receiving the highest levels of quality and service
– Deliver profitable projects
– Effective management of the project process, related resource and suppliers
– Day-to-day control and optimisation of team personnel, workload and finances

What’s expected
– Very happy clients
– Profitable projects
– Control at all times
– Award winning Corporate comms projects
– Happy team
– Adding value to client relationship

Essential competencies

– Significant experience in similar roles and environment
– Proven ability to manage people, internally and externally
– Educated to degree level or similar
– Excellent communication an d presentation skills
– Understand the industry and passionate about design
– Organised and can multi task with ease
– Understanding and experience in Financial Reporting
– Skilled in MS Project/Excel/ Word/PowerPoint at FTSE 100 level

Contact us for further information regarding this role

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Account Manager/Director

Salary negotiable, dependant on experience
Permanent or Freelance

A corporate communications agency seeks to employ an experienced account manager. The agency has a long history of financial reporting and corporate literature, more recently they have expanded into employee communications and corporate responsibility and sustainability reporting. The agency produces industry-leading research documents into investor information needs and current investor relations trends. All applicants will be well versed in at least one of the above sectors and have excellent client facing skills.

The role will include:

Being the lead account/project manager on several key FTSE 100 accounts together with a number of FTSE Mid-250’s.
Form part of the pitch team for new business, from an account/project management perspective.
Develop a full understanding of the client, what they do, strategies, roles and responsibilities.
Develop client accounts, including development of existing offer and introduction of new disciplines.
Plan and schedule projects both internally and externally.
Provide costing, updates and apply budget control, both internally and externally.
Lead and coordinate all aspects of projects internally and externally.
Run specific projects day-to-day, working with the team as required.

Candidates need to be:

Self motivated.
Able to work in a team environment.
Have good communication skills.
On-line reporting experience would be beneficial.
A proven understanding of stakeholder and B2B communications.
Be absolutely committed to the delivery of projects.
An eye for detail.
Have a good understanding of the production processes involved both internally and externally.
Have experience of managing a team and influencing its growth and development.
Have a good knowledge of corporate reporting legislation and up and coming changes.

Submit CV or to enquire about this vacancy email, jobs@cc‑recruitment.com

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Account Manager mid-weight (London)

Account Manager (annual reporting) contract

Junior Employee Engagement consultant

Account Manager- Strategic

Junior Project manager – Corp Reporting, IR, CSR. (full time)

Senior Project manager – Corp Reporting, IR, CSR. (contract or perm)

Account Director (Financial Services)

Senior Project Manager (corporate communications)

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