Account Executive

Job description

Role Overview

The Account Executive is a key support to the client service team. It is responsible for the effective day-to-day administration and general housekeeping, including booking diaries and boardrooms, and arranging refreshments. The role entails working closely with internal departments and the ability to cope and work in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Duties

Client Management:

• Assumes responsibility for the smooth and efficient administrative running of the account(s)
• Gaining understanding of the client's business and of the key broader factors, challenges, and trends shaping their market and categories
• Developing the skill of writing inspiring and accurate briefs / debriefs, and displaying a keen interest in the conceptualising of the work and development of campaigns
• Actively manages project/job timelines, client queries, expectations, requirements, and timeously red-flags any challenges of delivery by monitoring progress on work outputs
• Builds strong and enduring relationships and makes a positive impact on our business and theirs
• Driving a culture of creativity and making an impact within the agency
• Ensure that contact, status reports, marketing communication, etc, are compiled and distributed timeously
• Assisting seniors on the portfolio with assigned tasks and deliverables
  Finance:
  
• Understanding of client contract / retainer / in-scope / out-of-scope / WIP / forecasting of client billing / income budgets
• Assists with timeous and accurate billing processes, ensuring that preparation and presentation of accounts are executed, and invoices are checked against quotes and budgets, and that all CE’s / PO’s are billed timeously
• Ensures timesheets are always up to date and accurate
   
  
  Operations:
  
• Builds respect and loyal commitment of team members, other departments, and the agency as a whole
• Champion the agency’s philosophy of brilliant basics and imaginative provocation
• Contribute by effecting innovation that builds a positive agency culture and work environment through collaboration and knowledge sharing

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualification in a relevant field
• Must have a minimum of 1 year of working experience, preferably in the marketing, advertising, digital, or communications industry.

 


Posted on 24 Nov 15:56, Closing date 23 Dec