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Job Location drjobs

London - UK

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Hybrid

Agency :

Havas Play

Job Description :

Senior Account Executive (SAE) role that sits within the Activation Team at Havas Play across the Arena Media client base (Bumble Dr Martens SEGA Bethesda Remy Bandai UKTV Penguin & more).

HAVAS PLAY

Job Title: Senior Account Executive

Reports To: Account Manager / Senior Account Manager

Role Summary:

Senior Account Executive (SAE) role that sits within the Activation Team at Havas Play across the Arena Media client base (Bumble Dr Martens SEGA Bethesda Remy Bandai UKTV Penguin & more).

The role spans multiple areas of the Play Network media partnerships/sponsorships creative asset production (OOH social TV etc) influencer and experiential/events.

It is the responsibility of the SAE to support the AM/SAM with the smooth running of their accounts and managing other AEs and Interns within the team.

Key Responsibilities

As an SAE you should be confident in all of the areas laid out below:

Account management:

  • Support on the management of key campaigns be able to prioritise designated actions keeping the team & clients updated on progress
  • Develop skills in remaining positive and effective whilst under pressure
  • Prepare and followup are your mantras make sure youre supporting the team getting ahead and clear on what is required to do next.
  • Efficient time management is essential to ensure you are delivering work on time and factoring in team & client review within deadlines.

Writing and Presentation Skills:

  • Be developing strong writing skills to be used across status reports meeting notes and client presentations as well as internal documents such as briefs & case studies.
  • Have a keen eye for detail and ensure all written work is delivered to a high standard of quality
  • You should be able to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing throughout internal and clientfacing comms

Approach Initiative & problem solving:

  • Be positive proactive and solutiondriven support your AM in finding solutions and helping them to stay one step ahead
  • Take ownership and show accountability for your actions knowing how they support the wider team & project

Relationships:

  • Establish a good relationship with your client
  • Build solid daytoday working relationships with your account planning teams & the wider teams within the Play network such as creative and production
  • Develop relationships with external contacts/suppliers/media owners and invest time into these to maximise opportunities
  • Start to manage up. Supporting your AM in the running of the account but helping to manage their time.
  • Delegate and manage the time of other AEs and Interns within the team help them to learn grow and develop
  • Be a go to resource across the agency for tasks such as invoices POs & case studies as well supporting in activities such as company meetings

New Business Briefs:

  • Support with research and administrative tasks when working on a response to a brief
  • Begin to show understanding on how insights & strategy are considered in daytoday account work
  • Beginning to understand how to interrogate and answer a brief

Campaign Administration:

  • Support on the administrative processes of your accounts (status reports meeting notes campaign reporting budget tracking) to ensure they are being updated and delivered to the team and your client on time
  • Be clear on your role in the team and/or activation to ensure youre supporting the team and seek out opportunites to support further where possible

Client services & Industry Knowledge:

  • Show genuine interest in your clients business & sector
  • Flag anything that may be of interest to your clients competitor activity news relating to brand ambassadors media insights etc.
  • Stay abreast of new innovations within the industry to be able to contribute effectively in brainstorms and take new opportunities/ideas to your AM
  • Work with the AEs and Interns in your team to deliver industry news to your team in an interesting way. Ensure you are up to speed wih the latest supplier offerings and start to build out your own supplier network.

Finance

  • Ownership of how Pulse works raising estimates and invoices
  • Support AM on tracking budget spend/reconciliations
  • Understand the important of good financials on an account
  • As an SAE you should be starting to develop supplier negotiation techniques as well as supporting your AM in sourcing costs to build out activation budgets & taking a interest in how scopes are developed

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age sex race ethnicity disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individuals ability to perform their job.


Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

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