Senior Account Manager (Property Planning & Consultations)
Award Winning Public Affairs Firm – London
Competitive Salary
Are you a savvy public affairs specialist with a passion for the property planning space? If so, read on!
This firm is a market leading, independently owned, fast paced agency that is passionate about regeneration and place-making. They work with the biggest and brightest companies to deliver homes, job and places in London and the South East.
As a Senior Account Manager, your role is to service your client accounts on a day by day basis delivering high quality activity demonstrating agency objective to demonstrate added value in all your activities.
Company Benefits: 25 days annual leave (plus Christmas break & bank holiday), healthcare cover (BUPA), 3.30pm Friday finish, hybrid office/ home working, summer & Christmas parties, “glamping trips”, social committee, Friday bar, “elevenses” etc (when restrictions lift).
Your duties will include, but will not be limited to:
- Managing, with support and guidance, consultation, and corporate communication programmes for a wide range of property, public sector and corporate clients
- Support and brief client teams
- Well versed in all aspects of the planning and property landscape and be able to demonstrate an up-to-date understanding of how to deliver communication activities throughout the project timeline
- Preparing client ready collateral and advice on delivering a strategy and associated programme successfully
- Assisting in the organisation of public exhibition events including visiting and booking venues, distribution maps, Q&As and rolling out the agreed stakeholder contact programme
- Acting as a mentor and day to day contact for junior consultants
- Overseeing projects and ensuring junior members of the team deliver consistent, high quality material and content
- Have an increased understanding of the commercial drivers for your clients and business as a whole
- Oversight and management of client / project budget
Emerging skills to become a Senior Account Manager
- An understanding of managing project costs and preparing content for monthly invoicing
- Deep understanding of key client stakeholders
- Deliver creative ideas and insights, mining organic growth opportunities
- Undertaking a mentoring role to the wider team in terms of developing team skills
- Preparing training as part of the Kanda development programme
- Developing a strategic role within the client team and advising on wider project risks and opportunities
** The above is not an exhaustive list and will develop as the business grows and evolves**
Key attributes and skills:
- Strong interpersonal skills, good communicator – clear and directive
- Excellent organisational skills, good time and project management
- Enthusiastic, approachable, ‘can do’ attitude
- Self-starter, proactive, takes initiative
- Works collaboratively, good team player
- Demonstrate agility, decisiveness and responsiveness
- Works calmly under pressure, exercising discretion and demonstrating gravitas
- High quality of work with strong attention to detail
- Competent copywriting skills
- Demonstrates agility and responsiveness
- Strong ability to assimilate, analyse and summarise written material quickly
- Excellent research and communication (written and oral) skills
Please email me with an updated CV immediately if you or anyone you know is suitable for this role.