Account Manager

at  Dentsu

Job Description:
Key Accountabilities

Client Planning

• Receive client briefs and translate client brief into detailed internal brief which is used to brief all dentsu specialist areas: AV, Offline, Display, Paid Social, PPC, Partnerships clients are meeting their profitability targets.
• Be the main contact with specialists as they ask questions around the brief.
• Collate the specialist media plans into an overall composite plan with accompanying rationale.
• Liaise with all specialists to ensure all media plans are accurate.
• Oversee any changes of strategy and media plan between client and specialists

Client Management

• Be the main point of contact for clients and have the ability to understand client requirements, assess if it is within scope and decide the most effective way to answer the question.
• Be able to answer client questions on all specialist areas (PPC, Display, Paid Social, AV, Partnerships)
• Manage PCA process – delivering a PCA to the client, working with your direct team (AM, AE) and all specialists.
• Deliver client updates, review of competitive activity.

Team
Ensuring that the AE direct reports are skilled up and supporting with up-skilling as required.
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Operational Finance

• Responsible for accurate and timely invoicing to our clients.
• Ensure media plans match invoices.

Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of all areas of media
• The ability to write a clear and detailed brief
• Ability to project manage as internal briefs move through the organisation
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Influential
• Courageous
• Builds credibility and client focused
• Makes relationships count
• Mobilises
• Strategic rigour and viewpoint
• Quality decision making
• Commercial
• EQ and IQ
• Some experience of managing teams
• Experience of working with and managing clients
• Managing planning processes
• Strong planning experience

About Dentsu
What can we do for you?
With clearly set objectives there is unprecedented potential for career progression, with a high proportion of our roles being filled by internal promotions. Not only will you be part of the iProspect Ireland family, you will be part of a much bigger Network within Dentsu Network globally, and internal mobility across the globe is actively encouraged.
What are we like as a company?
Drive, digital-obsessed and excited by what we do — that’s us. We live to get the best results for our clients, especially if it means doing something no-one’s done before. We think as a team. With co-workers, with clients, with media owners, with our fellow Dentsu agencies — we work together, creating online experiences people really connect with.

Work-life balance

• Because we hire great people, you’ll find like-minded sorts in every corner of our organisation. So, it’s no surprise that our teams often hang out together outside work. There’s always something coming up on the social calendar!
• We offer competitive salaries and benefits including; pension plans, income protection, life assurance, discounted healthcare and travel insurance;
• You’ll enjoy lots of cool perks including free fresh fruit delivered daily, onsite, fully subsidised barista, and all types of teas and coffee in the kitchen and around the office;
• We strongly support a work-life balance and encourage agile and flexible working across the business; • Our working parents are eligible for paid family friendly leave once they are with us more than a year and we offer a phased return to work to support their return;
• We also offer lifestyle benefits such as Christmas vouchers, discounted travel insurance, a group discount scheme, further educational assistance, employee assistance programme, company phone after probation, bike to work scheme and TaxSaver tickets in addition to a Christmas Savings Scheme;
• You always get your birthday off, Company closure days at Christmas and Easter and we have a great holiday allowance scheme allowing you to buy additional leave at the beginning of the year too;
• Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness is SO important to us and there is always an event within these areas on the Horizon.

Location:
Dublin
Brand:
Dentsu
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanen

Please refer the Job description for details